The Times is recognising the many wonderful people in our local east Auckland community who go out of their way to help others with our regular Community Hero award.
If you know someone who’s doing amazing things in our community, please email 50 to 100 words describing why they deserve this recognition, highlighting specific actions they’ve taken to benefit our community, with your and their contact details and a high-resolution photo of them if possible to chrish@times.co.nz.
Be sure to include details about what they’ve been doing, the impact they’ve made, and how long they’ve been involved in these efforts.
The award is sponsored by New World Howick. Recipients will receive a $50 New World gift card and will be featured in our newspaper and on our website.
The latest recipient is Nick Webb, a volunteer who heads up the Bucklands Beach Yacht Club’s (BBYC) sustainability committee.
He’s nominated by BBYC marketing and communications manager George Yates, who says: “Nick’s philosophy is that the ocean is more than just our playground, it is part of who we are, and as such we should be looking after it a lot better than we are.
“Nick has been leading the BBYC sustainability committee for a couple of years and in our viewpoint is a Community Hero for his focus on sustainability, and in particular his laser focus on cleaning rubbish left on Bucklands Beach.
“Every three months he gathers a group of Club volunteers and heads to Little Bucks to do a clean-up of the beach to preserve the environment for all users.
“The waste that’s collected is sorted and recorded and used internationally as part of a worldwide beach sustainability program.
“Nick’s tireless in his pursuit of ensuring our local beach and Club environment is looking forward to minimise waste and create a more sustainable future for everyone in the community.
“As part of his dedication, he’s been at the forefront of driving BBYC towards achieving the maximum credit of 3 stars in the Yachting NZ Clean Club programme.
“The Clean Club programme is a framework yachting that and boating clubs can adopt to begin or further advance their sustainability journey in five focus areas: Administration and Leadership, Waste Management, Resource Conservation, Community Outreach, and Education.”
- People can also nominate a Community Hero award recipient online here.
