Our Stories
Tairāwhiti businesses – do you accept the challenge?
Locally owned and operated Skindeep Clinic donates $50 a week through regular giving to Sunrise’s General fund as a way of ‘giving back’.
Generous parishioners seed new Stella Maris fund
An anonymous group of local parishioners have gifted $50,000 to The Sunrise Foundation, to seed an endowment fund for Stella Maris Catholic Early Childhood Centre.
At-risk rangatahi at the heart of Matapuna
Matapuna Trust Board recently established an endowment fund with Sunrise as part of their governance work to secure the Trust’s long-term future.
Our first ‘Community Heroes’
Congratulations to John and Shelley Bowers who became our first official Community Heroes after they listed and sold their home with Gisborne Bayleys.
Welcome John Larsen, our new Platinum Sponsor
Local businessman John Larsen has been a regular donor and staunch supporter of Sunrise since our inception in 2014.
Donations go twice as far at Eastwoodhill Arboretum
As Autumn approaches next month, it’s the perfect time to visit Eastwoodhill Arboretum of NZ, Te Mara Rakanunui o Aotearoa, a national treasure approximately 30 minutes out of Gisborne.
Craigs team supporting local at Christmas
Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) has donated money they would have usually spent on Christmas gifts for their clients to The Sunrise Foundation.
Commitment from Trust Tairāwhiti for future funding
It’s been a fabulous start to 2023 at Sunrise after we received a commitment from Trust Tairāwhiti for continued funding next year and another two years conditionally after that.