A Mount Maunganui woman's small fundraising idea has snowballed into a four-charity black tie dinner event.
Jessica Gordon, 26, had an idea to hold a dinner to raise money for Baby Watoto Uganda, a charity she is involved in.
When fashion designer Annah Stretton heard of the dinner, she told Miss Gordon she would involve her RAW (Reclaim Another Woman) charity and would speak at the dinner.
Upon meeting with Denise Arnold of Cambodia Charitable Trust in town one day, another charity was added to the lineup, then Lavina Good of Good Neighbour Food Rescue decided to get involved.
The four charities together make up the beneficiaries of A Soiree Four Charity, to be held at Trinity Wharf on August 22.
"If we can sell 210 tickets to the dinner, we can make enough money for all the charities to split between us.
"It's basically bringing together these four charities that all have the same focus but in different ways."
All four women involved in the charities would speak about their work on the night.
A raffle will be drawn with prizes donated by local businesses. Will Johnston from The Hits will be MC on the night,
"The dinner will raise awareness for the charities, especially for Lavina and Denise who are locals. I want it to be a night where people come and get dressed up, have a nice dinner, listen to a couple of people doing work out there that we don't know about as much as we should."
Miss Gordon is involved with Baby Watoto Uganda, a charity that looks after babies abandoned or orphaned due to poverty, lack of education and the HIV/Aids crisis.
She is going to Uganda at the end of the year to volunteer.
"I did some volunteer work in Cambodia last year, which was a kind of stepping stone to see if I could handle Uganda. I'm going to Uganda for a few weeks, my long-term goal is to be taking groups over there."
Miss Gordon would also be visiting her sponsor child while in Africa.
"Ever since I was little, that's been my dream - for me to go to Africa for the greater good. People are like 'why don't you go to Europe on a Contiki or something?' Hopefully I don't get too attached to a baby while I'm there."