Kevin Swannell and Kiri Swannell serve soup to the needy at Clive Square in Napier. Photo / Warren Buckland
It is quite heartening the way our readers have responded to our Limitless Emergency Shelter Appeal to help the Swannell Family get their wish of an emergency shelter for those in need.
Kevin and Kiri Swannell are a selfless couple who have spent many a winter night in Napier feeding
the homeless from their mobile soup kitchen.
About a month ago Property Brokers gifted them a house in Hastings, which if they moved it, they could use as an emergency shelter for people in need. They have been looking for land, donations to move the house and tradespeople to help them make the house liveable.
Hawke's Bay Today decided this was a worthwhile cause and launched the Limitless Hope Emergency Shelter Appeal. For two weeks we have run stories about the project and urged our readers to help.
Even though I was expecting a good response, it has still been overwhelming, with people offering time, skills, goods and money to this worthy cause.
