Regular giving for Ngatapa's future

You could be forgiven for thinking the Hawea’s eat, sleep and breathe Ngatapa.

Heith’s family have been involved with Ngatapa Rugby and Associated Sports Club since 1964. His grandad Bronco never played for them, but was a staunch supporter of the club.

Heith’s dad and two uncles were players in the Ian Kirkpatrick era and his Uncle David is an ex-president and life member.

Heith has either been playing, coaching junior and senior rugby, or refereeing for the past 13 years and their kids play for Ngatapa too.

Heith introduced his wife Michelle to the club, and she’s an enthusiastic convert. She’s on the committee and puts in a myriad of volunteer hours as well, managing junior teams and helping to build the club’s membership, which has grown to over 500.

Michelle jokes that she “had to get onboard or be a widow. I love it, it’s fun and keeps me young.”

Michelle and Heith have recently started giving to the Ngatapa endowment fund at Sunrise, donating $5 a week by automatic payment.

They were already doing regular giving to a national charitable foundation, but when Ngatapa established their fund they decided to stop that and donate to the Ngatapa fund as it was local and more meaningful to them.

Michelle says “we, like others, would like to give more money, but there’s not many people that can write out a big cheque. With regular giving we can give a little bit each week and it helps the fund to continue to grow”.

Michelle and Heith give because they want to make sure the club is always there. “We feel really blessed to have everything we have at our club. Our kids are the fourth generation of Haweas at Ngatapa and we want our grandkids to have the opportunity to play there too.”

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