North Canterbury News: September 05, 2019
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NEWS<br />
26 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Volunteer support ... Kaiapoi Community Support team leader Louise Griffiths, centre,<br />
catches up with two of her volunteers, Rachelle Smith, left, and Sandra Joy. PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
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more volunteers<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
The CommunityWellbeing <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Trust’s Kaiapoi office is in<br />
desperate needofvolunteers after the<br />
retirement of some of its longserving<br />
helpers.<br />
Kaiapoi Community Support team<br />
leader LouiseGriffithssays Caro<br />
Macdonald, afamiliar faceatthe front<br />
desk for the lasteight years,has decided to<br />
step backtospend moretime with her<br />
grandchildren. It is ‘‘totally the right thing<br />
to do’’, Louise says.<br />
‘‘She’s here most days for one thing or<br />
another,soshe will be greatlymissed. But<br />
she’ssaid she willstill come in and see us.’’<br />
She saysvolunteers are needtohelp at<br />
the front desk, in the food bankand as<br />
volunteer drivers, provided they ‘‘pass the<br />
granny test’’.<br />
‘‘If you’resafe to take my granny to an<br />
appointment,you passthe test.’’<br />
Volunteers need to be ‘‘empathetic and<br />
reliable’’, whilevolunteer driversare<br />
reimbursed for taking elderlypeople for<br />
hospital appointments, to the hairdresser<br />
or out shopping.<br />
‘‘We get students coming through who<br />
may be studyingsocial workorjust looking<br />
for experience, but it would also be good to<br />
get some olderpeople who can commita<br />
bit longer term,’’ Louisesays.<br />
‘‘We do havegood fun and that’sthe best<br />
reward the socialside and helping the<br />
community.’’<br />
Volunteersare valued as muchasthe<br />
paid staff,she says.<br />
‘‘We treat our volunteers the same as<br />
paid employees and you get the same<br />
training and upskilling opportunities.’’<br />
RachelleSmith, of Rangiora, has been<br />
volunteering at the front desk since<br />
February, having previously helped at<br />
Wellbeing <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong>’sRangiora<br />
office.<br />
‘‘I chose to move to this office to give<br />
myself more things to do, such as helping<br />
with the food bank.<br />
‘‘I have beenout of the workforcefor a<br />
long time, but Ialso want to give back to the<br />
community and everybody is really nice<br />
here.’’<br />
Sandra Joy,ofKaiapoi, has been<br />
volunteering at KaiapoiCommunity<br />
Support for around 20 years.<br />
‘‘I get to meet lotsofdifferent people and<br />
it gives me an understanding of what’s<br />
goingoninpeople’s lives,that the average<br />
person on the streetwould have no idea<br />
about.<br />
‘‘It blows your mind to hear someofthe<br />
heartbreaking stories,soempathy is really<br />
important.’’<br />
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By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Rangiora artist YvonneMillars’<br />
upcoming solo exhibition The Silk<br />
Road —A FloralJourney is the<br />
culmination of almost 12 months’ work.<br />
The exhibition will be held at the<br />
Arts in Oxford Gallery from <strong>September</strong><br />
7toOctober 13.<br />
‘‘I am an emergingartist and this is<br />
my first solo exhibition,’’she says.<br />
All the works are oil paintingson<br />
canvas.<br />
‘‘Fromconceptionofthe idea,<br />
research, stretchingand priming my<br />
own canvases, and painting the works,<br />
it has takenmeagood part of ayear to<br />
complete.’’<br />
Yvonnehopesher art will take<br />
viewers on abotanical journey along<br />
the Silk Road and encourage them to<br />
look past the surfaceofthe painting<br />
and considerthat perhapsbeautyis<br />
foundedinaharsh environment. ‘‘The<br />
Silk Roadiswell known for its silk and<br />
spice trade,but perhaps less known for<br />
the flowerspecimens that were<br />
collected by the travellers and brought<br />
back to their homes.<br />
‘‘I have chosenflower varieties that<br />
grow wild thereand that we grow as<br />
common gardenplants in our own<br />
backyards hereinthe Waimakariri<br />
district.<br />
‘‘My art is an attempt to express the<br />
extraordinarybeauty thatcan come<br />
from extreme struggleoraharsh<br />
environment. It is also aboutcontrasts,<br />
interdependency and<br />
interconnectedness.<br />
‘‘For this installation Ihave chosen<br />
the Silk Roadlandscape and the wild<br />
flowersthat grow along it as the<br />
metaphor to expressthis.’’
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