Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Christchurch School of Gymnastics
Wants To Land On Their Feet
The Christchurch School of Gymnastics has been badly impacted by the Christchurch Earthquakes. Located in a building in front of the QEII Sports Complex, it is now in danger of having to close their world class gymnasium. Please help them to land on their feet by providing financial contributions. No amount is too small! Details on how to do this are at the bottom of the page, so please scroll down if you want to help and don’t have time to read the letter from the school below.
This school not only provides valuable sporting opportunities and facilities to the children of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, I know that it also happens to serve the wider community. I have a special interest in helping them out, because two of my nieces developed their trampolining skills here long before the September 2010 earthquake, and were, I’ve since discovered, trained by my friend, Kendra. Once again proof that Christchurch is a small city, because I’ve only known Kendra since May 2011!
Letter From The Christchurch School of Gymnastics
QEII Park
P O Box 18-827
Christchurch
Ph/Fax 03 388 6616
Website www.chchgymnastics.co.nz
Email avril@chchgymnastics.co.nz
January, 2012
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Supporting the children of the eastern suburbs in achieving sporting excellence
We know you are committed to the rebuilding of Christchurch. As part of that commitment we would appreciate your help in ensuring that the children of the east of Christchurch have access to sporting opportunities and facilities.
The Christchurch School of Gymnastics (CSG) is currently the only sporting facility operating at QEII Park. CSG offers gymnastics and trampoline classes to approximately 1200 members from toddlers to adults and includes New Zealand’s top competitive gymnasts. In addition, over 9000 Canterbury children annually have access to gymnastics via our school programme.
Our world class gymnasium has suffered substantial earthquake damage and our membership base has been eroded due to families in the east leaving Christchurch. The December quakes have made the location of CSG less certain. However, we are determined to continue to operate, repair or move and grow our membership again. At CSG we are passionate about gymnastics and in particular helping children engage and reach their sporting potential. However to do this we need support from the community and business.
Attached is information about the Christchurch School of Gymnastics and the programmes that we run. The club is a charitable entity, so all contributions are tax deductible and will go directly to supporting your choice of the following initiatives.
Our funding requirements fall into the following categories
- Building – we need help covering our estimated $100.000 insurance excess. We may also need additional funding if required to relocate. It is our intention to stay east of the CBD if at all possible.
- Gymnasts – there is the opportunity to support talented local gymnasts whose families have suffered financial hardship over the last year. There is also the opportunity to support gymnasts in travelling to national and international competitions. Or you can help us by sponsoring development programmes to engage more young people in the sport.
- School programme – as our facilities are not at full capacity our goal for 2012 is to take our gymnastics programme directly to the schools. In this regard we need support in terms of a vehicle (sign-written of course) and funds to support this programme.
- Overheads – whilst we work to engage more gymnasts help with maintaining our world class coaching talent is required.
Four levels of sponsorship are available:
« Bronze – $1,000
« Silver – $5,000
« Gold – $10,000
« Platinum – over $25,000 – please discuss with us if you want to make a bigger contribution.
Sponsors are recognised in the following ways:
« Acknowledgement on our website and to our members via newsletter & our yearbook.
« Plaque on the wall in the gymnasium (over 200,000 visitors a year)
« Certificate of appreciation for your office / wall
« Media release
More tailored recognition would be available – please discuss with us your wishes.
We would appreciate your help now. If you require any further information or would like to visit our facility to see how you could help in person, please call 388-6616 or 021 2505099 and we will arrange a time to show you around.
If you would prefer to simply send a cheque please complete the following, or internet bank to Westpac Eastgate, Christchurch 03 1591 0125730.00. We will send back a receipt and acknowledgment certificate with our sincere thanks.
Kind regards
Avril Enslow MNZM
Executive Officer
Christchurch School of Gymnastics
021 2505099
(Please note there is a form to fill out which I haven’t included here for sponsorship $1,000 and over, and I also do not have the attachments of the classes, but you can find this information on their website www.chchgymnastics.co.nz or contact the school and/or Avril as listed above!)
How to help if you don’t have a spare $1,000!
I know many of us in Christchurch have very little disposable income at the moment but would like to donate a few dollars, and there are also those who want to help our city recover but are living in other parts of New Zealand or overseas. So I asked Avril what you can do.
She replied:
“I do know that donations to the Earthquake appeal can be made and donors can specify where they want it spent, so naming us would be good! We are recently registered as a Charitable Entity too so that should help.”
To donate to the Earthquake Appeal, click on this link.
Buy A Flipping Brilliant Cook Book
Earthquake Fundraiser for Gymnastics
My friend Kendra also advises me that the Christchurch School of Gymnastics have put together a Flipping Brilliant Cook Book. You can buy this on Trade Me – Click HERE and enter “Earthquake Fundraiser for Gymnastics – Cookbook” into the search box . Details about the auction:
Buy on Trade Me
SUPPORT THE CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOL OF GYMNASTICS AT QEII, CHRISTCHURCH
The Christchurch School of Gymnastics is the top gymnastics club in New Zealand. We teach gymnastics and trampolining from tiny preschoolers to adults to high-performance athletes.
We are located at QEII Park, Christchurch, and are currently the only facility in the park still open. We have incurred damage to our buildings, and require repairs above our insurance cover.
As an earthquake repair fundraiser, CSG members have created this cookbook of thier favourite recipes. The cookbook has 60 pages of fun recipes, including a celebrity submission from Julie Seymour, Silver Fern (Julie’s children have all been members of our club).
Please help support our facility so we may continue to strive for sporting excellence through adversity!
January 26th, 2012 at 2:33 am
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