By Cate Owen
A report has been released outlining how money raised during the Big Night In Telethon will be used.
The report, which was commissioned by the KidsCan Charitable Trust and prepared by Trust Investments, shows that KidsCan StandTall will receive $1,648,075 of the $2,061,439 raised.
The remainder of the funds went to staff wages, lighting, sound and other production costs.
The trust's Executive Director Julie Helson says the financial report shows the August event cost $1,573,255 to stage. $1,159,891 of this cost was funded by corporate sponsorship.
“These figures correct the inaccuracies circulating just after the Big Night In Telethon that only 18 cents in the dollar would go from funds raised to the KidsCan StandTall programmes. We are pleased to be able to emphatically address that concern and report that 80 cents in every dollar raised will go directly to our programmes,” she said.
Ms Helson says KidsCan StandTall has expanded its programmes since the Big Night In Telethon.
“We have been able to increase our food programme from supporting 8,500 kids a week to 17,000 kids a week… We’ll be giving away 20,000 raincoats, about 7,000 pairs of shoes, 14,000 pairs of socks and we’re also starting a new programme called Warm Kids which is targeting kids in colder areas of New Zealand.”
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