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Hire company raising funds to support children’s charity

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1729" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;09&sol;KHS2&lowbar;2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"KHS2 2" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"154" &sol;>Kennards Hire kicked off their annual charity initiative&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Kennards for Kids&&num;8217&semi; yesterday&period; Throughout September and October&comma; the Kennards for Kids initiative will raise both awareness and funds for KidsCan NZ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a family-owned business&comma; Kennards Hire is passionate about providing vulnerable kids with the best start to life&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s this belief in the potential of our kids that led the company to donate over &dollar;40&comma;000 to various children&&num;8217&semi;s charities and organisations from last year&&num;8217&semi;s campaign alone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For every hire made during September and October&comma; Kennards Hire branches around New Zealand will donate &dollar;2 straight to KidsCan who will use the money to help vulnerable kids in the community&period; This year Kennards Hire have set themselves the goal of raising half a million dollars across New Zealand and Australia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GM of Kennards Hire NZ&comma; Hamish Kibblewhite&comma; said it was vital that kids were given every chance at success in life&period;<br &sol;>&&num;8220&semi;We believe that it&&num;8217&semi;s all about breaking negative cycles early in a child&&num;8217&semi;s life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Kennards For Kids was created in order to help youth in our communities realise their potential&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GM of Marketing &amp&semi; Fundraising with KidsCan&comma; Jan Clark&comma; is appreciative of the support KidsCan receives from Kennards Hire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We feel privileged to be the chosen New Zealand charity to work with the team from Kennards Hire to bring this fundraising initiative to life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8220&semi;KidsCan now supports 500 schools throughout New Zealand due to the generous support of businesses like Kennards Hire&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can throw your support behind Kennards For Kids and KidsCan NZ by visiting your local Kennards Hire outlet and hiring equipment for your spring-clean&comma; building&comma; or renovation project throughout September and October&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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