Earlier this year, Cyclone Winston devastated parts of Fiji. We have spoken with aid organisations, and they told us that the island communities are most in need of items for children. Before we left many of our friends and classmates from 2R and 4U at school, generously donated school supplies. A large bag was on board QuickStar as she crossed the Tasman and is ready to go to children in Fiji.
One aid organisation about to leave from our Marina at the Bay of Islands for Fiji told us that the kids go crazy for soccer balls, so today we visited the Rebel sports store in the Auckland CBD and bought 10 footballs! A special thanks to the store manager, Sam, who gave us a discount. The Humbolt Squid spent the afternoon carefully deflating the balls so they can be stowed for the long passage to Fiji, where they will be pumped up and Aqua Dolphin will challenge the local kids to a game.
Thank you to everyone who has provided support as we try to help out in Fiji.