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"When you donate an ambulance, the joy doesn’t stop that day"
"When you donate an ambulance, the joy doesn’t stop that day"
19 June 2025
"When you donate an ambulance, the joy doesn’t stop that day"
Did you know, every single Wellington Free Ambulance you see on the roads around our region is funded solely by the incredible generosity of our community? (This includes individuals, families, businesses, and trusts and foundations.)
When the donor in this photo’s wife was in hospital, he spotted the ambulance they donated over 5 years ago (‘BRAKO’) in the wild.
The donor explains how “all the family, including grandchildren (our youngest was then aged 3) have always looked out for BRAKO. The day before my wife died, she was told that our ambulance was going to turn over 400,000 kilometres that day.
Even though my wife couldn’t talk, she sort of smiled. A couple of days later, one of the grandchildren saw BRAKO again.”
Thank you to this special donor and every supporter who has donated an ambulance. Every year, we need to add 7 emergency ambulances to our fleet to keep up with the demand and we simply wouldn’t be able to do this without our community’s support. Thank you.
As the pictured donor says, “believe me, when you donate an ambulance, the joy doesn’t stop that day”.
Instead, it’s a gift that lasts years, saving and changing the lives of hundreds of thousands of people throughout Greater Wellington and Wairarapa.
If you'd like to find out more about donating an ambulance, please contact our Bequest Manager, Amber.