Harold the Giraffe from the Life Education Trust made a visit to Wairua Fitness on Friday.
Amidst the kettlebell squats, tyre flipping and general horseying around, Harold and Nelson Tasman Life Education Trust chair Michelle Fitzgerald were given $5550 by the team at Wairua Fitness.
The money donated to the trust was raised at the challenging Wairua Warrior obstacle race earlier this month.
Michelle says the donation is amazing.
“It’s great to be involved with something local and without the input and generosity of Wairua and the other organisations that support us, we wouldn’t be able to get around the schools with the classroom and deliver the program that we have.
“It costs about $18 per kid and we see about 5500 children a year,” she adds.
“It’s a lot of coin, but this support is incredible and it will go towards helping us pay our educator and updating the classroom.”
Event organiser Greg Witika says he and the team are happy they could support the trust.
“Last year we only managed to raise $2000, so we’re stoked we could double that and hopefully next year we’ll go even bigger,” says Greg.
“We chose Life Education Trust because it teaches kids good life skills and most of our members are parents. It’s a great cause and all the money raised stays local.”
Greg says the $5000 came from registrations and the remaining money was donated by King Salmon who donated all their proceeds from selling bagels on the day.
