Free For All has a website!!!
Approximately 18 months ago a group called Free For All eas created to divert usable items from the waste stream. We have really battled in our journey but We have continued to give free stuff to the community for that whole time with NO conditions! We have been posting in local for sale groups but my dream is to go nationwide and even international. We have been doing this and it works.
"About 18mths ago we started an organisation called Free For All. We believe that there is enough "stuff" in the world and we should start sharing more. We have created this amazing website where everything on it is free. It doesn't matter if you can afford to go out and buy it new or not it is about using the items that have already been made to the fullest before they are recycled or taken to landfill.
The thing is this website is usable all over NZ. All you do is register (which is free) and list the items you wish to share within the community (No naughty stuff e.g. guns. Alcohol etc hehe). It will be published on the website and when someone wants the item you are offering they reserve it and contact you via email to arrange collection and of course you can reserve items as well but the thing is you can only get what people are sharing. So for this to work people need to give away stuff as well as reserve stuff. So if you are about to have a spring clean please think about sharing directly with your community !
Our goal is to keep usable items out of landfill by sharing. Will you help us?"
No one gets paid. We fundraise to cover costs, which often aren't covered so my husband and I find the money. I gave up my teaching career and commit myself fulltime to this because I believe in it.
Thanks for taking time to read this.
www.freeforall.co.nz...
Share your New Zealand music memories...
It's NZ Music Month and New Zealand really has some beautiful songs from artists that we call our own.
Whether it's April Sun in Cuba, Don't Forget your Roots, or How Bizarre or Bic Runga's 'Sway' - songs have a way of unlocking memories and evoking old feelings.
In honour of NZ Music Month, share a New Zealand song or artist that is special to you and explain why.
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And the 2024 Prospa Local Business Hero is...
A huge congratulations to mother and son duo, Mary and Sam Danielson from The Puketapu Hotel.
The votes for all finalists have been tallied and they have been chosen by Neighbourly members across the country as the Prospa Local Business Hero of 2024.
The Puketapu Hotel was nominated by a local called Margaret and the nomination reads:
'On Feb 14, 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle flooded many of the rural areas. Puketapu Hotel went under perhaps half a meter of water. However, immediately Mary Danielson and her son, Sam Danielson, along with their loyal staff pulled it together to cook copious amounts of food that without electricity would have been wasted. Throughout the years many of us have been treated with a pub gathering where we can reconnect and a free meal. At Christmas there was Santa, games, gifts for kids, donated patchwork for adults, an ice cream truck and lots of camaraderie.
This February on the cyclone anniversary, they again pulled out the stops to give hundreds of us a special night. We are all tired of the cyclone cleanup and they understood that it was needed.'
Such a deserving business and team, well done Mary and Sam. And thank you to all those who voted!
Riddle of the day...
I'm not alive but I have 5 fingers...
Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.
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