We urgently need to promote the importance of the volunteer and non-profit sector during the downturn, as funding is in decline while demand for services are increasing.

 

To highlight the importance of the volunteer sector and reward New Zealand’s most outstanding volunteers, Good Magazine and Intrepid Travel have joined forces to create the Intrepid Travel National Volunteer Awards.

 

The Awards are a part of a larger national campaign which will be used to bring attention to the true value of volunteering while building up to Volunteer Awareness Week (14^th -20^th June). The campaign will be bringing an impressive arsenal of media together including Good Magazine, The Sunday Star Times anda  TV campaign.

 

How it works

 

Charities from all over New Zealand will be nominating their best volunteers under 7 different categories. Good magazine will load them on to a voting webpage on our social networking site for charities and volunteers www.gomad.co.nz

The Sunday Star Times will be running a promotion for 2 weeks (print and online) to send people to the site to vote for the favorite volunteers. The winners and their charities from each category will be profiled in a special supplement in Good magazine which will hit the news stands on the 15^th of June.

 

The awards will be held at AUT’s St Paul Gallery on Thurs 11^th June, the week prior to Volunteer Awareness Week. We have an extensive PR campaign planned which will create opportunities for charities to get their stories out in main stream media.

 

The overall winner will get a $5000 volunteering holiday from Intrepid and Good magazine will donate 20% of its subscription revenue in June and July tothe winning volunteer’s charity

or project.

 

What you will get:

• Massive media exposure: As a finalist your charity will reach over 600,000 people.
• Cash donation and free advertising: As the winning charity you will get $4,500 of free advertising in Good magazine and 20% of our subscription revenue from the June/July issue.
• A reward for your volunteers: The volunteer of the year will win a $5,000 Volunteering Holiday.

 

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Deadline Friday 1^st of May

 

We will need the form, photo and logo emailed to us by the 1^st of May but pleases try and supply the information before that to make production easier for us.

 

For further information contact Jessica on 09 966 0999

 

Kind regards,

Jessica Lax

Project Manager

Good Magazine

Tel 099660999

Email jessica@hbmedia.co.nz

 

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