Professionals Real Estate holiday homes in hot demand

More families are making use of the Sunshine Lodge holiday homes in Taupo and Queenstown and enjoying the respite and relaxation they afford.

In the past year, the occupancy rate of the Taupo Sunshine Lodge has swelled to 98 per cent and the Queenstown Sunshine Lodge to 70 per cent.

Kindly donated and maintained by The Professionals Real Estate group, the holiday homes are free of charge to children and their families supported by the Child Cancer Foundation. The homes are full-furnished and equipped, meaning that families going through the rigmarole of caring for a child with cancer can take some time out to be together and rejuvenate.

In December 2007, the Professionals Real Estate received a lovely letter from the Dufty/Porteous family.

“I am writing to express our appreciation of your kind and generous sponsorship of Sunshine Lodge for which we are extremely grateful.

My daughter was diagnosed in 2000 at the age of three, with such a rare form of cancer that, to date, the oncologists have still never found a name for it. Her outlook was very grim but the wonderful staff of 27B experimented with her medication regime and now she is a healthy, happy ten year old with no sign of cancer whatsoever.

We have been visiting Sunshine Lodge for the past seven years and we look forward to it with great anticipation every year. Without your generosity, this would not be possible. The children love the playgrounds and we love the peace and relaxation time. We almost always manage to get to the snow every year too.

Thank you, thank you, thank you from all our family”

More recently, the Child Cancer Foundation received a letter from the Pirie family, expressing their sincere appreciation for the use of the holiday home.

“We just had our week’s holiday at Taupo Sunshine Lodge. We had an absolutely fantastic time. We feel very fortunate to have stayed there. Thank you very much.”

The Professionals have been key sponsors of the Child Cancer Foundation for more than 12 years and during this time have made a significant difference to the lives of many children with cancer.