Anne Berbens Breast Cancer Quilt & more thank yous....

Here is Annes, rather funky awesome breast cancer quilt. It has been hanging in the Information centre as part of Involve '08, and could have been sold 10 times over. She has made it lightweight and backed with pink polar fleece so that if anyone is undergoing cancer treatment, it will keep you warm & add some brightness to your day with her bling take on all things girlie, a great pressie for someone undergoing treatment.

Thank you Anne..

We also have even more thank yous......

Ivan & Elizabeth Gray of New World Tokoroa for all of the bread rolls & bread for the evening.
Judy Grey for making our waitress' skirts.
Benchmark Putaruru for the 4 burner bbq in the Garden of Eden auction.
Don McKinnon for making the cake stands - they're being booked in for other functions before we've used them!
Linzi Shaw - for her craft skills with a piping bag.
Julie Van Dam for helping too...
Putaruru Information Centre for selling over 400 of our tickets - you rock!
Norm Atkins for our lighting and FONTERRA for paying Norms wages whilst he comes to work on Think Pink.
Lynn Hawkes for your awesome cake making skills yet again......
Michael Kirk for filling the vast void and being our head chef - even with a full time job & young twins........
Woolworths Putaruru for sponsoting all of our baking product for teh cakes.
Goodman Fielders - Mount Maunganui - for the flour and muffin products
- big shout for Simone for organising it.
Fonterra once again for the strawberry milk...
Bex for helping us as usual......

Accommodation.....

- Lakeside Farm Cottage & River Trail Cottage Walk


For those of you looking for accommodation - the following is still available in Putaruru. It's still available because we pre-booked it to keep it free for Think Pink....

@Junction - This pace sleeps six and is absolutely PRIMO....Mike & Raewyn have a cute little Hometel (A home used as a motel) in the heart of Putaruru. Totally stunning interior. They also have 1 room left in their en-suite homestay. this is first class accommodation, and the club van will take you back to your accommodation.

Lakeside Cottage - Dick & Liz Johnson have this awesome cottage by Lake Arapuni - Sleeps 6 (or 8 with pull out sofa bed) and is right on the side of the Arapuni Dam part of the river trail. On Sunday 19th as part of Involve '08 there is a walk from the Dam to Jones' Landing....

River Trail Cottage - Just 1km from Lakeside Cottage - Jenny & Duane have this cosy cottage - The club van will take you home from both cottages. They are a very easy 10 minute drive into town.

In all of the above accommodation, contact the owners direct and tell them we sent you!

Also - Putaruru Arms Motel - Dave is your host here - good all round budget accommodation - give him a call as I know he was filling up quick.

See you on Saturday!

More Thank yous, Sponsors & Donations......

We have even more sponsors to add to our list......

Ambreed have donated $1000 to be used on the bands.
King Electrical - Tirau - $250 donation.
Wynn-Bowers Mason - Pink Patchwork Christmas Stocking
Roger & Mary Gainford - Their holiday home in the Romance & Relaxation Package (and it is to die for.......)
Harvey Travel Tokoroa - Tokoroa - $200 travel voucher
Steinies Barber Shop - for our raffle prize.
The South Waikato Town of Tirau for supporting us and turning PINK
Daltons - Matamata - for a $250 product voucher
Greenlea Meats - have added to our beef requirements.
McEntee Hire Cambridge - vastly reduced hirage rates.
BP Putaruru - for a $400 cheque, and filling up the Club van with petrol on the night to get the locals home....
South Waikato District Council - for their grant to pay for all of the out of town buses.
Notting Hill - for prizes and a voucher for the raffle.
Grog Shop - Putaruru for their raffle basket.
Unichem Chemists - Putaruru - for their gift basket.
Maungatautari Lodge - for their dinner voucher.
Synergy Matamata - for their spa voucher and Pure Fiji Product.
IM & JM Reid - Jean is organising the floral display in the marquee and her kind husband said that they would sponsor the flowers..
Sandra Ogle - for her painign in the auction.
Kevin Julian for his awesome sculpture in the auction
$500 DrLewins product for the auction
phew.......

Table Top Fruit Bowl to auction....

No tickets left at the information centre, and so we're bringing back the 20 from Hamilton to sell over here at the information centre as we're inundated here.... We have also had a new auction lot - big thanks to Kevin Julian for our new auction piece. This awesome table top fruit bowl is hand carved and more details to follow....

Number Of Tickets Left....

We have 19 tickets left at the Putaruru Information Centre, and 22 tickets at the Hockin Building at Waikato Hospital. We'll keep you informed of how they are selling....

Thank You To Paul Henry...

A big thank you to Paul Henry who did exactly what we expected this morning...We sent him an invite & 2 tickets to the event - we knew he wouldn't attend but sent them anyway and got free press coverage and the event talked about, and the trust mentioned....We couldn't believe that it was EXACTLY as we predicted........

Warm Allison - a new addition to the auction...

This painting has been kindly donated by local artist Sandra Ogle. Here is the artists expaination:

HERE IS WHY I NAME THE PAINTING THIS , WARM IS THE FEELING I GET LOOKING AT THIS PAINTING IT ALSO HAS NEUTRAL COLOURS WHICH IS PLEASING TO THE EYE I HAVE ALSO ADDED THE NAME ALLISON TO THIS PAINTING , ALLISON IS MY PARTNERS MOTHER WHO HAS NOW PASSED ,ALLISON TERESA CASEY PASSED AWAY 8YRS AGO SHE DIED OF LUNG CANCER
SHE WAS A VERY WARM CARING PERSON WHO CARED FOR OTHERS.

I AM HONORED TO DONATE THIS PAINTING FOR THIS CAUSE.

May thanks Sandra.