There’s always a lot going on at Big Buddy. We are active in the media – in print, television, radio and Facebook – sharing our mentoring stories and news about everything from expansion plans to funding successes. Many of our stories come fresh from the field via coordinators, Big and Little Buddies, and mothers. They are always a good read!
We’d love to hear your stories about mentoring – please send them to us (here).
New Zealand’s fastest-growing pharmacy group Chemist Warehouse have raised $140,000 in just one month for a host of deserving charities. With the support of its suppliers and customers, Chemist Warehouse partnered with the Chiefs, Hurricanes, Highlanders, Crusaders and Blues in the fundraising drive during May. The campaign was run across all 35 Chemist Warehouse stores as …
Our amazing Big Buddy Chairman of the Trust Travis Field has been a member of our board for 11 years. We thought you would like to learn a bit more about him. In addition to chairing Big Buddy, Travis leads a busy life running his popular neighbourhood bar and eatery Fantail and Turtle at Smales …
Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers! This week we celebrate the wonderful mums, caregivers, grandmothers and mother figures in our community. As we lead up to Mother’s Day, it’s important to recognise the hard work that mums do. We also take our hats off to the women that sign their boys up to have a …
Big Buddy Tony Lennon has a very busy life. He is a dad to two boys, runs an IT System Integration company and 12 months ago became a wedding celebrant. Generously, Tony uses the aptly named Good Karma Wedding guy to support Big Buddy. “I absolutely love the experience of being a celebrant – for …
Since being matched in 2020, Little Buddy Maze and Big Buddy Paul have been busy filling their weekends with a wide variety of activities together. Their shared love of soccer grew into a team commitment with Paul becoming assistant coach for Maze’s side. His involvement didn’t stop there either, with Paul also volunteering as a …
Ed Ackman has been a Big Buddy to Marshall (12), for 2 years. The pair live on the Auckland North Shore. Now retired from a career in advertising, and with no children of his own, Ed decided it was time to give back and became a Big Buddy. Read on to find out how Ed …
We love sharing exciting summer activities! Little Buddy Luca had a fantastic birthday at Tree Adventures in Woodhill Forrest recently with his Big Buddy Martin. Turning 9, Luca was able to do six courses after his safety briefing and he and Martin left exhilarated after three hours on the course after well and truly shaking …
One of our youngest ever donors melted our hearts recently! At just 9-years-old, Macklin Devlin gave up receiving presents for his birthday, instead creating a gift registry with The Good Registry to raise money for Big Buddy instead. So why did Macklin decide to donate his birthday? “I wanted to help kids that don’t have …
Mum Angela Smith made a very moving speech at a recent fundraising lunch we thought was too good not to re-share. Here is an abridged version… Our stories shape us. Some more so than others and so this is me, with an openness and a few nerves, sharing our Big Buddy story with you. And …
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Wellington Mum Kendall has kindly agreed to share her story of the difference Big Buddy has made in the lives of her two now grown-up sons Taine and Cullen. Thank you Kendall, your uplifting and beautifully written story is just what we all need right now! When my boys lost their Dad, with it, they …
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