"Poverty doesn't take a break at Christmas."
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The purpose here is to collect links from DonationCoderForum denizens to charitable institutions which they sponsor and which have been set up to recycle and co-incidentally help the poor and homeless - in your area.
A lot of people don't realise how easy and helpful it is to donate not just money, but stuff, and also how helpful/supportive it can be to buy stuff at charitable outlets. Please post and contribute your links, and I shall add them to the list below:
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"Charity begins at home"
(Please PM me if you are unsure what to do and would like me to assist/advise in a donation/delivery to an Auckland (NZ) charity.)
New Zealand, Auckland:
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- Started: 2017-11-26 2044hrs (NZT)
- Updated: 2017-11-26 2349hrs
The purpose here is to collect links from DonationCoderForum denizens to charitable institutions which they sponsor and which have been set up to recycle and co-incidentally help the poor and homeless - in your area.
A lot of people don't realise how easy and helpful it is to donate not just money, but stuff, and also how helpful/supportive it can be to buy stuff at charitable outlets. Please post and contribute your links, and I shall add them to the list below:
______________________________
"Charity begins at home"
(Please PM me if you are unsure what to do and would like me to assist/advise in a donation/delivery to an Auckland (NZ) charity.)
New Zealand, Auckland:
- Auckland City Mission (@IainB local) - deliver to their premises in Hobson Street: Please donate unopened/fresh food containers, clean/undamaged clothing, toys, small chattels, books, working and safe appliances, CDs, DVDs.
Every Christmas, The Mission makes Christmas bundles for children and families of the poor/homeless, and throughout the year feeds the homeless in their canteen. They have retail "Op-shops" across Auckland which you can help if you not only donate stuff to, but also if you buy stuff from.
Telephone them to collect heavy chattels/furniture. - Red Cross, Auckland, Dominion Road, Mt Eden (@IainB local) - list of NZ Red Cross shops. Please donate clean/undamaged clothing, toys, small chattels, books, working and safe appliances, CDs, DVDs.
They have retail "Op-shops" across Auckland which you can help if you not only donate stuff to, but also if you buy stuff from.
Telephone them to collect heavy chattels/furniture. - Salvation Army - next door to Red Cross, Auckland, Dominion Road, Mt Eden (@IainB local) -
about The Salvation Army (NZ, Fiji & Tonga) Please donate clean/undamaged clothing, toys, small chattels, books, working and safe appliances, CDs, DVDs.
They have retail "Op-shops" across Auckland which you can help if you not only donate stuff to, but also if you buy stuff from.
Telephone them to collect heavy chattels/furniture.