$289,000.00 raised since 2005
Pictured: Graham Southwell and Wilf Marley during the signing.BNI New Zealand and Hospice New Zealand renewed their partnership agreement this week with a signing ceremony between BNI National Director Graham Southwell and Hospice New Zealand Chairman Wilf Marley in Auckland.
Hospice New Zealand also presented BNI with a certificate acknowledging the contribution of the organisation and its members in raising $289,000.00 since 2005 for hospices throughout the country, as well as the sponsorship of 42 BNI Palliative Care Education Scholarships awarded to healthcare workers involved with hospice.
Pictured from left: Graham Southwell (BNI National Director), Sue Redknap (BNI Financial Director), Mary Schumacher (Hospice NZ Chief Executive), Wilf Marley (Hospice NZ Chairman); back from left: Rachel Thompson (Hospice NZ Funding & Communications Advisor) and Fiona Harrop (BNI Operations Manager).The goals of the national agreement are to raise funds for local hospices through local BNI chapters countrywide, to continue to provide multidisciplinary scholarships for palliative care health workers and to raise awareness at a national level through collaborative and national awareness activities.