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Kiwis are doing it tough across New Zealand. Get involved and be part of the story of hope and transformation.
On Wednesday, Ryan dropped into our Pātaka Kai to deliver food items donated by the staff and students of Oratia District School. A big thank you to everyone who took the time to put others first; your kindness will make a real difference to whānau who are doing it tough right now.
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PLACES TO GO FOR FOOD SUPPORT OVER CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
Visionwest’s Pātaka Kai is closed from this Friday 8 December until Tuesday 9 January.
If you need help with food leading up to Christmas and over the Christmas and New Year period, the following foodbanks are open.
++ Salvation Army – New Lynn
32 Delta Avenue, New Lynn; Phone: (09) 827 3128 or email: newlynn.corps@salvationarmy.org.nz.
Closes 22 December
++ Salvation Army – Westgate
532-534 Don Buck Road, Massey. Pick-ups by Appointment; Open Wed, Thurs, & Fridays 10am to 12pm; Phone: (09) 833 8633 or email: westgate.corps@salvationarmy.org.nz.
Closes 22 December
++ Ranui Baptist Church
464 Swanson Road, Ranui; Phone: 09 833 7815
Open between 20 December and 15 January
++ Norwest Care Trust: Massey Branch
(Services Massey, West Harbour, Hobsonville, Herald Island & Whenuapai)
Deliveries on Wednesdays and Fridays, Phone: 021 0863 3785 or email norwestfoodbank@gmail.com.
Closes 18 December
++ Care Waitākere
64 Waipani Rd, Te Atatu Peninsula, Mon-Fri 9-4:30pm, Phone: 09 834 6480.
++ The Village (Avondale)
448 (unit 3) Rosebank Road, Avondale
Collect only, phone to pre-book a timeslot on Tuesday or Thursday 10am-1:30pm, or Friday 10am-12pm, Phone: (09) 826 5427
Closes 21 December
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++ City Mission Christmas Dinner
The Auckland City Mission is hosting a Christmas meal. To book a seat, phone 0800 864 357 or e-mail rhesa.s@aucklandcitymission.org.nz.
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Is there one around matamata area
Care waitakere have closed on waipani Rd.
Correction: Auckland City Mission is hosting a singles and a separate Families meal sessions on the day. Venue hosting has a limited seats capacity with a dine and dash catering services, due to expected numbers. Singles are normal breakfast hours of 8 am to 11 am only. Note the specific hours of each service. Family groups MUST book in for catering sessions, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm Only. Please note, other providers will be schedule events in other suburbs CLOSER to residents home locations of residence, to avoid public holidays travel issues. Noting, no public transport assistance is offered this year. Parking wardens could be enforcing parking at some locations. These alternative venues include local churches, community outreach groups normally operate from community centres, etc. Please check local community Facebook group pages for functions close to home
Hi is there food banks that delivery I have covid can't get out need kai box
Flynn and Mary-Liz dropped by Visionwest on Monday to drop off some awesome toys and gifts they bought for children who will be coming to Christmas From The Heart next week.
Mary-Liz explained that their family wanted to choose toys that the kids in their family would enjoy but, instead of keeping them, they gifted them to children who might otherwise miss out this Christmas.
She said Flynn enjoyed choosing gifts that other kids might like and they had fun shopping for the presents together. It also gave them an opportunity to think about what Christmas means to them and how good it felt to be able to share some of the aroha with others.
It was also Flynn’s birthday on Monday, and he thought coming to Visionwest to drop off the gifts was an awesome birthday treat - Happy Birthday Flynn!
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Keep what you have by giving it away in action right there. Great work team and happy bday Flynn..you sure have grown!
Beautiful
How lovely
Blessings
Every day over 7,000 New Zealanders receive in-home healthcare from Visionwest Home Healthcare and every day they send us messages about what their Support Workers are doing for them. We thought you would like to hear some of the great things that people are saying about Visionwest Home Healthcare and the support they are receiving.
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“Selena is such a very humble lady. She knows how to speak to people and make them feel special. She is very approachable and very excellent.”
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“Lilia is very good, friendly, and caring. She does her job well, and is reliable, honest, and conscientious. You can’t ask for more than that from a Support Worker!”
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“I had Sunny call on me. I was really happy with the way she looked after me. I’d like her to come whenever I need a relief worker.”
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“My late husband Alan and I were assigned the services of your employees Rachael and Don. Rachael was a great comfort to us both. She was kind, efficient, and skilled. She was co-operative to the wishes of Alan and thought of ideas to make his life more tolerable. Rachael went the "the extra mile," shopping for extras, that would enhance Alan’s wellbeing. She even went to the trouble of collecting pamphlets on Alan’s condition so she would understand it better. Rachael is a credit to Visionwest; thank you for assigning her to us. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
“We also had Don to look after Alan. Although our time with Don was limited, we enjoyed his company and found him a willing worker, enthusiastic, keen to learn, caring and co-operative. He also is a credit to Visionwest, and I’d recommend him to anyone also.”
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If you or someone you know would benefit from in-home healthcare, talk to Visionwest – phone 0800 222 040 or email: healthcare@visionwest.org.nz.
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Eden Cottage End of Year Concert
One of the many things that makes Visionwest’s Eden Cottage a special place for children and their whānau is the amazing events and celebrations that take place throughout the year – and the Christmas Concert is always a highlight. This year was no exception!
As always, the highlight was the children’s nativity play; Abagail’s dance was awesome too and Vineeta, one of the wonderful Eden Cottage teachers, shared the story of her path to working for Eden Cottage.
Over 46 families have had children at Eden Cottage during the past year. It’s always a bittersweet moment when the older ones move off to school; it’s sad to see them go but happy to see how they have matured and are ready for the next stage of their growth. It’s also happy to see the number of whānau who continue to come along to Eden Cottage events long after they have moved on.
As always, the children sang Christmas songs in the enthusiastic way only children can and there was a scrumptious Christmas morning tea.
The concert signals the end to a great year for Eden Cottage which is thriving with the staff looking forward to a break and then returning next year.
If you would like to talk about enrolling your child at Eden Cottage, email edencottage@visionwest.org.nz or leave a message on 027 740 1742. (Messages may not be answered until staff return on 15 January. www.edencottage.org.nz.
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