{"id":1280,"date":"2025-07-15T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:11:29","slug":"why-teresa-believes-in-the-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/why-teresa-believes-in-the-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teresa believes in the programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1280\" class=\"elementor elementor-1280\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22960e0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22960e0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4babc3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4babc3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Meet\u00a0Teresa Kane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Teresa became involved with Duffy as a Funding Partner when she started working at Westpac four years ago. Her children were Duffy kids and now her grandchildren are too, so she\u2019s always known about Duffy. As a representative for Westpac Waihi, Teresa has enjoyed visiting schools for Role Model assemblies and meeting Role Models from all walks of life. She says it\u2019s a rewarding and uplifting experience as \u201cwhen you speak to the kids, they share their reading journeys and I get to talk about my daughter\u2019s experience with Duffy books and her story.\u00a0 Hopefully this encourages them to pick up a book and read.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Teresa comes from a family of avid readers, so she knows the importance of reading and says: \u201cThe Duffy programme makes reading accessible to all children, especially for those who might not have a book to read at home. It makes a huge difference to these kids and there are other benefits such as creativity and confidence that they get from being a part of the programme.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She says to anyone thinking about becoming a sponsor\/funding partner, \u201cDo it because it can have a huge impact for those kids who don\u2019t have access to books. Reading opens the door to so many opportunities, that these children may miss out on without access to books.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Teresa Kane from Westpac Waihi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Teresa believes in the programme - Duffy Books in Homes New Zealand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/why-teresa-believes-in-the-programme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Teresa believes in the programme - 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