Caps From $2 to Aid Head Injury Trust

More than 13,000 caps. One good cause. And a pop-up shop that's probably unlike anything Invercargill Central has hosted before.

The Rotary Club of Invercargill Charitable Trust has been gifted an enormous collection of caps from an estate — 13,000-plus of them — and rather than let them gather dust, they're selling the lot to raise money for Head Injury Southland Charitable Trust.

The Pop Up Cap Shop is running at Invercargill Central, with hats starting at $2. Prices go up depending on rarity and condition. Every dollar goes to the trust.

Rotary Club of Invercargill Charitable Trust chairman Richard Russell said the sheer scale of the donation left the club scrambling for a plan. They trialled selling caps at the annual book sale first — combining the two committees to make it work — and the response told them everything they needed to know.

"It created quite a bit of interest," Russell said.

For the record, he hasn't tried to count them. The 13,000 figure is what the estate told him. And what's on display right now is only about a third of total stock.

Head Injury Southland Charitable Trust field officer Miranda Kennedy said the organisation has been working with head injury victims and their families across Southland since 1989. It's a not-for-profit, and funding opportunities like this one matter.

"We're extremely grateful for Rotary offering us a chance to get some funds," Kennedy said.

If you've got a cap collection of your own — or a gap in it — this is worth a look.