Community impact as a result of
Hawke’s Bay Foundation funding is having a positive ripple effect, buoying hard working charities from Wairoa to Central Hawke’s Bay
This September is Wills Month, and we are encouraging you to consider how you would like to effect lasting change in this community that we love. With Hawke’s Bay Foundation, leaving a gift in your will enables you to decide where your giving is directed, to support the causes close to your heart, forever.
Paying tribute to its founding EO Amy Bowkett who has announced her departure from the role, while welcoming Alesha Hope who is excited to steer Hawke’s Bay Foundation through a new phase of evolution.
This year we are having a ‘get our house in order’ year. Covid and cyclones over the previous years has meant we are often working on the fly. With steadier start to 2024, our volunteer trustees and committees have been working hard to ensure things run smoothly.
John F. Kennedy said it best, when he said , “All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”
We are pleased to provide our valued donors with an update regarding our cyclone recovery efforts. As donors to this cause you can feel proud that your donation has been put to good use quickly.
Did you know that 40 percent of New Zealanders die without a will – that’s 1500 individuals each year who may possibly leave their family members grieving, while having to also sort out a rather complicated legal process.
In an unprecedented act of generosity, donors gift the proceeds of their River Lodge property to Hawke’s Bay Foundation. This historic move will hugely benefit the Hawke’s Bay region and many of our charities for years to come. They feel confident that their gift will be well protected, grown and carefully distributed.
