The Whanganui Kai Hub is still in operation having met 80% of its fundraising goal with workers (from left) Sasha Hemme, Eryn Gribble, Rocky Dew and Sue Lumsden redistributing rescued surplus food.
The Whanganui Kai Hub is still in operation having met 80% of its fundraising goal with workers (from left) Sasha Hemme, Eryn Gribble, Rocky Dew and Sue Lumsden redistributing rescued surplus food.
The Kai Hub will continue to operate at a reduced capacity with 80% of its fundraising goal met.
The Whanganui community food rescue and redistribution organisation, which opened its doors in 2022, faced closure earlier in the year.
It launched a fundraising drive to get regular donations of $10a month from 1% of the Whanganui population.
They have since been able to meet roughly 80% of that goal - enough to remain in operation but at a reduced capacity.
“It’s awesome to still be doing what we’re doing, even at reduced capacity, but that continued support is vital as we move forward,” new chairperson Tamia Hurtado said.
Tamia Hurtado is the new chairperson at Whanganui Kai Hub after serving as a trustee and then treasurer on the board over the past two and a half years.
Hurtado has lived in Whanganui for most of her life and has been with the Kai Hub over the past 2.5 years, serving in various roles on the board of trustees.
“I was really lucky to be involved with such an awesome group of people that were on the board when I joined... all passionate about the project and what we were doing,” she said.
She recently took over the role of chairperson, replacing Dr Rose Soame, and having previously served as a trustee and then treasurer.
