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Thank you Margaret

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A thank you for Margaret Long's service, from the past and present children, families and teachers of Crossways.

Mount Victoria, Wellington

For 15 years, Margaret has gifted her time freely and generously to the children of Crossways, who have all benefitted greatly from her attention and kindness. She is now embarking on a well-deserved retirement, so with deep gratitude we want to gift Margaret something memorable to mark her decade and a half of service to the children of Crossways.

In true Margaret style, she has requested that this gift be one both her and the Crossways children can enjoy in their learning environment. We felt the most fitting tribute would be a new native garden to provide food and shelter for birds, another of her great loves. It will be named the Long Garden in her honour.

We hope you will contribute to this heartfelt gift to Margaret, as a way of thanking her for her thousands of hours of service to all the past and present children and families of Crossways.

Please write a message of thanks to Margaret with your gift, which we will include in a

printed book for her to treasure.

About us

Crossways Community Creche is located in Mt Victoria Wellington. We are a charitable trust providing high quality early childhood education for over 40 years.

Use of funds

A commemorative garden and gift for Margaret, along with a book with the names and messages of all donors.

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Becky on 18 Sep 2022

Dear Margaret, you were such a special person to first Reggie and then Roly, and also me and Hamish throughout. I always noticed that you somehow managed to bend time and have long, involved one on one chats with many, many children over the course of any one day and made each of them feel like they were the only one in the room. My boys just loved that glow of your attention and how seen you made them feel. We have two books in our house that are from you, Reggie's sea creature book (remember how much he loved squids?) and the beginnings and endings book you gave Roly after Hamish died. We read that a lot, and you were part of the gentle extended family that carried Roly in particular through that hard time. We'll always remember you. With much love from Becky, Reggie, and Roly.

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Eniko on 18 Sep 2022

Thank you so much for looking after our little ones. All the best and we hope to bump into you when visiting Greytown.

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Bec, Alistair & Lewie on 17 Sep 2022

Kia ora Margaret, we have such wonderful memories of Lewie's time at creche and your warmth and consistent presence and care is a huge part of those memories for all of us. Thank you for the many years you have gifted to Crossways. Your wisdom, experience, time and aroha have had a really meaningful impact on so many of our children and on their parents/caregivers too! Arohanui xx

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Matthew, Christina and Walter on 17 Sep 2022

Ngā mihi Margaret, Thank you for all you have given to Crossways over the years, Matthew says that you're really good at reading books to him! Aroha nui, Matthew, Christina and Wallet

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Lucjan on 16 Sep 2022

Dear Margaret ! We appreciate for all your wisdom, patience, work experience & professionalism and great sense of humor what you brought to Crossways and into our life too ! Best wishes ! Lucjan & Bunka family.

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