Feb
Sponsorships
University of Auckland - Property Scholarship
AlexanderDorrington provides a scholarship for students of the Department of Property at the University of Auckland Business School. The scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time student enrolled in year 2 or 3 of a Bachelor of Property or Bachelor of Property conjoint. The basis of selection is academic merit as determined by year 1 results, communication and inter-personal skills and the potential to succeed in the property industry.
You can read about the scholarship here.
Our past winners are Chris Single now at L.E.K Consulting, Lily Zhang who is undertaking a semester-long study abroad exchange to King's College London (and subsequent to that she will be working at Chapman Tripp in the Corporate division), Matthew Consedine who is finishing his 4th year of BProp/LLB at the University of Auckland (and summer clerking at Russell McVeagh in the Property and Tax teams) and Amanda Moir who is with the retail graduate programme at ANZ in Wellington. Our 2011 winner is Hin Li.
Duffy Books
AlexanderDorrington participates in a number of sponsorships. For several years now we have funded books for three Northland schools through Duffy Books www.booksinhomes.org.nz.
Our sponsorship gives the kids that go to these schools four books each year and extra books that the school uses throughout the year for prizes.
Recently Debra and her son Quinn visited one of these schools as representatives of AlexanderDorrington. The school was Tautoro School near Kaikohe. Debra and Quinn were welcomed with a powhiri, treated to some fabulous singing from the kids at Tautoro School and sent home with gifts of cards, stories and a carved mere. It was a very special visit.
The Lifewise Big Sleepout
In July 2011 Lifewise raised $105,000+ to address the issue of homelessness. 75 participants slept 'rough' as a way of making a public stand against homelessness. The group included two former mayors, 4 members of parliament, an incredible array of leaders from our community and business sector including our own Debra Dorrington. For more information on this event, go to www.bigsleepout.org.nz.