Thank you very much for your kind donations

From the annual report of the Christchurch Appeal Trust. They have had over $100 million in donations. Major donations of over $500,000 were received from:

  • AEON
  • AMP
  • ANZ Bank
  • America Association
  • Bruce Plested
  • Commonwealth Bank Australia
  • Fonterra
  • Fox Studios
  • Glenn Family Foundation
  • Governments of Canada, Indonesia, Oman, China, , Victoria and NSW
  • Infinity Foundation
  • James Cameron
  • NZ Aluminium Smelter
  • New Zealand Community Trust
  • Salvation Army Hong Kong
  • Seven and I Holdings
  • The Southern Trust
  • Valar Capital Management
  • Warner Bros
  • Wesfarmers Ltd
  • William James Duncan

As well those very generous large donations, some great examples of community fundraising globally:

  • The Gherkin stairclimb, London – on 22 May 2011 around 1,000 people raised GBP25,500 in a sponsored ‘Step Up 4 Christchurch' climb of the famous Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) in the City of London – that's 38 fl oors and 1,037 steps – organised by Kent Gardner and Paul Kendrick of Evans Randall investment banking group.
  • South Point High School Ohio, USA – on 29 April 2011 the athletes of South Point High School in Southern Ohio sprinted, shot putted, and high-jumped for the Appeal, donating the $1,832 proceeds from their annual track and fi eld meet which is named after legendary Kiwi running coach Arthur Lydiard.
  • Radiothon, Cook Islands – the small Cook Islands community of Aitutaki held a radiothon and its Mayor of Aitutaki John Baxter said that in four hours the community collected $25,000 for the Appeal. Aitutaki is a small island more than 260km from Rarotonga with a population of about 2,000.
  • NZ university graduates, Vietnam – a group of Vietnamese who studied at New Zealand universities over 25 years ago (1950 – 1975) raised $62,000. The 100 former  and their families, who now live all over the world said: “We were given not only an , but also hospitality and love by the people of New Zealand. We sincerely hope, as members of the big New Zealand family, it can lend a hand in soothing and comforting earthquake victims as they rebuild their lives.”

Great generosity and initiatives.