With a total cost per trip of approximately $150,000, Koru Care relies on support and generosity to make the trips possible. The rewards from the trips are immense, for the child, they have the opportunity to be a real kid for a few days, they can leave their worries at home while doing what every kid loves – to be a kid without restrictions.

Businesses can support through encouraging their staff to participate in a payroll giving programme, by holding events, by supporting other activities in the community held to support Koru Care. Businesses can also support through donating products or services that Koru Care can sell on auction.

Individuals can hold events to raise funds, sponsor an individual child, or through a regular contribution.

Koru Care uses FundraiseOnline to help make giving easy, we also run online auctions through TradeMe. We also welcome suggestions on other ways to raise funds to help us make the Koru Care kids dreams come true.

These are some of the ways we fundraise for our trips:

• Entertainment book

Each year Koru Care participates in the Entertainment Book programme. Entertainment books give you the ability to save on your entertainment costs while at the same time supporting us to make dreams come true for the Koru Care children. Entertainment Books contain hundreds of 25-50% off and two-for-one offers from popular restaurants, cinemas, hotel accommodation, the arts, and sporting events.

The Entertainment Books Sell for $65 and a portion of this goes to help fund our overseas Adventures for seriously ill and disabled children. 

You can order your Book by downloading the order form, or online at Koru Care Entertainment Book.

• Charity Auctions

Koru Care receive products and services throughout the year which it then offers for sale through our charity auctions on TradeMe. All proceeds from these sales go directly toward the cost of the annual trips to either Disneyland or the Gold Coast.

Visit TradeMe to see our latest listings.

• Families Fundraising

The children who go on the Koru Care trips enjoy, and really get a kick out of helping to fundraise for their trip costs – the ideas children come up with can be quite unique and shows their own personalities.

Families have in the past held dinners with friends and family paying to be a guest, others have held car washes, coin trails and much more.

Children also get their schools involved with some schools having held talent quests, coin trails and sausage sizzles.

To find out more on how you can help, go to the families fundriaisng page to see other ideas.