Western News: September 19, 2017

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Tuesday September 19 2017 9
ACHIEVERS
former All Black
SPORTS
• By Emily O’Connell
MIDDLETON Grange student
Rachel Allan, 15, spent her
service time for the Silver Duke
of Edinburgh Hillary Award
baking for formrt All Black
“Tiny” Hill.
The Joshua Foundation
manages the Duke of Edinburgh
Hillary Award. The award is
a non-competitive personal
challenge.
Rachel baked for Mr Hill as
he has bad arthritis. He was
an All Black for four years and
played two of his 19 matches as
captain.
S“She would actually go down
there and bake him biscuits and
make sure he was okay,” Rachel’s
father and Joshua Foundation’s
founder Chris Allan said.
Participants create a
BUSINESSES
programme of voluntary leisure
time activities. The award has
three levels – bronze, silver and
gold. There are four sections of
activities involved – service to
the community, skill, physical
recreation and expedition.
Seven students received Duke
of Edinburgh Hillary awards
presented by Mayor Lianne
RECOGNISED:
From left: Emily
Allan, Rebekah
Whitehead, Mayor
Lianne Dalziel,
Joshua Allan,
Rachel Allan and
Dowon Kim.
PHOTO:
GILBERT
SCHOOL WEALLEANS​
Student bakes for
BAKING: Rachel Allan giving
“Tiny” Hill her homemade
biscuits.
SCHOOLS
Dalziel last week.
The recipients of the Bronze
Duke of Edinburgh Hillary
Award were: Dowon Kim, 16,
Emily Allan, 16, Kezia Redman,
16 and Rebekah Whitehead, 16.
Myfanwy Stuart, 16, Rachel
Allan, 15 and Joshua Allan,
15, received the Silver Duke of
Edinburgh Hillary Award.
“The students loved it, they
loved the challenge of the great
outdoors.
SPORTS
Being a Christian
school, they really enjoyed
getting into community
service and engaging with their
community,” Mr Allan said.
Villa girls’ touching
gesture to charities
SCHOOL
• By Emily O’Connell
VILLA MARIA College
Year 7 students are helping
Christchurch keep its Garden
City image.
Isabel Vane and Bridget
O’Dea have made the city a
little greener, by taking part in
the Year 7 and 8 ‘Take a Stand’
project.
The students wrote letters to
nurseries asking for particular
SCHOOLS
plants which they had carefully
chosen for durability, colour and
scent.
They then wrote notes of love
and encouragement on red
hearts and tucked them inside
each plant.
The students delivered the
plants to City Mission where
they were split between the
women’s balcony and men’s
outdoor garden.
They also gave plants to Te
Whare Hauora – Otautahi
Women’s Refuge.
SPORTS
Te Whare Hauora’s manager
Maania said they are humbled by
the donation as with any donation
they receive.
“What we’re most proud of
is that the young women have
an opportunity to raise not
only their awareness but others
around them about the impact of
violence,” Maania said.
Maania said they have seen a
WITH LOVE: Students Isabel
Vane and Bridget O’Dea
lending a hand.
City
rise in young
of
women bringing
contributions like clothing in
cycle
and making contact with the
Refuge about what they do.
She said they are planning
on planting half of the plants in
their safe house and the other
half in their office.
“We’re just very grateful and
would like to acknowledge the
young women and the school for
the initiative,” Maania said.
Sunday15 Oct
10am–4pm
the arts centre
City of
c
free
ycles
celebrating 200 years
since the invention
of the bicycle!
Ice
cream