BECOME A GRAPEVINE SPONSOR …

ONE MILLION UNLUCKY KIWI HOMES ARE MISSING OUT ON GRAPEVINE… but for as little as $15 a month you can help change all that!

Please join our fight for healthier, safer Kiwi families by sponsoring Grapevine deliveries to your street or rural area, your local school, kindy, play-centre, club, church, business, prison, counselling service – whatever.

GIVE FAMILIES NEAR YOU A MUCH-NEEDED ‘LIFT’ … AND HELP GRAPEVINE MAKE A LASTING, LIFE-CHANGING DIFFERENCE!

BECOMING A GRAPEVINE SPONSOR IS AS EASY AS 1-2-3!

1. Decide how many magazines you’d like to sponsor …

Sponsor $15-a-month (minimum) and we’ll put Grapevine into 30 homes in the street/suburb you request … or send a bundle to your home, school, kindy, church, office, club, whever-you-want!

The more $$ you sponsor, the more Grapevines we’ll deliver each quarter: e.g.

$25 per month sponsors 60 copies
$50 per month sponsors 120 copies (you get the idea!)

And of course, we’ll send YOU a copy each time.

2. Decide where you’d like your sponsored magazines to go …

For example:

Sponsor your street and or streets near you: it’s one of the nicest things you can do for your neighbours!
Sponsor a school or kindergarten or play-centre in your area: it’s completely anonymous – they’ll be sent to the office with a covering note explaining that someone who appreciates what the school/kindy/play-centre is doing has arranged for these Grapevines to be delivered each quarter, in the hope that they might prove of value for staff, parents, school counsellors, etc.
Sponsor copies to your local Rotary or Lions or Probus Club … or to your local church or minister or youth leader … or to someone you know who’s a counsellor or a social worker or involved in assisting troubled families.
Sponsor copies for your staff or clients, or the lunchroom at work … or for the waiting room of your local doctor, dentist, medical centre …
YOU CAN SPONSOR GRAPEVINE ALMOST ANYWHERE YOU WANT!

3. Sign up, sit back, and let us do the rest – it’s really that simple!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIGN UP NOW AS A GRAPEVINE SPONSOR?

Phone 0800-GRAPEVINE (0800-47-27-38) to talk to our Supporter Services Staff

… or …

CLICK HERE to sign up.

Heather's Story - From Editor John Cooney

I’d spoken at this café-style function, and a woman named Heather came up to me afterwards. “Many years ago,” she told me, “my 16-year-old son decided life was not worth living. He was determined to kill himself.” He attempted suicide twice, but was intercepted on both occasions – just in time! “But one day,” she said, “the school rang me to say that my son had not turned up!”

Heather panicked and rushed home, half-expecting the worst, but the boy was not there. Turns out, his bike had broken down, and he’d arrived at school late.

Somehow, the troubled teenager ended up with the school counsellor – who gave him the copy of Grapevine that he’d brought from home.

Can you guess what the cover story was? ‘TEENAGE SUICIDE: A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM’.

“He read and reread that magazine – from cover to cover,” said Heather. “And I have waited 14 years to thank you and Grapevine for saving my son!” That one issue of Grapevine turned her boy around. He chose instead to live, got himself sorted out, and was now a successful businessman – happily married, and about to have his first child.

I was blown away! I mean, what an encouragement! And let’s face it – Heather and her family could be YOUR neighbours, or mine.

Okay, I’m biased. But I think Grapevine’s sponsorship strategy is a highly effective way to change our communities for good. I’ve sponsored my neighbourhood ($150-a-month), giving Grapevine to over 450 families, plus another $70-a-month for magazines into two local schools and a parenting centre … and I invite you to do the same.

Please don’t underestimate what we’re talking about here: for some families, in your own street or suburb, your kindness could prove LIFE-CHANGING!