LIONS CLUB OF TAWA 2018 YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARDS
The Lions Club of Tawa recently presented their annual young achievers awards. The awards come with a payment of $500 together with a framed certificate of their achievement.
This year the recipients were Trulani van der Heyde, Marama Butler, Toby Gaulter and Jake Keats.
Trulani was awarded the for Academic Achievement award. Most notably she was one of the top five students in the New Zealand Biology Olympiad and represented New Zealand in the international component of this competition. She has also taken part in the Chemistry Olympiad and many Maths competitions in which she was a high achiever.
Marama Butler was awarded the Professionals Real Estate award for Performing Arts. She has been heavily involved in the leadership of the various choirs at Tawa College being the student leader. Many of these choirs have qualified for the national choir festivals this year. She also won the Senior Vocal Scholarship at the Hutt Valley Singing Competitions.
Toby Gualter was awarded the Sports and Recreation award. He has been successful in middle distance and cross country running. Among his achievements have been winning the Wellington Men’s 10k race, the under 20 3000 metre race and placings in the Wellington Mountain Running Championships and the under 20 Men’s Wellington Cross Country championships. In addition to his running achievements, he has represented Tawa Football Club at various age-grade levels.
Jake Keats was awarded the Ninness Leadership and Innovation Award. Jake is Head Boy at
Tawa College. In addition to his duties as Head Boy, he has organised the Tawa College Relay for Life Team for the last two years which raised $8000 for the Cancer Society been and been heavily involved in raising funds for World Vision. He has encouraged students at all levels to step outside their comfort zones and achieve in areas where they would not normally be comfortable. At all times he has involved and led others to achieve.
This is the fourth year the Lions Club of Tawa has presented these awards. The Club is grateful for the sponsorship received from Ninness Funeral Homes, Professional Real Estate and North City Motors, Tawa.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.7% Summer
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36.7% Winter
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1.6% Other - I'll share below
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
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