739 days ago

POOL VOLUNTEERS WANTED - Tikipunga Community Pool

Kristi Neighbourly Lead from Tikipunga

Posted by TikiPride:
Tena koutou
The pool is opening to the community again this summer from Friday 16 December util Sunday 12 March. Throughout the months of December 2022 & January 2023 we need a volunteer at the pool for 2½ hours every day from 1.30 - 4.00 pm. In the months of February & March 2023 we follow a different timetable. The pool will e closed over Christmas and New Year statutory holidays.

We would really appreciate it if you could let us know any days that you would like to volunteer for pool duty between Friday 16 December 2022 & Tuesday 31 January 2023 so that we can put together a volunteer roster.
Pool Volunteer duties -
Support the CLM life-guards as needed by -
Help put up the gazebos and take them down before you leave at 4.00pm
Allocate a wrist label to those who have paid their gold coin into the honesty box
Ensure under 3s are wearing a swim proof nappy (under 3s don’t pay, but CLM nappies are $3)
Under 5s must be within arm’s length of an adult over 16 years so both child & adult wear a red wrist band.
Record the numbers on CLM’s statistics sheets – kept with the wrist labels.
Ensure those at the pool who are not swimming respect the pool by not riding bikes or scooters around the inside of the pool, do not throw litter around, are not running around the pool surrounds and conform to appropriate poolside behaviour.
Relieve the Life-guards (one at a time) for a 15-minute break each, when there are less than 50 swimmers in the pool.
Help the life-guards ensure there are never more than 100 swimmers in the pool at one time (i.e. this may mean closing the gates to further swimmers coming in).
Bonuses for pool volunteers -
Volunteers' family has a free swim on the day that they are on volunteer duty.
Volunteers' children have 1st priority to the free swimming lessons being provided during the last 2 weeks of January 2023.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Ngā mihi
Kathryn McKenzie
Secretary
Tikipunga Community Trust
Email: tikipride@gmail.com
or respond on Facebook.
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⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️

The Team from SPCA New Zealand

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 ❤️

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5 days ago

Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

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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Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
  • 61.9% Summer
    61.9% Complete
  • 36.4% Winter
    36.4% Complete
  • 1.7% Other - I'll share below
    1.7% Complete
1312 votes
1 day ago

Worst Xmas ever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

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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