Businesses donate auction items for fundraiser

Businesses donate thousands of dollars’ worth of auction items for this weekend’s Black Tie Charity Evening fundraising for Nurse Maude Hospice

Tickets still available for collaborative event between Hospice New Zealand

and business group BNI NZ

Christchurch – Monday 3rd November 2014 – Tickets are still available for this Saturday’s Nurse Maude Black Tie Charity Evening taking place at the Rydges Latimer Square.

Items for up for auction on the night include:

• Framed photo of panorama view of Lake Hayes donated by Danielle Colvin Photography

• Exclusive access to Ruapuna in March 2015 for V8 Supertourers including hotlaps and a crew shirt donated by BNT NZ Supertourers

• Spa treatment for 2 sponsored by Body and Soul

• Portrait session in studio or location sponsored by Petra Mingneau Photography

• 12 month gym package sponsored by Corporate Wellness Solutions

• Ivan Button painting

• You and a mate receive official merchandise and hotlaps each with current NZV8 champion Nick Ross, in the brand new Nissan Altima. Donated by Total Lubricants

• 1 day first aid course, 2 day managers & supervisors health & safety training and a 2 hr health & safety audit donated by TriEx

Auction lot details are at https://www.facebook.com/NurseMaudeBlackTieEvent

The event marks the first time business organisation BNI New Zealand (Business Network International) has formed a strategic relationship with Hospice New Zealand to raise money for Nurse Maude Hospice and receive other tangible benefits as a result of this collaboration. These benefits include exposure to a wider range of businesses in Christchurch for Nurse Maude and for BNI the opportunity to refine a model of strategic partnership that can be replicated in other areas of the country.

Graham Southwell, National Director for BNI New Zealand, says the collaborative event will come to be seen as a great example of a strategic relationship between a business and a community organisation. “We now have all of the Hospice New Zealand's National Partners on board for this event, Craigs Investment Partners, House of Travel and ourselves – as well as Supports like Dilmah Tea, Quest and Farmers - so the event is going to be unique in that it is an example of co-operation between a number of businesses all coming together to put on an event for Christchurch Hospice," Southwell notes.

These supporters and a number of other businesses have provided an exceptional array of goods and services to be auctioned on the night. These include a $300 gift voucher from Farmers, a year's supply of Dilmah tea, and two nights at a Quest apartment. There’s also unique artworks. Nick Greenwood, one of the BNI Director Consultant’s for Christchurch, has provided a painting donated by his father in law; noted North Canterbury artist Ivan Button, whose family has been personally supported by hospice, so the event is particularly important to them.

Tickets for the event are available at www.nursemaudeblacktie.co.nz.

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