The James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor is proud to be a sponsor to
The Mary Potter Hospice located in Wellington. Our staff are involved in street collections, luncheons, and assisting with events such as the strawberries & ice –cream day to raise funds.

The first Hospice in New Zealand – the Mary Potter – was established in 1979 at Calvary Hospital in Wellington. In February 1988, the Little Company of Mary gifted the Hospice to the people of Wellington.

Other fundraising activities and charities that the Hotel are involved with in the local Wellington community include Ronald McDonald House for cancer patients, Daffodil Day for cancer research and Loud Shirt Day for deaf children

As reported in Meeting Newz November/December 2008 edition

Shirts shout for charity

James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor general manager, Nigel Harper and executive housekeeper, Denise Thornton bypassed corporate style in favour of their loudest shirts to raise $1,400 for deaf and hearing-impaired children on Loud Shirt Day in September. The marble walkway through the hotel’s busy reception area was festooned with overly-colourful shirts belonging to staff members, encouraging corporate Wellington to discard their business shirts for their loudest shirts and support a worthy cause. Harper says he had no problem convincing the 180-strong staff to swap their hotel uniforms for their loudest shirts and a donation.

Loud Shirt Day is the annual appeal of The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Paediatric Programme, two charities dedicated to enabling deaf children with a cochlear implant to listen and speak like their hearing peers. Last year, more than 500 organisations participated in Loud Shirt Day raising $70,000 for deaf children.