Toot 4 Tucker

Every year in November, Johnsonville Rotary and Johnsonville Volunteer Fire Brigade run the “Toot For Tucker” across Johnsonville and Churton Park, collecting food items for families and individuals who are in need over the high demand holiday season. In February we run a Toot 4 Tucker event in Newlands and Paparangi along side Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade The Fire Truck leads the way with flashing lights and the siren to alert families on the routes taken that collectors on behalf of Johnsonville Rotary and the Volunteer Fire Brigades are coming on foot or in tooting vehicles. There has always been a wonderful response from people on the routes, with a wide variety or non- perishable food items, and cash donated. “Toot for Tucker” began in Johnsonville in 2013, after some Johnsonville Rotary club members assisted the Tawa Rotary club with its “Toot for Tucker” collection. Tawa Rotary, and others in Tawa, initiated this project in 2011. Plimmerton Rotary has also subsequently run “Toot for Tucker”. Johnsonville Rotary adjusted the project to suit the local conditions, and the current model used works well. Johnsonville Rotary does this to help make a difference in our community, when many families and individuals are experiencing tough times and are stressed. The Fire Brigade and those who have donated items of food, or cash, have helped Johnsonville Rotary to assist less fortunate people in our community.