Hire and Rental News - August 2018

INDUSTRY in FOCUS City Hire has been working with David Rutherford (Kanga Sales) and Jennifer Clayton (Marketing at Kanga) from Kanga Mini loaders and is partnering with Kanga to promote this celebration via social media, City Hire’s Mark Hughes said. “I want our staff and customers to be proud of the relationship we have with Kanga and confident of the superiority of the machines we run,” Mark said. “Our three new Kangas painted in retro City Hire colours have been paired with Kanga inspired City Hire staff shirts to mark the 100+ machine partnership. “These shirts will also form an ongoing part of City Hire’s staff uniform to act as a reminder and conversation piece why we believe Kanga are the best mini loaders on the market today,” Mark said. Mark offered special thanks to David Retro City Hire coloured Kanga mini loaders mark 100th milestone City Hire is celebrating delivery of its 100th full size Kanga Mini loader and has painted three new machines in a unique retro City Hire paint scheme to highlight the major milestone. Rutherford for his motivation to celebrate this special occasion and the support and resources provided by Rod Lehpamer (General Manager at Kanga) and Jennifer Clayton. Visit: www.cityhire.com.au City Hire is celebrating delivery of its 100th full size Kanga Mini loader and has painted three new machines in a unique retro City Hire paint scheme to highlight the major milestone. The vision of the Foundation is to make both Australia and New Zealand a better place for future generations by significantly improving the ability of disadvantaged young children to be independent, self-sufficient contributors to society. In conjunction, the Kennards Hire Foundation will fund conservation projects for both land and species, to support a vision of a better world for future generations. The Kennards Hire Foundation will be donating to a wide array of children’s charity organisations, including Stepping Stone House, the Smith Family Learning for Life Program, Kids Xpress, BackTrack, Nawarddeken Academy in Australia. KidsCan and the Springboard Trust will be the first recipients in New Zealand. Director of the Kennards Hire Foundation, Kirsty Kovacs, is passionate about helping others and spoke of the foundation’s origins and purpose: “While the Kennards Hire business has been giving to charities for over 20 years, Kennards Hire launches Foundation and pledges $7 million To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Kennards Hire has launched the Kennards Hire Foundation with the new foundation donating $7 million over the next five years to its nominated charities as its inaugural gift. we wanted to celebrate and formalise our philanthropy. So we have created the Kennards Hire Foundation as a formal structure to give back to organisations we believe can provide real change. “One of Kennards Hire’s values is ‘One Family’. We are a family business and so we appreciate family is at the heart of every human being. It gives you belonging, it gives you purpose and it is what makes you whole. Many of these charities give a hand up to those who need it and an education or other opportunity which they wouldn’t otherwise receive. But what most of these guys do, is give them family, give them belonging and give them purpose.” As part of its commitment to conservation, the foundation will also support Taronga Zoo, Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and Bush Heritage, to aid in bringing its vision for a better environment into reality. “We believe these three organisations provide ground breaking research, science and monitoring that proves the effectiveness of their conservation management techniques. For example, in late 2017, the AWC released endangered Bilbies into the Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest feral predator-free area on mainland Western Australia. It is hoped the population there will grow to around 600 Bilbies, which incredibly is still only 5% of the entire global population of these native animals.” In 2017, Kennards Hire donated more than $1.2 million to community groups across Australia and New Zealand. Visit: kennards.com.au/giving-back/ 56 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2018 Kennards Hire Foundation's Kirsty Kovacs spoke of the foundation’s origins and purpose