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8 Tuesday September 18 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi News SOUTHERN VIEW Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk Halswell food stall for those in need • By Anan Zaki A COUPLE’S goal to provide food for those in need has taken off. Keri and Dave Glassenbury have set up the Sharing Shack, in Halswell. The shack is a food shelf, where people can donate and take food. It was built by computer programmer Mr Glassenbury, and is outside the Halswell Community Hub, at the former Halswell Library on Halswell Rd. They set up the shack in Halswell because Mrs Glassenbury is a manager at the Halswell Community Project, which works to connect and support people in the suburb. In its first week of operation, the Sharing Shack has been frequently used and is regularly filled up and then emptied. “People are more often donating more than they take away,” Mrs Glassenbury said. “The whole idea is, if there is anybody out there struggling in any way, you don’t have to put a thing in there, just take the food,” she said. Mrs Glassenbury’s two-and-ahalf years of helping the Halswell community have made her passionate about the area. “It’s a great area and a number of times we have talked about moving to Halswell . . . I just see FRESH FOOD: Halswell Community Project co-ordinator Kate Cleverly (left), and Halswell Community Project manager Keri Glassenbury stock up the Sharing Shack at Halswell Community Hub. the whole city as one community as well,” she said. The shack is mainly intended for fruit and vegetables but canned and instant meals have also been common. “If people want to, they can donate other food, and that’s great. There is always something that somebody needs,” she said. Many in the community will want to help, Mrs D.I.Y: Dave Glassenbury building the Sharing Shack. Glassenbury believed. “We dropped it off at 3pm on Sunday [September 9] , and posted on Facebook. Straight away people were like: ‘Oh where is it, I want to drop things off’,” she said. Giving back to the community is something Mrs Glassenbury has always wanted to do and is now encouraging her husband to join in more. “I’ve always enjoyed working with people, I’m a people person. Working in the community hub . . . it’s an awesome way to meet people from all walks of life.” For Mr Glassenbury, volunteering in the community is a new experience. “It was Keri’s idea and they [the community project] wanted it done, and I quite like that sort of thing [building work],” he said. His first experience was a rewarding one. “I thought it would be slow to take off but people were very quick to get into it,” Mr Glassenbury said. Now that he has had his first taste of working for the community, another project is around the corner. “I am also building a library shelf where people can share books,” Mr Glassenbury said. He didn’t think there would be demand for food sharing. “It appears there is . . . what I also noticed is the amount of people that want to give stuff. That really surprised me,” he said. He considers himself to be a handyman around the house, although the project is very different from his job as a computer programmer. “I’ve often do jobs around the house or building things for the kids,” he said. The couple hoped their goodwill won’t be spoiled by people trying to take advantage of the situation. “If it it does [get stolen], we’ll just build another one,” Mrs Glassenbury said. But it was unlikely to be stolen Mr Glassenbury believed. “People can surprise you sometimes, I think it’ll be fine.” Eastgate bus hub plan moves forward •From page 1 “We need to know what the bus routes are before we make a decision on what the public transport services should be and we can’t do that until a regional transport plan is finished,” Linwood Ward city councillor Yani Johanson said. But he said he was supportive of an integrated plan. Cr Johanson said it would be “bizarre” for the city council to invest in public transport infrastructure when ECan will discontinue bus routes 145 and 535 travelling to Eastgate next month. Instead a shopper service, the 155, will be introduced in the south-east of the city, running between Lyttelton and Eastgate via Ferrymead. The bus stops in front of Eastgate cater up to 30 buses per hour and board up to 1500 passengers per day. Yani Johanson The usage of buses in the area rivals Northlands Shopping Centre and is only outdone by the central city Bus Interchange and Westfield Riccarton hub. On average 84 buses use the bus interchange per hour, 67 at Westfield Riccarton and 45 at Northlands Shopping Centre. The average week day boarding of passengers at the Bus Interchange is 7130, Westfield Riccarton 3060 and Northlands is 1820. A city council staff report said it is widely acknowledged that passenger facilities at Eastgate are inadequate and in need of improvement. But the city council’s Long Term Plan has no provision for a transport hub or any other projects suggested in the study. City council staff believe funding from the Aldwins Rd, Buckleys Rd and Linwood Ave intersection safety project could be used for the upgrade of the Buckleys Rd bus stop. The report said the remaining fund of $1.1 million from the intersection safety project is on hold. But Cr Johanson said part of the project has been completed with traffic signals being installed. He said he doesn’t agree with the money for a safety improvement into the intersection being taken off budget and put into the public transport. Hagley Senior College INFORMATION EVENING Thursday, September 20th | 5:30-7:00pm Principal’s Presentations are at 5:30 and 6:00pm LEARN YOUR WAYat Hagley in Year 12 and 13 www.hagley.school.nz
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