Generous turnout for Fill

The Rotorua business community has shown generous support for The Hits Fill the Bus Campaign, donating essentials, treats and toys to the Salvation Army Foodbank when many are struggling.

For the past eight years, a Cityride bus has driven across Rotorua from 7am to 5.30pm, calling on businesses, schools and residents to donate food items to the foodbank ahead of Christmas as part of the Fill the Bus campaign.

Fill the Bus is part of the six-week Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal, run in conjunction with the Rotorua Weekender and The Hits Rotorua 97.5FM.

In 2021, Fill the Bus collected 6597 cans and food items valued at $13,194.

This year, Rotorua Lakes Council staff, employees from Scion, Flexfitness, New Zealand Post, First National Real Estate and Countdown Rotorua were among those lining up outside their premises with carts, boxes and handfuls of donations for the foodbank.