Appeals body formed

Press, 8 April 1978, Page 9

Appeals body formed

PA Wellington Representatives of national organisations that run annual appeals for funds have formed an organisation to try to make their fundraising more effective. The National Appeals Association was formed after a two-day conference in Wellington, attended by representatives! of 16 service and charitable ! organisations. Mr B. Hewes, convener of the conference, said the association would aim to raise standards of fund-raising, protect .the public from indiscriminate appeals, and prevent the overlapping of ap-: peals. The association, whose: chairman will be Mr A. Tong.i of the Salvation Army, hopes' to revamp fund-raising appeals. “Compared with the like of, Telethon. the traditional | house-to-house appeals are ’ about as modern as a horse-1 drawn cart,” Mr Hewes said. I All the organisations had trouble getting volunteers,: and the association would concentrate on trying to' overcome this, Mr Hewes! said. The organisations involved are: The Societv for the Intellectually Handicapned: Girl Guides Association; Salvation Army; Leper Trust Board; Red Cross Societv; Crippled Children Society; Corso; Foundation for the Blind: Leprosv Mission: World Vision: Order of St John: Save the Children Fund; Plunket Societv; U.N.1.C.E.F.: Mission Appeal (Seventh Day Adventists); and TV’s Telethon.

Fun day Atempts to win a place in the "Guinness Book of ReI cords” by eating Weetbix, a 1 bubble-gum blowing competi- ;. tion, and a land-yacht display will be among the activities I run by the Hoon Hay Jaycees at Hoon Hay Park, in Mathers I Road, on Sunday. There will ■ also be displays of hand . gliders, the “jaws-of-life" ; equipment and a new Fire : Service ladder (if they are : not in use), crafts, blood : donors, and a selection of books from the Canterbury 1 Public Library. Motorists will ; be able to check their reaction times and to have their • I cars tested for pollution outiput.