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The Buzz ecember 2020
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News from The Neighbourhood Connections Network Groups
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Members of the Taranaki Network celebrating Terrwynn’s birthday
Birthday celebrations
By Terrwynn Pryor -Taranaki Network
On Monday around 11am, we got ready for my birthday barbecue lunch - I
am turning 27! The guests came over for a barbecue lunch and we had
drinks, lunch and cake. We had sausages, meat, salad and bread buns. The
cake was chocolate with a photo of Austin (my dog) on the top.
On Tuesday, we had a birthday morning tea with our Network group. After
our Network meeting we went to Deluxe Diner and we had lunch. We
enjoyed it.
My birthday is coming up! My special birthday -
by Sam Burwell -Taranaki Network by Nicola McKay - Taranaki Network
I'm looking forward to my birthday My neighbours Doug and Suzie took me
which is in December. I'm turning 24. out for dinner on my birthday in March.
We are going to bake a chocolate cake They took me to a restaurant in
with pink icing. We're going to have Stratford called Shinys. I had chicken,
pink, purple, green and orange noodles and veges.
balloons.
I had fun and I felt special. I had a
My family is going to give me lots of chocolate and caramel birthday cake
DVDs for my birthday like The which tasted great. I had 5 candles on
Descendants 2, Mamma Mia, Frozen 2, my cake. It was a stunning evening.
The Croods 2 and Cars 4.
We're going to go out for pizza for
dinner on the night of my birthday and
have a special celebration party. I'm
feeling excited about my birthday.
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…. Also in this edition
Birthday celebrations 1
Murray has been fundraising. 3
Keith and Bruce 3
My new phone 4
The Pink Challenge Ladies have fun 5
Dream Catcher BBQ 6
Card Making 7
My boxing class 8
Mix-n-Mingles 10
Some snippets from around the networks 11
Keith and Bruce
(Tui Network) did some investigation
while looking for a venue of the Hutt
Valley Networks Christmas lunch.
Here they are doing some “research”
at Brewtown- a well deserved meal
after their game of 10 pin bowling
Murray has been fundraising.
He is part of the Levin All-Sorts
network group who are selling
homemade cupcakes to raise money
for the SPCA. He sold six of them to
the team at Unichem pharmacy Levin.
Murray very proud of his efforts
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My new phone
By Donald Roberts - Kapiti Kiwis
Here’s what I did to get a new smart
phone for myself during the recent
lockdowns.
With support from Facilitator Brian I put
an application to the Kapiti District
Council saying I needed a cell phone so I
wasn’t cut off during the pandemic. They
had some money in a fund to help those
who were alone so I asked them for some
help
I’ve never been to a Council meeting
Here’s a picture of me talking to the
Council at their meeting. It was very before so it was good to learn how they
scary. I’m no good at writing but they do business.
understood and gave me time to answer Later I went back to say thank you and
their questions in front of them. they wanted to take a picture of me with
them. The lady beside me is the
Chairwoman Kathy Spiers and she was
very kind.
She asked me how I was getting on with
the new phone and I said it was good so
now people can ring me and I can answer
it.
It made me feel like everyone else and it
made me happy. I now have more
confidence when out in the town.
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The Pink Challenge Ladies have fun By Sam Burwell, Nicola McKay and Terrwynn Pryor The Pink Challenge Ladies had a picnic lunch at the Nag n Noggin pub in New Plymouth. The ladies had subway or pizza for lunch. We had raspberry and water to drink. We talked about our next event for our Pink Challenge Ladies get together next week. We have decided to go for another picnic in the park or zoo if the weather is fine. Sam checked on her phone to see when the weather would be sunny. We think we will have salad, rice crackers, cheese and crackers, fruit salad and maybe cheerios for our picnic lunch. We are looking forward to it and we feel excited and overjoyed. It will be wonderful and fantastic. Sam enjoying her lunch Nicola, Terrwynn, and Sam at Chaos Bowling-with The Pink Challenge Ladies The Pink Challenge Ladies went to 10-pin bowling at 12pm on Wednesday and had snacks beforehand. Then we had a game of 10-pin, and Nicola won the game with 88 points. We walked quickly before it rained to get to Chaos Cafe for lunch. We had a delicious lunch and iced chocolates. Follow our stories on the Neighbourhood Connections Facebook page: ConnectionsNZ 5
Dream Catcher BBQ The Dream Catchers were discussing in their meeting how nice it will be to hold our meetings outside again. We were a bit over Winter so they planned a BBQ at Avalon Park for their next meeting if the weather played its part – and it did! It was fantastic to be outside in the fresh air. The guys did a great job cooking the sausages and onions on the BBQ. The ladies got the table ready. We enjoyed our lunch together with a boom box playing our favourite songs. So many smiles and laughter – it was a great day together in the sun. Follow our stories on the Neighbourhood Connections Facebook page: ConnectionsNZ 6
Card Making
by Sam Burwell - Taranaki Network
I go to Card Making at Helen's house.
I choose purple and green cards.
There is a pink box of paper flowers
and I choose the ones I like. I put
little butterflies on the cards and I use
a little circle stamp. I also use a little
horse stamp and an octopus stamp.
Photo: Terrwynn Photo: Sam
with some beautiful
cards made by
Sam
I like giving Happy Birthday
cards to people. I made a
Happy Valentine's Day card
for my boyfriend Tim.
My boxing class
Story and photo by Terrwynn Pryor
I go to boxing on Monday and Wednesday
mornings at 10.30am. It is a strength,
conditioning and coordination circuit. I love
it. I got a concession ticket for my
birthday. Everyone else enjoys it too, and
we have fun together. We use the boxing
bag and we do warm ups. We move our
bodies and do some drills with tennis balls
and medicine balls. I wear blue boxing gloves. I have made some new friends in
the class.
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Mix-n-Mingles
On Friday 6th November the Hutt Valley Network groups along with some extra
friends came together for a night out at the Roadhouse. The theme was – Essential
Workers. This was to show respect and thanks for everyone that worked during the
lockdown. The costumes were fantastic! We had everything from a cowgirl, doctors,
police, petrol pump attendant and even Jacinda Ardern!
We all enjoyed our dinner and desserts and were then ready to PARTY! It was great to
see so many people have a go at Karaoke and see their friends surround them dancing
and singing along.
We look forward to continuing this event in 2021!!
A day at the races... The Tui
Network enjoyed a day out at
Trentham Raceway... They were
lucky with the weather, and Judy
was lucky on the day and won
some money on a race...
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something to advertise, an upcoming event; or anything
else you would like to share on “The Buzz”?
Would you like more details about Network groups?
If so, contact Matt on 0297712338, or
email: community.networks@ccslt.org.nz
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Some snippets from around the networks
A great day reminiscing with the
Our Voices Network. We looked
at photos and watched some films
and talked about some of their
highlights over the last seven
years. What a great group of
people to know.
The Tui Network had an
awesome time visiting
Masterton and a fantastic stay
at the Solway Hotel. They had a
very busy time exploring - you
can read all about it when the
next edition of the Buzz comes
out
Merry Christmas
We would like to wish
everybody a merry Christmas
and a fabulous 2021.
… and if you have been
naughty or nice this year you
might receive this wonderful
Christmas card designed by
members of the Dream
Catcher Network. They
arranged uniquely New
Zealand iconic items to create
this piece of art.
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