Give the gift I really need, my family by my side.
Having your family close while you have a sick child in hospital is essential. RMHC® NZ provides families with a safe and supportive environment during their most challenging times. And we can't do it alone. This Christmas, we need your help.
Together, let's give the gift hospitalised children really need, their family by their side. Your donation helps us keep the lights on and doors open, to keep families together for Christmas.
Gift Pantry Items
$50
to give families a moment to take a welcomed break together
Gift One Night’s Accommodation
$171
to give families the gift of time together this Christmas
Gift Three Night’s Accommodation
$500
to give families the opportunity to stay together this Christmas
To learn more about the impact of your support during this Christmas Season, please click below to read our Christmas Newsletter.
Read here!From our whānau to yours, thank you for ensuring hospitalised children like Aria and Zion can have their family by their side this Christmas. If you would like to read more about what your support makes possible, read Aria and Zion's family stories below.
Aria’s Christmas Journey
For the Tiraha Cook’s, Christmas was always a time filled with laughter, joy, and the warmth of whānau. But little did they know that the Christmas of 2022 would be unlike any they had experienced before, bringing them face to face with the harsh reality of a life-threatening
illness.
illness.
Read Aria's Story
Zion’s Christmas Journey: Finding Home at RMHC® New Zealand
Just north of Whangarei, resides The Holdaway Family whose lives were forever changed in April 2023. Grace and Joshua, along with their four children had been living a peaceful life – Joshua a hard-working labourer and Grace, a dedicated mother and home-school teacher. Little did they know that their lives were about to be turned upside down and their resilience be tested when their youngest son Zion (2) was diagnosed with cancer.
Read Zion's Story
