- April 2012 brings sunshine to six children’s charities!
- The votes are in… Now find out how your votes have helped March’s shortlisted charities!
- Thanks to your votes, six charities will receive a share of $10,000!
- Thanks to your votes in January 2012, six charities will receive a donation from Sovereign!
- December 2011 brings a ray of sunshine to six childrens charities!
Welcome to Sovereign Sunshine
Have your say on how a donation of up to $15,000 is given to six New Zealand children’s charities every month from leading life insurance, home loans and investment specialists, Sovereign. By taking part in Sovereign’s exciting sponsorship initiative you will also be in the draw to win a fabulous monthly prize.
May 2012 - Children’s health - life threatening illnesses
The charities shortlisted this month are:
There are three ways you can help:
Many charities are in need of support. No matter what your skills, there's something you can do.
Send money directly to one of the featured charities.
Donate via credit card, internet transfer or cheque.
Email your friends and encourage them to get involved with Sovereign Sunshine.
Introducing: Sovereign Sunshine Days
Every month the staff at Sovereign celebrate Sunshine Day, with fun activities designed to raise funds for the winning Sovereign Sunshine charity. This usually involves getting dressed in theme, and included a stair challenge, and a pie-throwing competition! A different team leads the fundraising each month, staff donations to the winning charity are matched by Sovereign also.
Check the Sunshine Day news items below, to read who benefitted from this month’s fundraising, how much each of the six shortlisted charities received, and for a glimpse of the latest Sunshine Day fun.
Sovereign Sunshine news
30 April 2012 - With the voting for April's six shortlisted charities now closed, we are excited to announce how your votes have helped each of them receive a donation from Sovereign. The category for April was 'Children's learning related disorders'
30 March 2012 - With the voting for March's six shortlisted charities now closed, we are excited to announce how your votes have helped each of them receive a donation from Sovereign. The category for March was 'Children's disability support'
Sunshine Day
22 November 2011 - Sovereign's Human Resources and Strategy + Research and Risk team put together a great day filled with activities and hampers inspired by summer to raise money for @Heart on our most recent Sunshine Day, 9 November.
A sausage sizzle, bake sale, and hampers were all part of the day, and in total they helped to raise an additional $5,806 for @Heart, who were the recipients of the most votes in October's shortlisting.
13 October 2011 - Sovereign's Operations - Management team put together several amazing hampers, which were raffled off to raise money for Allergy NZ on our most recent Sunshine Day, 12 October.
The hampers went down like a treat! And, in total they helped to raise an additional $3,648.32 for Allergy NZ, who were the recipients of the most votes in September's shortlisting.
Sovereign Sunshine media releases
31 July 2009 - Newborn babies at Starship Children's Hospital will soon benefit from lifesaving 'BiliBlankets' which are used for the treatment of babies suffering from jaundice. Starship Foundation's Fundraising Director Bobbie Brown, said the purchase of the two blankets was due to a recent donation of nearly $14,000 made by the Sovereign Sunshine initiative.
