Rotary District 9940 have pledged to raise $400,000 for a new children's hospital.
Stratford Rotary Club president Barrie Smith says the district put out an appeal to all Rotary clubs from Wellington to Waitara to assist the Children's Health Trust with raising the money.
The money will go towards developing and outfitting two whānau rooms for a new hospital being built in Wellington.
There will be one whānau room on each of the inpatient floors in the new hospital. The rooms give families time away from their child's room and into an area that will be bright and open with opportunities to prepare food, and a sleeping room for those with children in ICU, says Barrie.