doing WELL

HealthPost's humanitarian donation programme

The 'doing WELL' philosophy -

At HealthPost we believe that the wellness of the individual is always connected to the health of the broader community and the natural environment. As a business, we are focusing increasingly on environmental, cultural and ethical sustainability. We recognise that our customers are conscious not only of price but want to make a purchase that they can feel good about on all levels. It is not enough to BE well, we also need to DO well.

Now that we are, financially-speaking, “doing well” it’s time to put our money where our mouth is. We are currently developing planting schemes with the intention of becoming carbon neutral and are pleased to introduce our '$1.00 donation with every web order' gifting programme. We've donated $60,170 dollars via this programme as of 18 January 2012 - see below for the details.

HealthPost management planting a Rimu tree

See also: HealthPost environmental policy

View photos from our latest tree planting

We'll make a $1.00 donation for every completed web order

Donate one of our dollars to the worthy cause of your choice each time you order!

As of 18th December 2009, HealthPost will donate one dollar for every completed website order to your choice of recipient (from a selection of worthy causes). We'll make the donation, all you need to do is select your preferred cause at checkout. Having selected your delivery option, you'll then be asked to choose which cause you'd like our dollar to be given to. Simply check the box next to the cause you'd like our donation to go to, then continue through checkout as usual. We're keeping a tally and will continue to publish our quarterly donations on this page - see below for a tally of donations made to date

NB: You pay nothing extra for completing this step. All donations are made by HealthPost Ltd from our operating revenue. We're committed to giving something back and we ask you to choose who you'd like our donation to go to as it's your support which makes this possible. Thank you for helping us make a difference.

Worthy causes currently available as our donation recipients are:

Royal New Zealand SPCA Providing care and protection for animals across New Zealand. The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals provides care and protection to animals across New Zealand. Each year we receive around 60,000 animals into our care and investigate more than 10,000 complaints of animal cruelty and neglect. As we receive only 2% of funding from the Government, we rely almost entirely on donations from the public in order to carry out our life-saving work. We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. More info: http://rnzspca.org.nz/
New Zealand Red Cross Helping people in crisis, whoever, wherever. Red Cross provides assistance to millions of vulnerable people every year. Support is provided to those affected by conflict, disaster and emergency and to better prepare communities to cope with potential crises. New Zealand Red Cross staff and volunteers help over 24,000 people in New Zealand communities each week. Red Cross mobilises effective and appropriate humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable across the globe. More info: http://www.redcross.org.nz/
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ Preventing blindness throughout the Pacific. We are a non profit organisation dedicated to facilitating comprehensive and quality eye care in developing countries. The Foundation is committed to the fundamental human right of health for all and is independent, politically unaligned and secular. We work for a world where no-one is needlessly blind. Our work focuses on the prevention of blindness and restoring sight for people who are blind from cataracts or other disorders. We do this by focusing on training and work force support for eye doctors and nurses across the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. More info: http://www.hollows.org.nz/
HealthPost Environmental Fund Neutralising your parcel's carbon footprint. At HealthPost we are committed to accurately measuring our carbon footprint, reducing and off-setting the carbon emissions produced by our deliveries and daily operations, and minimising our impact on the environment wherever possible. We offset our carbon through the highly regarded NZ-based provider Offset the Rest. We’ve also partnered with Milnthorpe Park Scenic Reserve & Re-Forestation Project, and Golden Bay Coast Care, to do annual tree plantings in our local area. We’ve already planted more than 2000 trees in addition to our official carbon offsetting - learn more here. Read article on HealthPost Rimu planting at Milnthorpe Park. Read article on HealthPost's latest Coast Care planting. View photos of our tree planting.

Donations made to each cause to date (NZD):
Cause	Donation Date / Amount	Total Donated To Date:
New Zealand Red Cross	25/03/10 - $1,853.00 25/06/10 - $2,023.00 28/09/10 - $2,920.00 25/01/11 - $3,381.00 01/04/11 - $4,742.00 01/07/11 - $3,450.00 13/10/11 - $2,761.00 18/01/12 - $3,031.00	$24,161.00
The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ	25/03/10 - $1,641.00 25/06/10 - $2,071.00 28/09/10 - $2,372.00 25/01/11 - $2,204.00 01/04/11 - $1,735.00 01/07/11 - $1,438.00 13/10/11 - $2,077.00 18/01/12 - $2,461.00	$16,001.00
Royal New Zealand SPCA	01/07/11 - $3,148.00 13/10/11 - $4,422.00 18/01/12 - $5,195.00	$12,765.00
HealthPost Environmental Fund	25/03/10 - $733.00 25/06/10 - $829.00 28/09/10 - $1,061.00 25/01/11 - $1,174.00 01/04/11 - $857.00 01/07/11 - $666.00 13/10/11 - $876.00 18/01/12 - $1,047.00	$7,243.00
Total Amount Donated	at 18/01/2012	$60,170.00

Based on our customers feedback, the selection of causes available as our donation recipients may change from time to time. This page will be updated to reflect any changes as they occur.

Your comments are welcome.