Bay Harbour: March 23, 2022

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Wednesday March 23 2022 Bay Harbour News 27
Strong communities
and local heroes
The best part of this job has been connecting
with residents and community groups —
Whether that’s local schools, churches, community sheds, local firefighters, community
patrols, residents associations or community centres. With COVID-19 the way we connect with
each other is different sometimes, but please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Here’s a few of
the community stars
I’ve had the privilege
to meet this term.
Steve Bush from Trees for Canterbury.
Trees for Canterbury is a nursery with purpose:
growing native trees for ecological restoration and
providing pathways to employment. It was a pleasure
to visit this Woolston enterprise
and meet manager Steve Bush.
Sikh community.
Our wonderful neighbours down Ferry Road
at Gurudwara Singh Sabha Christchurch
transformed their place of worship into a pop-up
vaccine clinic – they have proudly had 3000 people
so far come in for their vaccinations and delicious
food! Thank you so much.
Pop-up Vaccine Clinic at Ferry Road New World.
The Ferry Road New World stepped up to help
out with the vaccine drive, and more recently the
booster drive, by hosting this pop-up vaccine clinic.
It was a pleasure to bring the Prime Minister down
and show her some Woolston hospitality!
Local Community Patrollers.
With Police Minister Hon Poto Williams, I met our
community patrollers. It’s a voluntary role that
see these stars head out to keep an eye on their
neighbourhoods and keep our communities safe.
Alan and Ollie from Ferrymead Bays Football Club.
Sport is a big part of our lives here in Banks
Peninsula, whether that’s surfing off Taylor’s Mistake,
cricket at the Heathcote Domain or Chatham Cup
football on Garrick Park – it’s about balance in our
lives and it’s about social connection. Ferrymead
Bays are a great community club.