Third Plunket appeal
The Plunket Society, the biggest voluntary welfare i organisation in New Zealand, ■ will hold its third door-to- 1 door national appeal on Sat- ' urday. i Plunket receives a subsidy ' | from the Government, but i 1 ’still needs more than SI mil-; .Hon per annum to maintain;' its services, which are among j 'the cheapest in New Zealand. ; Ninety-two per cent of the i' (babies born in the Christ-' 1 ;church area are seen by' ' Plunket nurses, whose ser- ( ;vice continues until children! are five years old.
Plunket-Karitane hospitals; are closing throughout New; Zealand and the society is! beginning to establish family; support units. The first of; these for the Canterbury 7; area will be opened in Christchurch by the end of ; this month. It will be staffed; i by’ a Plunket nurse and a i (Karitane nurse, and will be j ' available for mothers who l ihave been directed there by] (doctors and health services. ! The society is extremely) ; short of collectors for Satur-; dav’s appeal, and anv help; would be gratefully received, j
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Press, 9 October 1979, Page 3
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