How volunteering for hospice is helping this young person rebuild his life.
Loyal Harbour Hospice volunteers thanked
Harbour Hospice celebrated its volunteers’ dedication with its annual Harbour Hospice Warkworth/Wellsford Long Service Awards at Tui House on July 31. Valerie Partridge was one of the two volunteers recognised for 25 years – the other Elizabeth Clark.
Jeanette and Kitty – 20 years of friendship and giving to Hospice
Every Wednesday you’ll find Jeanette and Kitty working side by side at Harbour Hospice’s Link Dr shop. They met 20 years ago through volunteering for hospice and have become the firmest of friends.
Camaraderie keeps volunteer coming back
Valerie has volunteered for Harbour Hospice for 15 years and says it’s the camaraderie with other volunteers that keeps her going back, year after year.
Peas in a pod
Over their 55-year marriage Beth and Graham Lawson have raised a family together and fostered children, bred and showed dogs together and supported causes for rescue dogs. Now they volunteer together for Harbour Hospice
Easter knitted chicks bring in a cool $4000
The results are in from our knitted chick Easter campaign. A total of 502 chicks were sold, raising an incredible $4016 for Harbour Hospice.
Easter chick cuteness hits hospice shops
How cute are these little Easter chicks! We’ll be selling these in selected hospice shops this week, with a chocolate egg tucked inside each one.
Former New Zealand Warrior Dean Bell on working for hospice and being a granddad
He counts running out to a Wembley Stadium crowd of 100,000 among his greatest moments, but Kiwi rugby league great Dean Bell reckons he’s living his best life now as a hospice worker and granddad.
From behind the shop counter
“I found that the care given to patients in hospice was so holistic; you're like a family working together to care for that patient. To be part of that journey with the patient and their family is just so humbling, such a privilege.”
Young minds
At 22 years old Jai Pandya is being recognised for five years’ service at this year’s Long Service Awards, and his friend Libby Easterbrook is close to achieving the same.
