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 Bev Telfer. She’s nominated by Colleen Mary Muir, who writes: “Bev runs the Highland Park Sewing Group, sewing clothes for Kidz First [Children’s Hospital] at Middlemore Hospital and clothes for Plunket.
“She organises about 25 ladies who cut and sew clothes weekly on a Thursday.
“Bev searches for and finds material at prices we can afford, almost always baking shortbread for those who give the group a good deal.
“She has boundless energy, and nothing is too much bother for her. The group would find it very difficult to function without her help.”
- Nominate a Community Hero online at www.times.co.nz/nominate/
