North Canterbury News: June 25, 2020

VOLUNTEERS WEEK, JUNE 21­27
16 North Canterbury News, June 25, 2020
It’sabout friendship and fun
Mandy and her volunteer Olivia have
been friends for six months. They
thoroughly enjoy meeting and live
close to each other.
The pair often go out for breakfast at
the weekend, go shopping and enjoy a
coffee. During the week they often go
for walks.
During the lockdown, Olivia phoned
Mandy regularly. She dropped off a
box of goodies, including chocolates,
at the front door and put up amessage
with aheart on the front window of
Mandy’s house so she could see Olivia
was thinking of her and looking
forward to seeing her again soon.
IHC Volunteering North Canterbury
is looking for more volunteers like
Olivia to share experiences,
friendship and fun. Volunteers can
make ahuge difference to an adult
with an intellectual disability, and the
volunteer can also grow from the
experience.
To enquire, email diana.
shoppee@ihc.org.nz or phone (027)
531 3579 for further information.
HondaForest
CommunityPlanting Days
Come one, come all! Let’srestore native forest to
Kaiapoi’sRegeneration area.
Saturday 27 June, 11 July and 25 July 2020
Start time 10am
Help transform this area...
Great friends ... Mandy and Olivia
together.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
CABNorth Canterburythanksall
ourvolunteersfor their ongoing
commitment to helpingour community
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The quiz that was ... Last year’s inaugural Rangiora High School Leos Club quiz night
proved to be asuccess.
PHOTO: KIRSTYN BARNETT
It’snot aquiz night
Rangiora’s young Lions are doing their
bit to support the community, despite
their quiz night being called off.
The Rangiora High School Leos Club
cancelled their planned quiz night on
June 22 because of uncertainty around
the Covid-19 lockdown, but realised
there was still aneed.
‘‘We’re trying to do something new. We
were going to have aquiz night, but we
have a‘Not aQuiz Night’ fundraiser,’’
Leos quiz leader Becca Barnett says.
‘‘We decided to cancel because we
didn’t know what was going to happen
and when we came out of lockdown we
found we didn’t have enough time to
plan it. We didn’t want to do it any later
because it gets into exams.’’
While the Leos plan to run another
quiz night next year, Satisfy Food
Rescue needs the support now, Becca
says. ‘‘So we have set up aGivealittle
page and we are asking people to donate
what they would have spent on the night
and we will pass it on to Satisfy Food
Rescue.’’
Last year’s quiz night raised $3000 for
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North
Canterbury. Becca says it is hoped the
total can be matched with the ‘‘Not a
Quiz Night’’ appeal. ‘‘It was absolutely
amazing. We were quite shocked.
‘‘We’re aiming for $3000 again, but
whatever we get will be very helpful.’’
The Rangiora High School Leos Club
has nine active members and aims to
support community events throughout
the year, including helping the Rangiora
Lions beach rubbish pickup from
Pegasus to Woodend last year.
To find out more, email
rangioraleos@gmail.com or go to
givealittle.co.nz and search for Not a
Quiz Night.
VOLUNTEERS
AND COACHES
into this!
Rain or shine. Allagesare welcome!
Regeneration Kaiapoi has partnered with Hondatobring the mighty Kahikateaback to
Kaiapoi. The Honda Forest will surround wetlands and consist of 2hectares of trees.
Location: Charles Street, Kaiapoi (look for the flags)
What to bring: Sturdy footwear, spade, gloves and adrink bottle.
For moreinformation contact Mike Kwant, Community Projects Officer -Greenspace
Phone: 0800 965 468 (0800 WMK GOV)