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SAFE APPEAL SUCCESSFUL
2009 was a sensational year of accomplishments for SAFE, which ended on a high after 1400 collectors helped raise a whopping $300,000 during SAFE's annual appeal. Hundreds of eager collectors in over 40 centres across New Zealand donned cool and colourful animal costumes of all shapes, colours and sizes to help stand out in the crowd and collect donations from the public. The menagerie of costume-clad SAFE volunteers were positioned on busy streets and intersections, as well as stationed outside malls, supermarkets and places like The Warehouse. In Auckland, Kiwi actors Paul Ellis, Jared Turner and Leighton Cardno, took their support for SAFE to extraordinary heights by bungee jumping from Auckland's harbour bridge dressed as pigs. "We're excited to be part of SAFE's largest fundraising event of the year and to highlight the plight of factory farmed pigs," says Jared Turner.
"The level of support for SAFE and the willingness of people to volunteer is always amazing," says SAFE director, Anthony Terry. "Every year our team spends countless hours recruiting people to collect in their area. They make thousands of phone calls and send even more emails and text messages. Each year we are moved by the heartfelt support received."SAFE is extremely grateful to everyone who offers to collect during the appeal. Our tireless team of coordinators around the country do a sensational job recruiting and coordinating their helpers. "We would not be boasting our success without them," says Anthony.
A special thanks goes to the core SAFE team in both the Auckland and Christchurch offices who do an awesome job every year. The funds raised will ensure core funding is available to initiate SAFE's upcoming campaigns and events over the next twelve months. Thanks everyone!
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