The Tourette’s Association of New Zealand (TANZ) and HELL Pizza have announced a 12-month sponsorship deal that will help ensure the charity can continue to provide the vital service it offers to Tourette’s sufferers and their families across the country.
TANZ founder and executive director Robyn Twemlow is on a mission to have Tourette’s syndrome classified by the Ministry of Health as a disability rather than a lifelong chronic disorder – work that she is now able to continue thanks to the deal with HELL.
“I have to say a huge thank you to HELL for stepping in and backing the organisation in this way,” said Twemlow. “We were literally a couple of months away from having to close our doors. There is still a lot more work to do and this extra funding means we’ll be able to reach many more people than before.”
HELL general manager Ben Cumming said that the current lack of support available to those dealing with Tourette’s was a key driver for the company step in, following its involvement with last year’s Camp Twitch – a retreat run by TANZ for Tourette’s sufferers and their families that Robyn describes as “a few days of not being different”.
“As a team, we have a real passion for backing underdog causes and the guys who attended the camp came back wanting to do more to help,” said Cumming. “In the short term, we will be encouraging our legions of loyal customers to help boost our dollar donation drive for every double pizza sold in one week from 26 June.”
Camp Twitch is the subject of a documentary due to screen on 26 June at 8:30pm on TVNZ 2. In the week following the screening, HELL will donate $1 from every double pizza sold to help fund this year’s camp.
