Help Christchurch by donating meat and wool
Released 03 Mar 2011
From next week, New Zealand's meat and fibre farmers will be able to make charitable donations for Christchurch if they supply a participating meat processor and/or Elders Primary Wool. Please help spread the word by forwarding this advisory onto other farmers.
‘Meat the needs of Christchurch'
‘Meat the needs of Christchurch' is the umbrella name for this highly positive initiative to allow all meat and fibre farmers to make a tangible contribution to victims of the 22 February Christchurch earthquake.
From next week, when consigning wool or drafting stock, you will be able to send an instruction to a participating company to direct some of your revenue to Christchurch. Participating meat companies and Elders Primary Wool will deposit this money into Federated Farmers' Adverse Events Trust, which is a registered charity (CC46245).
Every single dollar donated for Christchurch via Federated Farmers' Adverse Events Trust will go to Christchurch. The Adverse Events Trust will re-distribute all donations made to reputable charities, like the Salvation Army and the Red Cross, who are doing such positive work on the ground.
Federated Farmers examined a number of alternatives, but this solution is the easiest means for many farmers to make a donation for Christchurch. For meat and fibre farmers there are no cheques to write or a stock drive to organise. It provides a simple and effective means to re-direct a portion of income to Christchurch in a business as usual way.
Participating companies currently helping to ‘Meat the needs of Christchurch'Meat companies helping Meat the needs of Christchurch:
- AFFCO New Zealand Limited
- Alliance Group Limited
- Blue Sky Meats NZ Limited
- CMP/Riverlands
- Greenlea Premier Meats Limited
- Progressive Meats Hastings
- Silver Fern Farms Limited
- Wallace Corporation
Wool companies:
- Elders Primary Wool
- Wool Partners International.
Procedures for farmers wishing to donate to the Adverse Events Trust, a registered charitable entity (No CC46245) administered by Federated Farmers
1) When farmers are consigning wool or drafting stock to participating companies, please kindly advise company managers the number or value of animals/wool to be donated.
2) The company will deduct the value donated from the ‘buyer created invoice' they prepare on your behalf.
3) The company will then deposit the value of the animals donated into the Adverse Events Trust bank account 06 0594 0028181 00 (National Bank Hamilton).
NB: GST will not be applied as donations are exempt.
4) Participating companies will forward a summary of the names and addresses of donor farmers and the value of individual donations received to Federated Farmers Hamilton office.
5) Federated Farmers will post back to each donor a receipt in the form of an official Adverse Events Trust letter, which will contain all the information required tobe fully compliant with all the Inland Revenue's requirements for claiming back the donation rebate of 33.3 percent (or a third).
NB: Individuals, (including individuals who are partners in a partnership), companies and trusts can obtain a tax benefit from donations. Individuals obtain the benefit by way of a refundable tax credit, whilst companies and trusts obtain the benefit by way of a tax deduction for the amount donated (but only to the extent of the companies net income).
Federated Farmers Adverse Events spokesperson:
David Rose
Phone: 03 235 2619
Mobile: 027 414 2573
Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson:
Bruce Wills
Phone: 06 834 9704
Mobile: 027 234 1516
Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson:
Lachlan McKenzie
Phone: 07 332 3440
Mobile: 021 382 442
For further information about donations:
Paula Kennedy
Phone: 0800 327 646 (0800 FARMING)
Email: pkennedy@fedfarm.org.nz
For general information, please contact:
0800 FARMING (0800 327 646)
