Author: Boss

  • Government’s Walk Away

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    Just prior to our Herald Article, Brenda and I went to our local MP and advised him what was about to be published in the Herald the next day, concerning a group of people in his Electorate, and what they were doing that was making a difference in Manurewa.

  • Times they are a Changing

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    Some real exciting times have been had since the last newsletter, so I thought I would break this newsletter update into three: Updates on Events Government Non Assistance Albany Junior High School Visit Since our last newsletter we have had awesome meetings with Companies that have contacted us and offered to ‘walk along side us’…

  • A week in the life of Steve

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    Since the Herald did that feature article on our Breakfast Club my part time, unpaid, volunteer position at Breakfast Club has turned into a 50 hour a week incredible journey and I am loving every minute of it.  Read what I do in a week and you can see why I am so excited.

  • Herald Article leads on to great things…

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    My mother once told me that “what is today’s news is tomorrow’s fish and chip paper” … it was good reading the article in last Saturday’s paper … but now back to reality. 

  • The NZ Herald today

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    Read the article here I feel very humbled… Felicity Oberlin-Brown and Alexia Santamaria… Neil Little… Alan Snaith… Kym Samuels… Andrew Norton… a big thank you for believing in The Dream…

  • Team Work in Adversity

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    Since our last newsletter, we have: Been given about $4,000 worth of pasta from Elim Junior Campus. Assisted the Anglican Food Bank in Manurewa in stocking their shelves with food we have previously received from Bayfield School, New World and Elim Junior Campus.  Given large quantities of food to the Social Worker in Schools at…

  • And I Thought Things Could Not Get Better

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    Since the last newsletter … Elim Senior Campus donated to our food bank 40 large packets of high quality pasta and 40 packets of Easter Eggs and Bunnies Bayfield School in Herne Bay delivered $100’s of dollars worth of groceries in time for the school holidays New World in Southmall has given us over 28…

  • The Bugging Continues…

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    Further to our last update when I spoke about all our requests being met even before we asked anyone for anything … well that has continued. Our Food Bank was pretty well depleted in the last two weeks … and I sat there last Friday thinking of ways of ‘getting’ more Spaghetti and Baked Beans…

  • March 2013… Someone has bugged my thoughts

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    I was hoping for a bit of a lull in happenings around Breakfast Club … but it appears that my car, home and thoughts are being bugged … and time after time what I have been thinking for … gets answered. –          New World’s credits have been at least 25 banana boxes each week ……

  • Hello 2013!

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    Well what a first week back at school … and I am so grateful to New World Southmall for their support over the Christmas period. From the time that school broke up for the holidays until it started again on the 4th of February we received from New World: Over 120 banana boxes of assorted…