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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.

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February 2012 - Teenage advice and support

The charities shortlisted this month are:

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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.

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Sovereign Sunshine news


Thanks to your votes in January 2012, six charities will receive a donation from Sovereign!

31 January 2012 - With the new year in full swing, 2012 is looking to be a great year for all six of January's shortlisted charities who are now due to receive a donation from Sovereign thanks to your votes. January's category was 'Children’s health and rehabilitation'.

December 2011 brings a ray of sunshine to six childrens charities!

30 December 2011 - We've counted the votes and are delighted to announce the charity donation results for December 2011. November's category was 'Children’s health - life threatening illness'. .

Sunshine Day


Sovereign welcomes summer for November’s 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.

Funds raised by raffle hampers help to support Allergy NZ in October 2011

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


Blankets bring a ray of sunshine to jaundice babies

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.

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Win this month's prize:

 Sony 6” Wi-Fi Touch Reader

Sony 6” Wi-Fi Touch Reader!

Simply register and vote for one of February's shortlisted charities and you'll automatically be entered into the prize of the month draw.

Congratulations to Vikki Vaughan on winning the Philips 9" Poratable DVD Player!  By simply voting for her favourite featured charity in January, she was drawn as the random winner!

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Last Month's Charity Winner

Cure Kids

Cure Kids

Winner of January 2012

Congratulations!

All six shortlisted charities have also won donations - click below to find out more.



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