Sustainability in the community with Little Outfitters

This year, Bear Park is committed to increasing its efforts in sustainability and helping our community thrive. We recently teamed up with a fantastic organisation called Little Outfitters to help us understand our impact from sustainable fashion. “People are increasingly mindful of their impact on the planet and how sustainable their lives are. Little Outfitters […]
Australia Fundraiser at Herne Bay

In further support of Australia and the animals affected by the fires, Bear Park Herne Bay held a dress-up fundraiser. We had a variety of special guests including firemen, mouse, lizards, sharks, bears, vets, fire trucks and dogs visit our centre! To help raise awareness, we were also lucky enough to have a fire truck. […]
Appeal for Australia

Our thoughts and prayers are with the communities being devastated by the fires which continue to burn across Australia. All 11 Bear Park centres have committed to supporting the fire services and wildlife protection agencies committed to helping those affected. Below are several links where you can show your support! Please visit the links below […]
Westpac Helicopter Rescue Funding Initiative

Last week we were delighted to welcome the team from Westpac Helicopter Rescue to our Bear Park HQ in Remuera. With the help of our parents and children, we’re able to help fund incredible initiatives like these to support the life-saving work they do! Every year we decide to support an initiative that contributes to […]
Pacific Kids fundraiser

After picking up the last few loads today of food donations we can finally take a breath and reflect on a hugely successful Fiji appeal for Pacific Kids Fundraiser 2016. With that we’d like to personally thank you and your child care for getting on board and supporting the foundation. Through this appeal you were […]
Cure Kids Fundraising

Bear Park as a whole chose to support Cure Kids in 2015 and each Centre was involved in a fundraising initiative to help raise money to support this very worthy cause. There were evenings of silent auctions, children’s art exhibitions and favourite dress up days planned. Cure Kids has a very simple purpose: “At Cure […]
Kohimarama Art Exhibition raises funds for KidsCan

Throughout the month of May the teachers at Bear Park Kohimarama organized an art exhibition to raise money in support of “KidsCan”.
Prior to inviting the children to contribute art works to the exhibition, we shared with them the vision of KidsCan and the concept of fundraising. By enlightening the children on what “KidsCan” is, they were able to develop an understanding around how they too can contribute to this worthy cause and support disadvantaged children to reach their potential.
Pulling together for Nepal

Like many in New Zealand our community at Bear Park was shocked by the devastation caused by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake which crashed through Nepal in April. Although geographically many miles away from us, our connection through the Maharjan family from Bear Park Henderson, Ranu and Raj and their children Riya and Ruben, originally from […]