Care For Families NZ

About

We are a non profit organization, that gathers new/used prem-5yrs clothing, furniture, toys and accessories etc.. to put into packs for families in need =)

Story

We are always needing donations, everything and anything from small items like clothing, baby wash and lotion, baby baths etc. to larger items like cots, capsules and prams, etc.
Whatever prem, baby or children related items you no longer require or feel that you would like to donate goes a long way.
Our organization was started when I was still doing home schooling and sitting home the one day looking through freecycle and noticed the alarming amount of posts from parents who were truly battling and were happy to receive anything just to take care of there kids.
I started talking to some of the mums and got to know there situations and decided I wanted to make a change, why couldn't people that no longer needed their items pass it on for a good cause?
I started with a lovely lady who had a young baby and a toddler and everything in her house had been destroyed by mould and they didn't have the finances to move, so we bought with our own money a cot, change table, clothes, etc. and took it through.
She didn't say much and I walked away feeling defeated till about an hour later when I received a txt saying she was over whelmed and in tears as she had never expected a blessing like that, and it was right there and then our organization was born.
We were on and off for a while as I got married and tried to start a family of my own which proved slightly harder then expected and after finally finding out we were pregnant with our son and one very long and difficult pregnancy our miracle was born at exactly 33 weeks weighing 1.9kgs.
It was then that we expanded to help families with prems as we as a young newly married couple new just how hard and financially straining it could be having a prem. I am so happy to finaly be completely up and running and cant wait to touch many lives as we launch into this full on, and I am truly grateful for and looking forward to all the help from all our wonderful volunteers, sponsors and donors. You dont always relise but the things that seem least important to you can change someone elses life.