The local Tongan families along with Cromwell, Clyde and Queenstown Lions clubs would like to thank everyone involved in helping us fill this 20-foot container to send to Tonga. The contents will help support the local Tongan families villages / families impacted by the recent Volcano and Tsunami. Without the support of local businesses and community this would not have happened. This shows the beautiful community that we live in, everyone willing to donate where needed. 

I have had the pleasure of living in Cromwell for 25+ years now and this is where my wife Julie and I have raised our three children. With Cromwell giving multiple options to join community groups where you can give back and help the greater good this is exactly what Julie and I have done and installed in our children. You will find us spread across multiple community groups ranging from; Cromwell Lions, Cromwell Lake Dunstan Lions, Central Otago Motor Sport Club, Secret Santa, Santaland and list continues. There is a high chance if you are speaking with a local, they will know the Morton name!
Truth be told, offering a lending hand or giving up time for a project is never a bother or hassle in my eyes. To simply make someone’s day or provide a bit of kindness in the world is all we are after. Not only do we get a kick out of helping but you meet some truly remarkable people along the way. Which, most of these people are locals that continually give support and translates into the business world as many then turn into our suppliers and sub-contractors.
Being a member of the Lions club given me the opportunity to support the Cromwell community with fundraising at events (i.e Highlands, Speedway and Cromwell Races) and general maintenance and lifestyle around Cromwell (i.e building around the Old Town waterfront, BBQ pergolas, Cromwell Community House and offering rides on Thomas the Tank Engine at events). All of things we jump at the opportunity to donate our time and skill sets to help make Cromwell the best home to raise our families.
Throughout the years I have enjoyed sponsoring the Cromwell Samurai Karate Club, Santa Land, Secret Santa and the Lion Club projects to emphasise my support in Community groups. This has helped to lead to some awesome building projects that I’ve been privileged to be apart of. One of which, was the transformation of one of Cromwell’s historical churches into a fully functioning Cinema. We made many alterations to cater for the seating, technology components, and general facilities to ensure we complied with commercial building requirements while keeping the charm of an historical building. Absolutely loved hearing from the locals about what a great space and an asset to Cromwell that had been created. 
A more recent and favourite project I’ve done is helping with the Lot 47 Cromwell community project. Lot 47, is the name of the joint partnership project founded by Rotary & Lions, Cromwell. With the support of local trades, businesses and community we all came together to build a house in the new prospector’s park sub-division. I was lucky enough to be in charge of stage 3 which was the ‘closed in stage’. It was truly awesome to see the Cromwell Community come together and lend a hand to get this done and an amazing result it ended in! To relive and see the process for yourself, click here! Special mention to the legend Doreen Evans who was nominated for Good Sorts. Not only did she manage the whole Lot 47 project she also insisted that it was to be others alongside her highlighted and aired on TVNZ1,​ showing how truly humble she is!