Dig out your old coins and foreign currency and donate them to our Leo's Club 'Heads Up for Kids' ongoing campaign.

Launched by Lions Club New Zealand in July 2010, Heads Up for Kids is a unique collection that asks New Zealanders to dig out and donate old decimal and pre-decimal New Zealand currency, and all foreign money. The obsolete cash is then redeemed for New Zealand dollars and used to fund education programmes for young New Zealanders who would otherwise not get the opportunity.

To date, Lions have collected over 28.8 tonnes of coins and thousands of banknotes ( that's the equivalent weight of 4 elephants, 460 cattle, or 6450 cats! ), bringing the total raised close to $612,000. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand estimates that there is $80 million in old decimal and pre-decimal NZ coins and $20 million in old banknotes still unaccounted for!