Auction Funds Distributions 1968-2004
Over a period of
38 years, the Auction and Charity Fair, netted a little over
$360,000.
The amounts taken each year are displayed in the graph below. The auction of 1984 was an
exceptional result for the period, and was greatly bolstered by a raffle run by Dave
Nichol which netted almost $5000 and was added to the net figure.
These figures, however disguise the fact that
the dollar had a far greater purchasing power in the late 1960's than in 2004, the last
year of the event. When the data is adjusted for inflation (using the Inflation Calculator
from the Statistics NZ website), a revealing pattern is displayed as shown in the next
graph. The adjusted total is $719,314.00
The graph shows that Auctions run during the
periods of high inflation of the early 1970's realised results barely matched in the
1990's and early 2000's, despite a larger club. It also displays that over the last few
years, returns were diminishing, a result which had members realising the event had
probably run its course, and new fund-raising methods were required.
The Distribution of Funds, 1969-2004
The table below summarises the major
recipients of funding over the 38 year period, using non-inflation adjusted values.
Recipients receiving less than $1000, have been grouped into the "Small donations"
category.
|
Small donations |
$ 73,508.00 |
|
Town Hall Fund |
$ 40,815.00 |
|
Dolbel Reserve |
$ 32,800.00 |
|
Child health |
$ 27,500.00 |
|
Education Trust |
$ 27,100.00 |
|
Paliative care |
$ 24,800.00 |
|
Atawhai Resthomes |
$ 21,656.00 |
|
Polio Plus |
$ 17,000.00 |
|
Taradale Library |
$ 15,189.00 |
|
International community |
$ 11,700.00 |
|
Children and Youth groups |
$ 11,593.00 |
|
Rotary pathway |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
Camp Kaitawa |
$ 9,000.00 |
|
Community sport |
$ 8,176.00 |
|
High Schools |
$ 5,150.00 |
|
Presbyterian Life Skills |
$ 5,000.00 |
|
Taradale Centenary Podium |
$ 4,300.00 |
|
HB Helicopter Trust |
$ 4,000.00 |
|
Entertainment |
$ 3,750.00 |
|
Maori community |
$ 3,500.00 |
|
Town clock |
$ 1,000.00 |
|
Bragato Scholarship |
$ 1,000.00 |
|
Search & Rescue |
$ 1,000.00 |
|
Hohepa Home |
$ 1,000.00 |
|
Women's refuge |
$ 1,000.00 |
|
Total |
$ 361,537.00
|
This date is displayed as a pie chart below.
Explanatory Notes
-
Paliative
Care includes Cranford Hospice $13,900; Ozaman House $4000; MS Society $2500;
Alzheimer's Society $1500
-
Child
Health includes Child Health
Foundation $7800; Child Cancer (Bugsy etc) $10,000; Taradale Plunket $6500
-
International Community includes the Tonga Computers projects $25000; Katmandu
Building Project $2500, Rotahomes $1000.
-
Children &
Youth includes Books in Schools $3000; Teenareena $2000, Fairhaven School $1450;
Taradale Playcentre $1270.
-
Community
Sports includes the Taradale Sports Trust $5000; Taradale School Baths $1670;
Greendale Swimming $1000.
-
Entertainment includes the Variety Club $2500; Municipal Theatre $1250.
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