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The Arts Centre Giving Tree
Tuesday 1 to Sunday 20 December
Time
10.00AM – 4.00PM
Venue: The Clocktower
Help our neighbours, Ronald McDonald House, to brighten the season for kids and caregivers doing it tough with gifts for families spending the festive season away from home.
Bring your unwrapped items to the gifting tree in the Clocktower Building on Worcester Boulevard, and we'll make sure they reach tamariki receiving care at Christchurch Hospital with their siblings and caregivers.
More than 400 families are expected to stay at Ronald McDonald House over the Christmas period. Your donation can help make Christmas a little brighter for children, teenagers, and parents facing an incredibly challenging time.
New gifts only. Please see the donation guidelines below before purchasing.
Donation guidelines
To ensure gifts can be safely distributed to families, please follow these important requirements:
- Please donate new items only
- Please leave gifts unwrapped
- Commercially packaged food only
We cannot accept:
- Used or pre-loved items
- Toy guns or weapon-themed toys
- Toys with very small parts
- Paints, crayons, play-dough or other messy craft materials
- Alcohol-related gifts
- Home-cooked or homemade food
Gift suggestions
Teenagers
- Quality Toiletries
- Headphones
- Arts and crafts; things to make and create
- LEGO
- Speakers
- Water bottles
Children aged 4 to 12
- Toys
- LEGO
- Games
- Books
- Creative activity kits
- Water bottles
Babies and toddlers
- Sensory toys
- Vehicle playsets
- DUPLO
All ages
- Colouring books for teens and adults
- Board games, e.g., monopoly/Cluedo/card games
- Vouchers, e.g., cinema/bowling/Willowbank/Orana Park/Holey Moley/Timezone
Parents and caregivers
- Vouchers, Jewellery, Skincare
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