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Mel pitches in when emergency strikes
When the water started rising at Waihī Beach last month, local RSA manager and community volunteer Mel Gearon was ready to rescue flooded residents - and give them a hot meal and a place to rest. It was raining hard on May 29 at the beach when Mel had
Lalangi turns volunteering into a career
In her native Sri Lanka, Lalangi was a quantity surveyor in construction working in a high-pressure environment when she and her husband decided to try a different country and culture. New Zealand seemed like the ideal place, quiet and calmer than Sri Lanka. They arrived in 2015 and
Kathy has trouble saying no!
Kathy Webb says she’s always had trouble saying no when asked to volunteer for anything. The current chair of Western Bay of Plenty Neighbourhood Support, and a Street Coordinator in Bellevue, is now in her 70s but shows no signs of giving up contributing yet. It was soon after
Aquinas youngsters busy volunteering
Students from Aquinas College have ditched the school books for the day and are out in the community volunteering this week. It’s Youth Volunteering Week, and the students are spending the day doing service for others. Four of them are at The Kollective getting messy cleaning chairs used by
Volbop joins Socialink
After 17 years of dedicated service to the volunteering sector and local communities, Volunteering Bay of Plenty (Volbop) has passed the baton to SociaLink. Volbop's Acting Chair Berenice Langson said, “I am pleased to announce that SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for the Western Bay of Plenty social agencies and charities, will
Kent Leung
Kent Leung Growing demand for St Johns Health Shuttle in the Bay of Plenty We recently caught up with Kent Leung, a Volunteer for the St John Health Shuttle, to find out a bit more about the Health Shuttle and the role its Volunteers play in keeping
