Christmas Appeal: Ngongotahā brigade collecting food for families in need

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The sounds of fire engine sirens will be heard throughout Ngongotahā on Monday night, as streets prepare for the annual can drive. From 6pm on November 16, the trucks will be out…

The sounds of fire engine sirens will be heard throughout Ngongotahā on Monday night, as streets prepare for the annual can drive.

From 6pm on November 16, the trucks will be out and about collecting non-perishable food, mostly canned, to support local families in need.

The Monday night collection will mark the first week of the Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal, supported by The Hits Rotorua 97.5FM, which will continue for six weeks.

Chief fire officer Ren Keepa believes they will have a full complement of members, with about 18 from the brigade as well as Scout Club and Salvation Army volunteers.

The brigade plans to divide Ngongotahā into three areas to help them cover all streets.

They will have three fire engines and a ute, as well as assistance from the scouts who walk the streets.

Keepa said people “definitely will hear a lot of the appliances” such as the sirens, which “helps to encourage people to come out and support the need”.

For a number of years, the Ngongotahā fire brigade had supported the Salvation Army’s food bank.

Keepa said the can drive helped remind people in the community that they were there to help and were volunteers like everyone else.

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