The Starters Foundation

The Starters family is growing! All children starting at Ngaruawahia Primary, Huntly Primary & Whitiora School wont pay a dollar for school jersey and stationery 💛⚡️

We’re off!! 40 Jerseys, Stationery packs & Bags provided to tamariki starting at Crawshaw School so far this year! Your support makes this happen 💛⚡️

The incredibly generous Dan Popping has made a pretty awesome offer here!

For every person who runs with Matt Wallbank on his Sunday 8am leg of the 4x4x48, Dan will donate $25! ⚡

So get on down to Claudelands Park tomorrow morning and come support this great cause.

If you can't make it down, you can still donate to the Givealittle to show Matt some support: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-starters

Another fundraising auction is now live! ⚡

The awesome human being that is Mitchell Santner has kindly donated an hour of his time for a cricket coaching session 🏏

Get on board by following the link below👇

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/sports/cricket/other/listing/3127017643?bof=2CI7cWqo

Here we go with our next fundraiser for The Starters! A one hour private coaching session with Blackcaps legend BJ Watling 🏏

If you have any cricket lovers in your life, let them know about this opportunity! Will be an awesome session with an awesome bloke.

Get your bids in here: https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/cricket/other/auction-3124781022.htm

On Friday, the awesome team down at Norris Ward McKinnon invited Matt to come in and have a chat about The Starters Foundation. This was a great opportunity for Matt to share his vision to support kids in the Waikato region.

But that wasn’t all, the extremely generous people at Norris Ward McKinnon have donated a whopping $1,500 to the cause and have also offered to assist The Starters Foundation with all legal administration in getting the foundation off the ground.

We can’t thank you enough! Matt will be sure to do you all proud in his 4x4x48 Challenge next weekend 🏃🏻‍♂️

The Givealittle page is still live, so if you’d like to donate, click the link below:

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-starters ⚡

7 DAYS OUT! 🏃🏻‍♂️

It’s been a busy old time in the background here with lots of running training and legal admin getting done. But we’re almost there!

There’s still time to donate so if you’re keen and able to help out hit the link below⚡️

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-starters 👈

Nice plug for the Foundation running in the Waikato Times tomorrow, get amongst it!

Accountant starts charity to give Waikato youth 'equal opportunities' Matt Wallbank, 24, aims to provide stationery and clothing to new entrant students at Waikato primary schools with a decile rating below five.

Aaaaaaaand nooooooow! Fundraising out of the yellow corner, a man we've known since our days at Hamilton Boys' High School, the one and only David Nyika! 🥊

We're auctioning off a one hour boxing coaching session with David before he heads off to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games! 🥇

Check out the auction here: https://bit.ly/boxingsession

And you can donate to our Givealittle here: https://bit.ly/thestartersgivealittle

And here we go ladies and gentlemen, the first in a series of fundraising auctions for The Starters Foundation ⚡

We are auctioning off coaching session with three of the worlds top netball players, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Captain and Silver Fern Samantha Winders, Magic and Silver Fern Erena Mikaere, and the Magic's newest star and Australian Diamonds Captain Caitlin Bassett! 🏐

Jump over to TradeMe to check it out: http://bit.ly/netballsession

Our Givealittle is still live if you're feeling generous. Every dollar goes towards the cause. Donate here: http://bit.ly/thestartersgivealittle

How awesome is this?!

Our good friend and Pro NZ Golfer Denzel Ieremia will be supporting us in his upcoming All Pro Tour event starting tomorrow!🏌️‍♂️

Denzel will be donating $25 per birdie and $50 per eagle he makes over the course of the tournament.

Give us a follow on Instagram to stay up to date with his results!

And if you're feeling generous, you can donate to The Starters Foundation here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-starters

The Starters Foundation updated their phone number.

Help us kick things off by supporting our very own Matt Wallbank run the 4x4x48 challenge! This is no easy feat, 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours!

We’ve set up a Givealittle to begin the fundraising process and move us one step closer to helping our first school kids get their stationery and uniform needs.

If you can spare a dollar or two for this great cause, we would appreciate your support!

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-starters ⚡️