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  • Cleanup complete!

      8 June 2022

    Hi everyone

    Last Sunday we finished our 10 hours of rubbish collection. We covered Meola Rd, Coyle Park, Pt Chev Beach, Fowlds Park, Scanlan St, Crummer Rd, Nixon St and a section of Great North Rd. Common items were cigarettes, lolly wrappers, cable ties, face masks, tissues, fast food packaging and alcohol glasses and cans. By the end we had collected around 12 rubbish bags worth of waste and while we felt good about our efforts, the amount of rubbish around shows the big issue we have and the way that we need everyone on board in order to fix it. We are so grateful to all of you who have supported us, it feels great to help two causes at once and we couldn't have done it without your help. We've almost raised enough for 3 solar panels which is amazing considering we started out hoping for 1, so if you have any friends or family to share the fundraiser with to help us get that 3rd panel we would really appreciate it! Again, thank you all so much for your support and generosity!

    Esther and Zylah :)

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  • Thank you!

      19 May 2022

    Kia ora everyone,

    Thank you all so much for your generosity! Thanks to you we raised our original goal of 1 solar panel to 2 solar panels and have already surpassed it! Today we spent an hour on Meola Road and picked up 3 rubbish bags worth of litter. We found that the worst areas were around bus stops and found lots of cans, bottles, masks and pieces of plastic. Over the next few weeks we will continue with our cleanup. Thank you so much for all your support!

    - Zylah and Esther

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    • 20/05/2022 by Sally

      Thanks for the update, that sounds like an amazing start, and in the rain too! x