Polson Higgs
Polson Higgs Community Involvement
One of our key values at Polson Higgs is our commitment to our community. The firm likes to acknowledge the many and varied contributions our own people make to community organisations. The sponsorship and voluntary time and expertise given to sporting cultural, educational, welfare, religious or other groups is of real benefit to the community.
- Supporting United Way New Zealand
- Community Services Award
- Octacan Appeal
- St Clair Surf Life Saving Club
- Sponsoring Race At The International Track Meet
- Supporting Shelter Box Deliveries to Haiti
- Virtual Triathlon 2009
- YHA New Zealand Donation
- Wingatui 2009
- Supporting the Family Help Trust
- Cancer Society Relay for Life 2009
- Contribution to Social Causes in India
- Pole Pole
- Polson Higgs Social Club
- Polson Higgs Comedy Club
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Supporting United Way New Zealand Polson Higgs staff support United Way in two ways: some contribute to United Way by payroll giving. In addition, some staff members volunteer on the local allocation committee which visits charities who benefit from United Way donations. United Way NZ has come up with an effortless way for New Zealanders to donate to charity – Payroll Giving. Through this system you can donate $5 (the cost of one Flat White / Latte) or whatever a week to a whole range of charities in your community through your payroll – it’s so easy, you won’t even notice. Your donation is tax deductible and could go a long way to making a significant difference in many people’s lives. United Way NZ is an independent, non-religious, non-political, not-for-profit, volunteer based organisation that works alongside individuals, businesses and the community to provide resources (money, time, skills) to charities in your community. |
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Helen Stringer and Faye Somerville, two members of our Polson Higgs administration team with Lisa Wells of Presbyterian Support. Polson Higgs' staff once again took part in the annual OCTACAN appeal this year. Our partner group generously matched the staff contribution can for can resulting in a 357 can donation. |
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St Clair Surf Life Saving Club Polson Higgs are delighted to continue their support of surf life saving through assistance of the St Clair Club in Dunedin.The firm has previously supported competitions of their IRB racing teams at national championships. We have also partaken in a family fun day with the club which involved learning skills required to enjoy our beaches and also experiencing the fun and excitement of the IRB's. |
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Sponsoring Race At The International Track Meet Polson Higgs are proud sponsors of the Men’s Under 23years 1500 metre race at the International Track Meet, to be held at QE11 Stadium in Christchurch on Thursday March 18th. The International Track Meet is organised by an enthusiastic group of athletic supporters with the primary goal of promoting the sport to a wider NZ audience. |
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Supporting Shelter Box Deliveries to Haiti In the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, the staff at Polson Higgs have arranged for a “bake-a-thon”, with staff baking goodies and others buying the offerings, with all proceeds going towards one of Rotary’s ShelterBoxes. |
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On November 24th Sport Otago ran the Push Play Virtual Triathlon in which a team of three competed against other teams and businesses from around Dunedin. Polson Higgs entered a team, which consisted of Stephen Craig-Pearson doing the 1.5km row, Carli Evans doing the 3km bike, and Kong-Ja Scorgie running 1.5km. Overall, we came middle of the field, with a total time of around 15 minutes. |
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Ross Hanson and Mike Rondel visited YHA NZ and presented them with a donation for $500 towards their development in Stewart Island. This development is described as follows: "In late 2007, YHA New Zealand launched its Stewart Island project to develop a learning centre and eco hostel on the Island to commemorate the Association's 75th anniversary. |
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This year in addition to entertaining approximately 110 clients at Wingatui on Melbourne Cup Day the team at Polson Higgs decided to collect donations to put to a worthy cause. On the day Polson Higgs collected approximately $250 from clients who were attending Wingatui which we supplemented by a further $250 to make a $500 donation to the SPCA in Dunedin. |
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Supporting the Family Help Trust On October 23rd around 200 business leaders attended the prestigious Duncan Cotterill Business Lunch at the Christchurch Convention Centre. Polson Higgs Christchurch hosted a table of ten and partners Michael Rondel and Frank Burgess were joined by manager Debbie Sherratt at the lunch. |
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Cancer Society Relay for Life 2009
Every second year the Otago/Southland Cancer Society holds the Relay for Life in Dunedin; a fundraising event to help battle cancer, celebrate those who have survived, support those who have this disease, and remember those that it has claimed. Once again, in February this year, the Polson Higgs staff entered a team to support this great cause. |
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Community Services Award
Words for the horse: “Horse” was part of the ensemble of characters that was created by ceramist Jim Cooper for his famous show of over 800 ceramic characters depicting famous musicians of the 1970s. The ensemble started out at the Dunedin Art Gallery and toured several centre’s of the North Island and was eventually sold to a wealthy collector. Luckily Horse stayed in the South. We request nominations for this award on an annual basis. The recipient’s community organisation receives a $250 donation from the firm. In addition the staff member receives a silver pendant engraved with the logo of the organisation (as well as a second pendant to adorn “Horse”) along with $250 of grocery vouchers for themselves. To date our recipients have been:
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Contribution to Social Causes in India Polson Higgs has recently opened an office in India in conjunction with AKT BPO. This has provided us with an opportunity to support some of the needs of the community in India. There are some poor but academically good students attending Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science. With our assistance, 11 students are sitting and passing graduate programs sponsored by us. With our support a student at St Xavier’s College of Science is completing her second year and hopes to qualify as a nurse. |
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Pole Pole
Pole Pole is project which is run by Kisedet, the Kigwe Social Economic Development and Training. Kigwe is a small village just outside Dodoma Tanzania, East Africa. Kisedet is the brain child of an Italian couple, Nino and Giovanni, who live at the village. They also run an orphanage in Dodoma and an excellent pizzeria in Dar Es Salaam. |
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Polson Higgs Social Club
A long standing tradition in our firm is to have “casual Friday” where our staffs are encouraged to dress in smart casual clothes on the first Friday of the month. For this privilege they are asked to make a donation to go to a worthy cause. The collection and distribution of these funds is organised by our social club. |
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For the past three years, Polson Higgs has been proud to support the Fringe Festival in Dunedin by sponsoring the Polson Higgs Comedy Club. |
Last updated: 5th November 2010 | 2:57 pm
