There’s not much that you can get for a dollar these days. But what if for the same price as a handful of lollies you could support a youth development programme supporting young people across New Zealand? Filling your heart with gratitude while having a direct impact on someone’s life – sounds like a win-win.

Encouraging kids to write fluently by hand offers many cognitive benefits, and needs to be as much part of students’ development as learning to use word processing and other communications technology.

Thousands of families helped with back to school costs.