Altrusa’s Annual Fundraising Quiz Night
On Wednesday, 29 April, Altrusa will be holding their annual Quiz night. The theme this year is Golden, Gorgeous & Gifted. Get a team together (six max), dress up (or not) and come along - with easy, tough and everything in between questions, a bar, nibbles, raffles, auctions and plenty of laughs it will be a fun night.
A bit about us - Altrusa is an international non-profit organization founded in the USA (1917) and established in Aotearoa in 1966. There are now 15 Districts (groups) throughout the Motu. It’s objectives are predominantly to help our local communities through leadership, partnership, and service. We have three main fundraising events each year. A local business or organisation is elected to be the recipient of the funds raised. Most recently the Frankton Fire Department and Baskets of Blessings were receivers but many others have received a ‘chunk of change’ to help enhance their services.
This year all funds raised at the Quiz night will go towards local projects: Books for babies (every newborn in the district receives a new book), the Whakatipu Buddy Programme and two annual scholarships at Wakatipu High School.
But fundraising is not all Altrusans do. The list is long but a few things are: the delivery of Meals on Wheels, reading with gorgeous young primary school students – (they do the reading), cups of tea made for those good souls that donate blood or show up to the ANZAC dawn service, collecting for Child Cancer, sandwich making for a locals funeral or directing those crazy people coming all the way to Queenstown to run a marathon.
We are a small group of women, 28 members to date, but we get s*** done with generous, warm and invigorating spirit. We welcome new members, of course. Feel free to check out our Facebook page or come to a meeting (no obligation), held on the first Wednesday of every month at the senior citizens rooms. No - we are not all senior citizens!!!
Back to the Quiz – come along to the rugby rooms behind Memorial Hall after 6pm (April 29). There is a prize for the best dressed team. It’s $150 per team.
