CHRISTCHURCH HELP

We have baby clothes, happy to send down, some NB unisex and then boy stuff up to 1 year. Hugs to CHCH and Canterbury.

A big hello to everyone. (Before I make this announcement - I would like to mention that Admin have given us permission to link this information)



There are a group of myself and some friends who have started a page to help raise money to donate to both The Salvation Army and the Christchurch Women's Refuge.

We are holding auctions on TradeMe (who have agreed to waive all fees) where the money will then be collected and donated. The auctions are for quality handmade goods and so far the response has been overwhelming with items coming from as far as the states!


We would love if you could simply spread the word. We are accepting donations of quality handmade goods by everyone - not just businesses or facebook pages. We will be loading the auctions in groups of 10-15 items at a time.


The facebook page is Handmade for Christchurch and our email is handmade.for.christchurch@gmail.com


Thanks!

me too(neocate advanced)... and we have power and well water if anyone needs some.. contact me if you need help..will see what i can do..

My Sister has a Kindergarten in Bexley (lots of liquefaction etc. and low socio-economic). Some of the families are out of their homes for the second time. I'm going to send down a few boxes of supplies for them from Auckland, starting tomorrow.

Jen said anything is helpful to this community right now. I'm sending baby clothes/wraps/blankets & some adult clothes & towels tomorrow for a start.

PM me if you'd like to add to the boxes to go down. You'd have to drop off in Blockhouse Bay, or alternatively I can give you the Christchurch address (not the kindy address cos Post obviously not operating in that area as yet).

This is the Kindy website
http://www.naturesplay.co.nz

Just found this on the NZ Post website:

New Zealand Post Services affected by Canterbury earthquake
Our sympathy and thoughts are with everyone affected by the earthquake. It has been a tough week for everyone including New Zealand Post staff. We are working hard towards a resumption of some services next week.

Updated 26 Feb 5:45 pm
Postal Deliveries
It is anticipated limited postal services will resume on Tuesday 1 March. This will be dependent on what areas are cleared by the authorities, are deemed safe for our staff to access, and also on staff availability.

Hi, I'm in Woodend just 15mins north of Christchurch and I've joined with Cat Rescue and have started fostering cats/kittens that have been affected by the Earthquake.
I have picked up my first kittens - two gorgeous little boys. I have been given some cat food for them but the wet food is adult food as that is all the home has as they live off donations only. I do have some kitten bisc. I am wondering if anyone would be interested in donating kitten food to me to pass on to cat rescue or sending it directly to them?
I can pm/email my address to you directly whoever is keen to help or this is their website. I have been dealing with Sacha.
http://www.catrescue.org.nz/

My wee guys are doing ok but I think where possible, would be better on kitten food. I am going to try to go out today and buy some more but I know there is a bit of a lack of it around and also my husband has been working in the welfare centres so I have been looking after the kids here at home. I'm still a little nervous to take the kids out after the earthquake. The aftershocks are still quite frightening.

thank you
Catherine

p.s We got our first mail in the mailbox yesterday and a courier to the door so I'm guessing postal services are getting up and going now. :-)

Edited by Carnelian

Hi Carnelian

Have Pm'd you for details

We are from Chch and I would like to thank all you girls for offering your homes/clothes/food etc to us all - you guys are Angels :)

Just a heads up also for you Chch family - The army are handing out Chemical toilets down New Brighton Rd (pages Rd end) and down Pages Rd by the Mobil.

Just want to say THANKS to everyone that has been able to help

We fled chch a few days after the Quake and DH's sister talked to her friends who organised some clothes for DD and toys for her. This was so great as we were able to bring a suitcase but only brought 1 or 2 of things, and left in such a rush. Never even thought to bring toys or anything (and 2 year olds get so bored!) so it was great to have something for the 2 1/2 weeks we were up there.

So yea, thankyou to those that helped us and to everyone who helped out in the relief effort!

Carnelian, I hope you did get some replies. That's great you are able to foster some cats for awhile!

leigh4 I hope you get some help too. Keep asking, even if you don't get any replies from here, cuz we found there are so many people who DO wanna help, they just don't always know how or aren't in the right city or whatever