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Bizzy 
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 10:44am |
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What charities would you choose if you won the powerball jackpot?
Top five only....
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Bizzy
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 10:50am |
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i'll start....
aria mcdonald
westpac rescue helicopter
child cancer research
spca
and not sure yet....
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 10:59am |
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SPCA
WSPA
World Vision
Child Cancer
Aria McDonald
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Mazzy
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 11:18am |
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Just talking to DH about this and we decided we would set up our own ongoing charity/charitable trust to benefit our local area/community. I worked with a local privately owned trust last year who was very quietly doing some amazing work, from one man's legacy, and I'd love to do the same one day.
Other charities I'd support:
Women's Refuge
Ronald McDonald House (or something similar)
Hospice
Fred Hollows Foundation
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 11:49am |
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 11:50am |
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SPCA
Ronald McDonald
Wespac Helicopter
Womens Refuge
Child Cancer
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caraMel
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 11:56am |
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I'd probably change my mind a million times but my top 5 at the moment would be:
Lisa's bucket list (Not strictly a charity but a very good cause)
Kid's first burns unit
Women's refuge
Ronald McDonald house
Alzheimers Foundation
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caliandjack
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 12:11pm |
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SPCA
Cancer Society
Wellington Life flight trust / Westpac Helicopter
St John Ambulance or Red Cross
Our own family trust to provide funds for education for my nieces and our own children.
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jack_&_charli
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 12:29pm |
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i would mostly support people like lisa and her bucket list, aria mcdonald and the like...........
i'd also support
CanTeen
SPCA/cats protection league
woman's refuge
cancer society
foundation for the blind and also the deaf foundation
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 1:23pm |
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Hospice
Cancer society
Breast cancer
Plunket
something local like Parents centre, playcentre, kindy, RDA
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 1:31pm |
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The Waitoto Project in Africa
Orphanages in Cambodia
World Vision
Cancer society - maybe something to do with breast cancer
A childrens / womens one in NZ - not sure quite what.
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Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley
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Andie
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 1:46pm |
Hmmmm, tough choice. But wouldn't it be awesome?!
I'd pick a school classroom where the teacher could incorporate this into their curriculum, and 'give' each of them a sponsor child for a few years. The child would be sponsored in their name, and they'd be asked to keep in touch with the child through letter-writing. Then they'd get a field trip one summer hols where they and a parent visit the child in their community and stay there for a number of weeks helping on projects there. I'd hope that out of a group of 30 or so kids a good number of them would become inspired to help eradicate poverty, and might use part of their adult lives for that. There could be a Gareth Morgan in the class!
Setting up a programme (staffed by Romanian locals) of free/sponsored school education, contraception, and nutritious school meals in Romania for poor communities. And setting up a means of keeping raising funds for it.
Funding the work of a couple we have heard of who live on the bones of their bums and still quite literally feed hundreds of starving children each week, but have to turn away most of the kids that come to them because they don't have the resources to feed them all 
Allergy NZ (for research)
Free school uniforms for low-decile schools
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 2:00pm |
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Breast Cancer
SPCA
Canteen
Make A Wish / The Edge Jingle Bail
Probably buy clothes and toys for under privileged kids
Id like to fund the upgrade of homes for those that cant afford it ie pink batts & gibb etc to make homes warmer and healthier. Id do this myself tho cos im not interested in helping people who dont want to help themselves get ahead. Is there already a "charity" for this?
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 2:32pm |
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man what a hard choice !
cancer society
Arthritis foundation (my bestfriend has arthrtitis )
ronald mcdonald house
women's refuge
spca
but there are many more i would love to support ,and i would def want to sponser a child , or two in an underpriviledged country
...sorry to show my ignorance , but what , or who , is Aria McDonald ?
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 2:43pm |
Here's the top 5 that I support now who would definitely see more cash from me if I had a big lotto win:
- Child Cancer Foundation
- Cancer Society
- Mary Potter Hospice
- Downtown Community Ministry
- St Vincent de Pauls
and out of curiosity I asked DH what his would be:
- Women's refuge
- Child Cancer
- Mary Potter Hospice
- A senior citzens charity (like meals on wheels)
- Local parish
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Kels
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 3:04pm |
 caitlynsmygirl wrote:
...sorry to show my ignorance , but what , or who , is Aria McDonald ?
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Snap, I was going to ask the same thing
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Mazzy
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 3:28pm |
aria.org.nz for all the info, but Aria is a little girl in Auckland who was born with total intestinal aganglionosis or total Hirschsprung’s disease.
It's very rare and there is no cure, and it means she would never be able to digest food. Her parents were told there was nothing that could be done to save her, but she's over 2 years old now and hanging in there. Her only hope of long term survival and a chance to eat rests in bowel transplant. This operation is available only in America with the cost of $1-$2 million US dollars. Shei is an amazing wee girl and her family are incredible.
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AnnC
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 3:30pm |
- Autisum Society
- Child Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Spca
- I would sponcer a child (and each of my kids could too)
ETA: whoops someone couldn't count and had 6 - for the record #6 was diabetes
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caliandjack
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 3:31pm |
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Thanks for reminding me Jo, I'd be giving to hospice to, they looked after my mum and do a wonderful job.
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Posted: 05 October 2008 at 3:36pm |
For me:
- Hospice
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Society
- WSPA
- Plunket
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