The King sisters have been putting aside their pocket money and asking for help from friends and family to raise money to replace a lawnmower stolen from a Whangarei bird shelter.
Rylee King, 7, and Georgie, 5, love all animals so when they heard thieves had ripped away a piece of fibrolite and made off with the Native Bird Recovery Centre's $800 mower last month they wanted to help.
The sisters put away their own pocket money and appealed for donations so they could raise the funds to replace the mower. On Wednesday they had raised about $700 and Northland regional councillor John Bain topped it up to $800.
"These two little ones here have been fabulous. When you see little ones doing positive things it's just great. These two have raised funds for us before. They just do it off their own bat, it's neat," said centre manager Robert Webb.
The girls' mother, Amy King, said her two daughters had been saving up to buy a cockatiel and a guinea pig but decided they wanted to use that money to help Mr Webb get a new mower.