Winter Campaign 2025 – Drop off your donations here

NORTH

Helensville
Justene: 021 2377 829

Matakana/ Leigh
Sawmill Brewery + Smoko Room
1004 Leigh Road, Matakana
Kirsty: (09) 422 6555

Orewa
Lisa: 021 833 453
7a Melanie Place
Donation drops can be at any time – leave under pergola
Please close gate on way out!

Warkworth
Lorna: 021 037 67 88

 

NORTH SHORE

Albany/Rosedale
Brolly Sheets
19b Orbit Drive, Rosedale
Ph: (09) 271 21 42
Donations to ground floor office please
Mon to Fri: 9am-4pm

Albany
Mi-IT
2b/1 (upstairs) William Pickering Drive
Ask for Caterina: 021 839 767

Birkenhead
Sarah: 021 207 3089

Castor Bay
Carly: 021 657 267

Devonport/Narrow Neck/Bayswater/Takapuna
Devonport Methodist Church
Cnr Lake & Owens Roads, Devonport
Church is open Mon to Fri: 7.30am-5.30pm & Sun: 9.30am-11.30am

Forrest Hill
Wendy
34 Selwyn Cres (front house)
Box under front balcony, drop offs can be at any time

Glenfield (Sunset Rd)
Lorinda: 027 484 5778

Northcote
Unity Studios
29C Woodside Avenue
Mon to Fri: 9am-3pm & Sat: 8am-11am

 

WEST & NORWEST

Glen Eden
Heather & Jerry: (09) 8188 809 or mobile/text: 027 699 5480

Huia
Sarah: 021 633 043

Henderson – Central
Give a Kid a Blanket – Blanket Base
Unit 6/91 Central Park Drive
Ph: 021 074 0269
Mon to Fri: 10am-4pm
Weekends by appointment

Henderson – Central
Corban Estate Arts Centre
2 Mt Lebanon Lane
Ph: (09) 838 4455
Mon to Sat: 10am-4pm

Henderson
The Sleep Store
85C Henderson Valley Road
Mon to Fri: 9.30am-4.30pm

Hobsonville
Orion Point
62 Tahingamanu Road
Ph: (09) 558 6869 (call village reception to arrange a drop off time)

Hobsonville / Whenuapai / Upper harbour
Rochelle: 021 911 629

Kumeu
Kumeu Arts
300 Main Road Kumeu (behind the Huapai Library)
Tues to Fri: 9am-5pm, Sat: 10am-4pm & Sun/Mon: Closed

Kumeu
The Body Clinic
250b Main Road, Kumeu
Mon to Fri: 9am-5pm & Sat 8am-11am
Please leave items in box in waiting room

Massey
Don Buck Primary School
124 Don Buck Road
Mon to Fri: 8:15am-3:15pm (drop offs at the office between these hours)

New Lynn
Sue & Ron: 021 134 8546

Piha
Piha Community Library
Maureen: 021 139 2145
Sat, Sun, Mon, Wed: 10am-1pm & Thurs: 3.30pm-5.30pm

Te Atatu
Tash: 027 438 3540

EAST

Beachlands
Tania: 021 644 722
25 Liberty Cres
There is a clearly marked container to drop off into

Botany
Beryl: 027 242 2133

Glen Innes
Lucy: 021 059 2674

Maraetai
Stephanie: 027 536 4400
22 Omana Heights Drive
Box under cover by door (anytime)

Meadowbank/St Johns/Stonefields
Laura: 027 486 7643

 

CITY ( & surrounding suburbs)

Ellerslie
Rachel: 021 571 648
Text to arrange drop off

Epsom
Marianne: 027 322 5555

Epsom
School Uniform Shop
169 Manukau Road
Mon to Fri: 8.30am-5pm
Sat: 10am-1pm

Freemans Bay
Deb: 027 567 8948

Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn Community Centre
510 Richmond Road
Mon to Fri: 8am-4.30pm (at the office please)

Mt Albert
Good Thing
849 New North Road, Mt Albert
Ph: (09) 815 2052
Mon to Fri: 9.30am-5pm
Sat: 9.30am-5pm & Sun: 10am-4pm

Mt Eden
Lyn: 021 620 333

Mt Eden
Unity Studios
1a Rocklands Ave
Ph: 021 246 4070
Mon to Fri: 9am-3pm

Newmarket
Bria: 021 177 6891 (text message is fine)
5 Morgan Street (off St parking available)
Mon to Fri: 7.30am-3.30pm

Pt Chev
Caitlin: 027 546 6340 (Text Only Please)

Pt Chev
Vicky: 027 935 9120

Remuera
Anna: 021 217 0261
10 Waimea Lane
Donations can be left on porch anytime

Sandringham
Canoe & Kayak
502 Sandringham Road
Ph: (09) 815 2073
Tue to Sat: 9am-5pm & Sun to Mon: 10am-4pm

St Heliers
Turua Gallery
10a Turua Street
Mon to Fri: 10am-5pm
Sat: 10am-4pm & Sun: 10am-3pm

 

SOUTH / FAR SOUTH

Manurewa
Sarah: 021 148 4442

Pokeno/Te Kauwhata
Kara: 027 291 4006
Please leave a message if phone not answered

Pukekohe
Pukekohe Rental Cars
168 Manukau Road
Susanne: 027 312 2277
Mon to Fri: 9am-5pm (after hours by arrangement)

What to donate – click image to enlarge

Donate with GakaB

No donation is too small, or too big, or too ineffective!
We welcome all contributions from our community to help Give a Kid a Blanket achieve our mission of relieving poverty. Every dollar and every item counts.
We are reliant on donations to run our day-to-day operations and donations are the lifeblood of our project, our charity and our fuel.
Give a Kid a Blanket is a completely non-profit organisation and is run by volunteers so all donated funds go directly into the work of the charity.

How

Financial Donations to Give a Kid a Blanket

Give a Kid a Blanket is a registered charity and has donee status.
Donations $5 and over can be claimed on your tax.
Please follow this process to receive a receipt.
  • Donate to ‘Give a Kid a Blanket’ 01-0495-0385108-00
  • Email: contact@giveakidablanket.co.nz stating amount, your name and address
  • When money is sighted in account a receipt will be emailed to you.
  • Note: One receipt per deposit

or you can donate on our Give a Little page:

DONATE VIA GIVE A LITTLE

Donate Items

During the winter months of June & July we have donation points across greater Auckland. A list of these is posted at the top of our Facebook page over that time. Out of the winter months email GaKaB at badwakk@xtra.co.nz or message the Facebook page to find a donation point close to you. There are less over this time.

We welcome donations of excellent quality pre-loved and new items. Please, no rips, stains, tears and from a smoke-free home. Pre-loved items should be laundered (bagged or boxed) before donating please.

Items we gather

Blankets, duvet inners and covers, sleeping bags, infant sleep sacks, NEW pillows, NEW hot water bottles, Warm infant, child, teen and adult clothing, pyjamas, robes, socks, beanies, jumpers, track pants, hoodies. (Please email or message if you have something else to donate we may like and unsure if we take).

We love receiving donations of hand-crafted items such as crocheted blankets, and knitted infant and children’s jumpers and cardigans, and beanies in all sizes.