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NZST Programmes<br />
CONNECTING PEOPLE<br />
Hi again, I am so pleased that summer<br />
is here; I’m loving the warmer<br />
temperatures and getting outside in the<br />
garden more often. Speaking of gardens,<br />
slowly but surely we are getting on with<br />
our Burwood Spinal Unit garden project<br />
which you may remember us talking<br />
about a few issues back. The guiding<br />
influence and manager of the project<br />
is Les Gray, with the wonderful Shirley<br />
Stead by his side organizing volunteers<br />
to help with removing sand and replacing<br />
it with healthy soil. We plan to start<br />
planting-in very soon with the aim of<br />
creating a holistic environment that<br />
everyone will enjoy. So watch this space.<br />
We are still working on helping to<br />
resolve the issues that our members<br />
have with regard to being able to access<br />
wheelchair taxis when needed; so please<br />
keep your stories coming in. The more<br />
information we have, the more effective<br />
we can be when working with Total<br />
Mobility to help them understand what<br />
the issues are. Please email Debz at: deb.<br />
mitchell@nzspinaltrust.org.nz<br />
Pat and I had a productive trip north in<br />
July; we went to places we have not been<br />
before, namely: Taupo, New Plymouth,<br />
Hawera, Whanganui, and Napier. We also<br />
stopped in at Hamilton for lunch and<br />
met up with some great people. Our<br />
journey north got off to a rough start, as<br />
we nearly ripped off our muffler whilst<br />
disembarking the inter-island ferry!<br />
However, this turned out to be a blessing<br />
in disguise, as we discovered that one<br />
of our tyres was not in good shape and<br />
would probably have blown on the next<br />
leg of our journey which could have<br />
been disastrous! So, in the end, we were<br />
grateful for the message the muffler gave<br />
us... we would have had no idea until it<br />
was too late... a massive thanks to the<br />
muffler repairman.<br />
I want to thank Bob Knox in New<br />
Plymouth for all his continued support;<br />
he spread the word for us and put in a<br />
lot of effort which is hugely appreciated.<br />
Thank you also to Muir Templeton for<br />
having us to stay in his lovely home, and<br />
for spreading the word in his area.<br />
It was really great getting to know<br />
people a bit more<br />
and seeing so many<br />
familiar faces and<br />
some new. It is well<br />
worth the effort to<br />
do these trips. If we<br />
missed you and you<br />
want to make sure<br />
we see you next time,<br />
please let us know.<br />
We may not have you<br />
in our Connecting<br />
People database.<br />
We are updating<br />
details for our new<br />
database and are asking that anyone who<br />
has changed their contact details, such<br />
as home and/or email address, phone<br />
number; please let us know so that we<br />
can be up-to-date and also to ensure<br />
you will not miss any emails. You may<br />
hear, or may have already heard from us<br />
regarding this.<br />
All of us here at Connecting People<br />
wish all of you a very merry and safe<br />
Christmas and a positive and bright new<br />
year! We will be coming to a town near<br />
you next year!<br />
Thanks from Debz and the wonderful<br />
team here at Connecting People.<br />
Debz Mitchell<br />
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