Hospice Tairāwhiti Strawberry Festival

The Strawberry accounts have now been finalised and we are incredibly pleased to announce that as well as being an enjoyable family day the 2020 Strawberry Festival sponsored by Advanced Tree Solutions raised $10, 422 for Hospice Tairawhiti.
All of the funds raised stay in Tairawhiti, helping individuals living with a life-limiting illness to live every moment.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Strawberry Festival to ensure that it was the success that it was, we know that the day was a little grey and chilly to start with and we appreciate your support we are so glad that you enjoyed yourselves.
Large community fundraising events like the Strawberry Festival are just not possible to hold without the generous support of the of local businesses who contributed to the event through product donations, auction items, the venue and service support.
We thank everyone who contributed to making this year's Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival a success and would like to encourage our supporters to support them in turn. We know there are many choices but choosing a business that is willing to support a local community-based charity is a great shopping choice.
To our principal event sponsor Advanced Tree Solutions (ATS), thank you for backing this event financially and on the day. Your support help us to elevate the event with more strawberries, fun Bucket Truck Ride and an excellent Raffle Prize.
To Pak n Save Gisborne thank you for continuing to supply us with delicious Strawberries and Ice Cream. It is enjoyed by all ages.
To all our volunteers, events can't run without an amazing team, thank you. (Especially thanks to everyone who pulled together for the clear up after I had the call that my son had an accident and I had to leave abruptly - Sarah)
I am going to post individual links and thanks with a few photos in the comments for our local business support to make it easy for you to find each of them.
Here is the honour roll of wonderful local businesses, and services who supported this event.
BDO Gisborne - For supplying funding to cover the cost of the Bouncy Castle and for supporting the event on the day with a team for our crafts table and winning wheel tickets.
Craigs Investment Partners - For covering the cost of the Bubble Wrap Fun, new to the event and most enjoyable addition. Thanks so much for the loan of the Craigs Investment Tent, it kept everyone dry.
More FM - Thanks to Bevan for Breakfast for helping to spread the word about the event.
Baytrade Supplies - Thank so you so much for ensuring are event is sustainable through your donation of eco-friendly bowls and spoons, also for supporting Anna to attend the event to MC. She was terrific.
Business Appliances - Thank you for supplying the event with the EFTPOS machine to ensure that everyone could buy Strawberries and Ice Cream.
BluePrint Imaging - Thank you for the event posters and signage at the event.
Forbes Appliances - Thank for providing a freezer to ensure our Ice Cream was nice and cold.
The Sound Crew - Thank you Russel and your helper Toby for providing the sound system for the event.
The Gisborne District Council and Lawson Fields Theatre for the use of the venue.
The Gisborne Wainui Lions Club - Thank you for the train ride. It was great fun. And for all the warm yummy sausages enjoyed by everyone.
Thanks to our yummy Strawberry Salad contributors - Leader brand, Twisted Citrus and Waimata Cheese.
Thanks to our magical performers, the Gymnastics Club for yet and another extraordinary and strawberry oriented performance. The Gisborne Silks Aerial Team for a hair raising display. Tiny Tutus, for the cutest ballerina performance, and The Rabbits for a little bit of family Rock 'n Roll.
Thanks to our strawberries Briana Latu and Sally Cale.
Thanks to our winning wheel and raffle contributors, Down to Earth- Health 2000, Noel Leeming's, I-site mini-golf, Comet Swimming, Gordons Pharmacy, Sundays, Twisted Citrus, Sarah Kirkpatrick Photography and Advanced Tree Solutions (ATS)

We have just heard from Gisborne Wainui Lions Club Inc who have decided to round the amount raised at the Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival on the Train and Sausage sizzle to $1000.
What amazing news to add to the final Strawberry Festival fundraising total. Please enjoy the photos of the Lions Club in action at the Strawberry Festival.
If you still haven't got your Christmas tree yet, please visit the Gisborne and Wainui Lions page for more info. It is fundraisers like this that allow the Lions Club to round up when they are attending a community fundraiser.
Thanks, Team Lions Club

Jumping for Strawberry Joy - A BIG Congratulations to our Raffle Winners from the Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival Last week.

Winner of the Sarah Kirkpatrick Photography Portrait Session -Janene Swann.

Winner of the Advanced Tree Solutions Garden Trim; 3 Man, 2 Hours, 1 Chipper Team - Melanie Neil

Winner of the Noel Leeming Skull Candy Ear Pods - Marise de Knock

Winner of the guess the lollies - Kiana Buchanan

Congratulations everyone :) DM us for details, all prizes are subject to availability.

Noel Leemings Gisborne have outdone themselves with gifts to raffle off at the winning wheel and raffle table at tomorrows Strawberry Festival. So excited by the soda stream and skull candy ear pods. $5 a ticket for each amazing prize.

What an awesome prize in time for all your summer garden parties :)

We are excited to announce that will be raffling a three-man team with a chipper to come and trim up your Gisborne garden for two hours!!!

Tickets will be on sale and drawn at the ATS Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival this Saturday between 10am - 1pm in front of the Lawson Field Theatre and Rose Garden.

Raffle Tickets are $10 and 100% stays in Tairawhiti to care and support those in our community living with a life-limited illness.

We are proud to be the major sponsor of the Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival this year. We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday.

Event info https://fb.me/e/3SKomuTkJ

One of our amazing raffle prizes this Saturday - a chance to win an SKP Family Photoshoot. Thanks Sarah Kirkpatrick Photography

FAMILY SUNSET PHOTO SESSION RAFFLE - SKP will be raffling off a family photoshoot this Saturday at the Hospice Strawberry Festival. Tickets are $10 and will be only available at for sale and drawn at the Strawberry Festival between 10am - 1pm on Saturday in front of the Lawson Field Theatre, Rose Garden.

You get a full range of photos from the traditional looking in the camera to the fun ones, of dads being too slow not to get hit by a wave! I believe you should be able to look at the photos on your wall and think that was such a fun family outing.

Event info https://fb.me/e/3SKomuTkJ

SKP Family Photo Session info https://sarahkirkpatrickphotography.com/family.html

Camille with some very delicious treats for the Strawberry Festivals winning wheel this Saturday. All proceeds go directly to supporting those in our community with a life limiting illness.

Thank you so much for your kind donation .

You really have some lovely baskets for Christmas treats this year 😀🥰😘

Our Eco Bowls for an environmental sustainable event have now being collected from our wonderful and helpful sponsors at Bay Trade Supplies Gisborne.

See you on Saturday from its of delicious strawberries.

The Strawberry Festival is THIS SATURDAY - make sure you have marked your calendar if it going to be a fun day 🥰😍. With more Strawberries and more fun, we are guaranteed not to run out this year so please share and love this post to help spread the word.

Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival
Saturday 28th November
Marina Park, in front of Lawson Theatre and the Rose Gardens
10am - 1pm
We are fundraising for Hospice Tairawhiti to continue their amazing support and care for those in our community living with a life-limiting illness.

Thank you to our major event sponsors Advanced Tree Solutions Advanced Tree Solutions who have a new and exciting activity for the kids which we are informed might include the best lolly scramble in town 🥳🥳🥳🥳

and kindly supported by
Pak n' Save PAK'nSAVE
BDO Gisborne BDO Gisborne
Craigs Investment Partners Craigs Investment Partners
More FM Bevan for Breakfast on MORE FM
Bay Trade Supplies
Business Applications Business Applications Limited
Blue Imaging Printing
Forbes Appliances
The Sound Crew

Strawberry rocks to help remind everyone about to the Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival in Saturday 28th November are now at large around Gisborne

Happy hunting.

If you have a group interested in performing at the strawberry festival. Please dm me.

Special event volunteer Daisy found the strawberry rocks. Save the date and spread the word. Saturday 28th November, Marina Park 10 am -1 pm.

One month to go, time to go hunting those strawberry rocks. A big thank you to Resene Gisborne for the paint donation. We even have left over paint. What shall we do with it? A strawberry photo board or strawberry stocks with ice cream sponges?

Flags are out at the A&P show, let the countdown begin to the 2020 annual Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival sponsored by Advanced Tree Solutions

We are so excited to welcome Advanced Tree Solutions as the 2020 Principal Sponsors for the annual Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival.

Advanced Tree Solutions are helping us make the event bigger and better with many more strawberries and a few more games like Ball Wrap Fun pack with all the traditional entertainment of face painting, dance and singing groups, bouncy castle and the Train Ride.

Please SAVE THE DATE so you can join us on Saturday 28th November at the annual Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival.

So excited to see the Little Strawberry Gymnastics back at the Strawberry Festival this year.

It is great for the smaller ones to see what they are working up to with the Gisborne Gymnastics Team. Then we can jump on the bouncy castle to have a go themselves.

Thinking about it, I might be able to do this in a zorb ball!

Searching for our little strawberry stars entertainers for 2020. If your club, school or preschool would like to perform at this year's Strawberry Festival on Saturday 28th November, please get in touch with Sarah through messenger, [email protected] or call the office on 8690552.

A huge shout out to our amazing Hospice Nurses today, on International Nurse Day. They always go the extra mile and all our patients love them to bits.

Virtual Hugs 😍🥳🥰

School children are being invited to enter artwork in a Thanking Essential Services Art (TESA) competition over the next two weeks, with the top entries to be published in The Gisborne Herald. First prize is $250!
Go to their page TESA Gisborne to enter

We are looking forward to seeing all your wonderful artwork. Thank you so much for your support.

Remind mummy and Daddy if they are ready to escape their bubble after all this homeschooling to visit hospicetairawhiti.org.nz/win for the adult competition!

Plan for a future that needs a new Hospice Building and one where you can escape the kids for a weekend after a period of Homeschooling!

Win an ‘Air NZ Two Night Deluxe Mystery Break’ valued at over $1,200 and donated by the Atkinson Family Trust. The winner will be drawn after Hospice awareness week on Monday 25 May. The prize is valid for twelve months.

Buy your tickets in person at the Hospice Shop, from the Hospice Office at the rear of the Hospital, or email [email protected] to arrange an online purchase. Tickets cost $20 each, only 500 tickets are available for sale so get in quick.

This is a new building fundraiser we have $100k left to raise.

Need something to look forward to? We have a deluxe Mystery Weekend for two!

Each ticket costs $20 with a 1 in 500 chance of winning.

You can't beat that and the best bit is all of the $20 goes towards building a new home for the Hospice. We have $100k to raise before work can commence on the purpose-built building that our community will really benefit from.

Buy your tickets in person at the Hospice Shop, from the Hospice Office at the rear of the Hospital, or email [email protected] to arrange an online purchase.

The prize of an ‘Air NZ Two Night Deluxe Mystery Break’ valued at over $1,200 and donated by the Atkinson Family Trust. The winner will be drawn after Hospice awareness week on Monday 25 May. The prize is valid for twelve months.

It is PANCAKE DAY!

Over on the main page, we have just shared the same image to launch our Lent Donation Campaign, 40 days - 40 items donated. But over her with you strawberry lovers, I thought that we would share the recipe. Fluffy pancakes are my sons favourite, he has been making them will me since he was 3. He loves the measuring and whipping the egg whites with the electric whisk.

Ingredients - 4 servings
3 large Eggs
115 grams Flour
1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder
140 ml Milk (warmed)
1 pinch Salt (we always forget that bit)
Strawberries (sliced or diced)

First separate the eggs, putting the whites into one bowl and the yolks into another.

Add the flour, baking powder and milk to the yolks and mix to a smooth thick batter.

Whisk the whites with the salt until they form stiff peaks.

Fold into the batter - it is now ready to use. It is an awesome texture.

Heat a good non-stick pan on medium heat. Pour some of your batter into the pan and fry for a couple of minutes until it starts to look golden and firm. At this point sprinkle your strawberries on to the uncooked side before loosening with a spatula and flipping the pancake over. Continue frying until both sides are golden.

It is best to heat the pan and then turn it down before cooking to achieve that perfect pancake.

Have fun, making your pancakes - Sarah

Strawberry Smoothies - put some Frozen Berries from Pak n Save in the blender and top up with a water a couple of cms above the berry line. and let the hmmmmm yummy ensue.

How are you enjoying your Strawberries this summer?

Have a blast over the long weekend, and remember to live every minute.

Hospice Tairawhiti

Our summer newsletter is out. Happy Christmas everyone - have a great summer holiday.

The holidays are nearly here. Thank you for all your kindness and support over 2019. It is time to catch up with our Summer Newsletter, click on the link below.

If you would like the newsletter delivered straight to your inbox, email [email protected] with your details.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. We are looking forward to 2020 🥳

Hari hararei ki a koutou.
https://www.hospicetairawhiti.org.nz/assets/Newsletters/NewsletterSummer2019.pdf




HOSPICETAIRAWHIT

Thank you to all our event volunteers on this special day - International Volunteer Day.

Happy International Volunteer Day!

Today is a very special day and we would like to take this chance to thank and celebrate all our dedicated, kind, and hardworking volunteers across Tairawhiti.

Hospice Tairawhiti relies on the help of our fantastic volunteers who donate their time, and talents.

Whether it is at the Hospice Shop, as a youth ambassador, a songster, sitting with our patients, offering respite care to a whanau member, fundraising at events, baking and every other area - we are so grateful to every volunteer. Thank you for making a difference to Hospice Tairawhiti every single day.

Knowing we have such a dedicated group of people backing us is so heartwarming. We simply could not function without you and are so incredibly lucky to have your support. Thank you, volunteers!

Thank you all for supporting the Hospice Strawberry Festival, money raised goes to funding top-quality palliative care from our passionate and qualified nurses like Jayda. Jayda has recently moved to Gisborne to join Hospice Tairawhiti's nursing team. Welcome to the team Jayda :)

What would a Strawberry Festival be without a bouncy castle? No good! Well, then it is a good job Craigs Investment Partners know how to invest smartly. The bouncy castle at the Hospice Tairāwhiti Strawberry Festival this year was funded by Craigs Investment Partners.

We are grateful to the value Craigs Investment Partners place on supporting the Hospice Tairāwhiti and our Strawberry Festival fundraising event. Supporters like these help ensure that all money raised from the fundraising event reaches our patients across the district.

Please support our local Craigs Investment Partners if you are seeking investment or business advice.

Happy first of December 😍 - I see a lot of you have been putting up Christmas trees and enjoying the Christmas parade today. We hope you have had fun. Here is a Santa fun way to eat your strawberries this Christmas.

A huge thank you to BDO for investing in the annual Hospice Tairawhiti Strawberry Festival year after year. Your continued support for our largest whanau/family community-focused event is commendable. Without your support, this event would not be possible.

BDO is a great supporter of Hospice Tairawhiti, who rely on donations from the local community to ensure that our local Hospice - Hospice Tairawhiti can offer the best range of services to those in the community who need our services and deserve the best care and compassion possible.

The Gizzy sun was shining and the strawberries were aplenty as we celebrated the annual Hospice Tairāwhiti Strawberry Festival on Saturday. The festival was a great day of whānau filled fun, flower crowns, live performances and of course strawberries! The event was a success, raising money to go towards the valued care services provided by Hospice Tairawhiti.

We are proud to sponsor this whānau fun day out.

Another fruitful Strawberry Festival

Did you check out today's Gisborne Herald? There is a double strawberry overload.

gisborneherald.co.nz There was more to Hospice Tairawhitis annual Strawberry Festival than just strawberries...

Some snaps of the fun we had this weekend eating Strawberries to raise funds for Hospice Tairāwhiti.

Please, can you like, follow and share our Hospice Tairāwhiti Strawberry Festival page, so you don't miss any updates for the 2020 event.

A massive thank you to Pak N Save Gisborne without whose support we would not be able to hold this annual fun family fundraising event. This year we munched our way through 60kg of Strawberries and 100 litres of Ice Cream. Thank so much for your donation of Strawberries and Ice Cream.

Hospice Tairāwhiti Strawberry Festival's cover photo