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Welfare Office:  Harry Sydney	RSA Padre: Terri Sorenson

Welfare

 

Whangamata RSA provides welfare services designed to assist ex-servicemen and women in need, whether or not they are members of a Returned Services’ Association. The RSA Club appoints a Welfare Officer to co-ordinate these services and to give advice on the various community services available to ex-service personnel and their families.

 

How We help

 

RSA welfare assistance ranges from monetary grants for those in financial difficulty, to help with practical tasks, visiting the sick, and offering friendship and support in times of need.

 

War Pensions and Allowances

 

War veterans and ex-servicemen and women may be entitled to a war pension and a range of allowances from the New Zealand Government.

 

How RSA can help

 

Assistance with making applications is available to members and non-members of the Whangamata RSA through the Pensions and Welfare Officer who may be contacted through the RSA office, Phone   07-865 9419.

 

Poppy Day Appeal

The annual Poppy Day Appeal embodies the core values of the RSA – remembrance and welfare.

 

It is the primary source of funds for the RSA’s extensive provision of welfare services to war veterans and the ex-service community, and Poppy Day has been an important part of remembrance in New Zealand for over 80 years.

Poppy Day is usually observed on the Friday before ANZAC Day (25th April). At this time RSA volunteers distribute hundreds of thousands of red poppies throughout New Zealand in exchange for generous donations from the public.

 

The poppies are traditionally then worn on the left lapel for a few days, but especially on ANZAC Day, to signify remembrance of the nation’s war dead and support for the valuable welfare work of the RSA.

 

Donations made to the Poppy Day Appeal are used to support RSA welfare services for returned servicemen and women in the locality in which the funds were raised. Recipients need not be members of an RSA to benefit from Poppy Day Appeal assistance, but must be returned services’ personnel or their dependants in need.

 

To support this valuable work, you are encouraged to make whatever donation you can afford on Poppy Day, or at any other time. The great generosity of the New Zealand public enables the RSA to continue its vital Welfare work.

 

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