Baking a difference for Blind Week

Blind Week 2011:

• Blind Week runs from Tuesday 25 October until Monday 31 October this year.
• The funds raised will enable the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) to continue providing essential blindness services to its members.
• Only one-third of their operating budget comes from government sources, so public support is vital.
• To find out how to get involved in fundraising for Blind Week call 0800 120 BLIND or visit blindweek.org.nz. To make a donation please call 0800 DONATE.

The Bake a Difference Campaign:

• This year the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind are launching a nationwide fundraising event called “Bake a Difference for Blind Week” in which they are asking New Zealanders to organise their own baking-based fundraisers for Blind Week.
• Why? Baking is a classic fundraiser that has proved time and again to be successful.
• They want as many people as possible to Bake a Difference by baking delicious goodies and offering these to others for a donation.
• You could bake for friends and family, a community group, club, or coffee group you attend, or perhaps for your workplace, church or school.
• For more information or to register visit blindweek.org.nz or call 0800 120 BLIND.

Some info about RNZFB:

• The RNZFB is New Zealand’s main provider of sight loss services to blind and partially sighted people.
• They have more than 11,500 blind and partially sighted members nationwide.
• Each year nearly 1,100 New Zealanders who have become blind or experienced serious sight loss register as RNZFB members.
• They equip their members with the adaptive skills, technology and resources they need to overcome the barriers they face to participating fully in society and leading independent lives.