The Pavluber fundraiser is back and it’s bigger than ever. 

It's seven years since James McRobie and Liv Cochrane came up with the idea of home delivered desserts to raise money for Invercargill’s families in need. They coined the name Pavluber as a play on the words ‘Pavlova’ and ‘Uber’.

The fundraiser is a collaboration of two Invercargill charity organisations, Greenlight Innovations, and Koha Kai. Simply put, Greenlight Innovations organise events, and Koha Kai make food.

It only happens once a year and is always aimed at giving back to the community.

Pavluber organiser and Greenlight Innovations director Leon Hartnett said they just loved the work that they did with Koha Kai.

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Koha Kai employs people with disabilities and gives them opportunities to learn skills such as gardening, cooking, making deserts and working with other people.

“We get people who have never worked before, disabled people who live independently, and we offer them training and employment,” Koha Kai Enterprise Coordinator, Samantha Lee said.

Desserts are $10 each with the options being: Pavlova no topping (gluten free), Pavlova with berry topping, Raspberry & White Choc Cheesecake, Banoffee Pie, Baileys Chocolate Mousse and Traditional Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing.

The delivery area covers Invercargill city boundaries as far south as Clifton as well as Bluff.

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Orders can be made via Greenlight Innovations page on Facebook. The deadline for orders is Wednesday November 24th.

On Thursday, November 25th between 7pm and 8pm, staff from Greenlight Innovations, volunteers from local Rotary groups and trainees from Koha Kai will be delivering desserts to people’s doors throughout Invercargill and Bluff to raise money for those in need.

Extra desserts can be purchased direct from Koha Kai at Elmwood Gardens on Thursday evening.

250 desserts were sold last year, and organisers are hoping to sell 300 desserts this year.

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Koha Kai will receive 100% of the profits from Pavluber. The funds raised will be used to put on a Christmas dinner for isolated people and families in need of support.

Koha Kai works with many organisations such as Awarua, Nga Kete, Spirit Army, Idea Services, Rotary, SDC, Healthy Families Invercargill, environment centres and church groups, who help them identify those people.

“Last year we put on a Christmas feast for 120 participants. This year, due to Covid we are limited to 100,” Mrs Lee said.

For more information visit the Greenlight Innovation Facebook page or go directly to the order form