Plunket Newsletter – Nelson Tasman Term 3

July 10th, 2007

Meeting of Richmond Plunket’s Future
July 20th 10am  Richmond Plunket Rooms
Richmond Plunket have decided to cease operating as a committee and become a community support group. This means that although they are free to carry on supporting Plunket they will no longer have financial control over Richmond Plunket’s funds. All spending in Richmond will need approval from a committee overseeing Nelson Tasman Bays. We are therefore holding a public meeting to see if this is what you want to happen. Whilst the current members are all keen to stay on and be involved in fundraising they no longer want to hold office bearer positions. To stay as a committee Richmond Plunket will need a new secretary, treasurer and president. Training is available. If you are interested in any of these roles or would like more information please come along to the meeting or contact Sonya. Meetings can happen in the evenings also depending what the committee would prefer so please say if you are interested but can’t make daytime meetings. All committees would love new members so if you would like to become involved and have a great time doing it contact Sonya today.

What do Plunket volunteer committees actually do?

Here are some of the things a committee could do to support children and parents…

• Organise activities for caregivers, such as coffee groups/parent education sessions/social events;
• Advocate for children in the community;
• Organise fundraising so that Plunket can maintain its facilities and services;
• Co-ordinate collectors for Annual Appeal in October;
• Arrange any maintenance on the Plunket Rooms;
• Encourage new volunteers and work as a team – so much is achievable!

“Plunket” –World Famous in NZ since 1907
Broadgreen House
Aug 4th-26th
Come along and celebrate 100 years of Plunket in your community.

Breastfeeding Latch-On World Attempt
Aug 8th 2007
Register by 9:30am
Latch-on starts at 10am

Nelson: Victory Community Centre
Motueka: Laura Ingram Kindy Sitting rooms

Plunket will provide a morning tea, certificate of participation and a limited number of goodie bags for participants.
Help to make a new world record!

Stoke Plunket Rooms Upgrade

Mandy and her team have been so excited with the offers of time and product by local businesses.
Plans can be viewed on the Stoke clinic noticeboard. Any one interested in being part of this project please Phone Mandy on 547 0189 mandy.bishop@tdc.govt.nz

Baby Bonanza
Saturday 8th September 2007
Hope Hall, Main Road, Hope
9am to 1pm
Quality used baby clothes, toys and gear
Entry gold coin donation
To book a stall Jacqui 544 2895 or Rachael 544 0392

Sleep Clinics

Are you tired and looking for some tips to help your little one sleep?
Karitane Nicky and Julia will be running Sleep Clinics at the Plunket Area Office, 19 Bishopdale Ave, Nelson.
Clinics will run from 5-7pm.
19th July
23 August
20 September
18th October
15th November
13th December
Call 539 4323 to book now

Be an Awesome Parent!
Parentingworxs Presentation
Golden Bay 8th Oct  7-9pm
Motueka Oct 9th Please register interest –still to be confirmed
Nelson 9th Oct 7-9pm
Victory School Hall
Dynamic, humorous and interesting speaker, Lisa McKimm, Director of Parentingworxs.
A SKIP grant allows us to offer this to you and anyone else who would like to attend free of charge.

Lisa will focus on

• creating attitudes and behaviors you want in your home
• give parenting tips which work instantly
• Promote positive parenting and effective non-physical discipline
• answer your questions.

Relevant for parenting children from infancy through to intermediate age.
Register now by calling 03 539 4323

Resurgence needed for Tots n tone
Every Tuesday at ASB Aquatic Centre. A 3/4 hour push chair walk then the staff babysit your child in a fenced area with toys while you aqua jog, swim or relax in the spa. All this for $25 for 6 sessions. This is an amazing deal which may have to be cancelled due to a lack of interest. Please contact Sherie at the Aquatic Centre ASAP to register interest before this wonderful programme disappears….

THANKS
Thank you so much to Harcourts for the $5000 donation Plunket received after the Allan Pease Body Language Guru evening. Thanks also to Werble Hill  Crafts for the great John Dory donated for the auction.

Parenting Education
Plunket provides this parenting education free of charge.
The courses are aimed at supporting you in your parenting role through the different stages of your child’s development.
Course are available for ages from 6 weeks – 4 years old. Please contact Sonya to register your interest. Courses are run based on demand.

How can I help Plunket this Term?

Do you have any old items we could borrow for our Broadgreen House display? We want to do an old to new display of how things have changed. We are also looking for people who may like to help create this display.

Morning tea for the Breastfeeding events. Please call or email Sonya for locations to drop off plates for morning tea. Also looking for people to help with handing out the goodie bags

Annual Appeal
October 13-19th
Can you help by collecting in your street or manning a stall? Do you know a business happy to host a collection bucket for us or even donate a prize for our collectors to win? Our Annual Appeal is our largest fundraiser. Money raised thorough fundraising is used to support the upkeep and running of our Plunket rooms or paying rent. Money raised also pays for extra Karitane hours above Government Funding, as well as paying for playgroups and other support services for parents and families. Plunket provides all playgroups and parent education free of charge and aim to continue this with your help. Please call Odette today to let her know where you would like to collect. 54 69 771 oanddgrover@clear.net.nz Thank you so much.

Newsletter-Urgent!!
This newsletter is a really popular means of letting you know what we are up to at Plunket. However it is also expensive. Your Plunket Nurse will supply your first copy and then further newsletters will be available from your local clinic. If you would like to receive this via email or would rather receive it via post, please email Sonya.Briggs@plunket.org.nz or if you have a hotmail or yahoo  account please email Sonya.briggs@xtra.co.nz or phone 539 4321

Plunket Contacts
Nelson Odette 546 9771
Richmond Jacqui 544 2895
Stoke Mandy 547 0189
Motueka Hayley 528 7802
Murchison Kelly 523 9262
Tapawera Kylie 522 4466
Golden Bay Trish 525 7664
Wakefield Debbie 542 3367
Volunteer Services Leader Sonya 5394321 sonya.briggs@plunket.org.nz
Plunket Area Office 539 4323
www.plunket.org.nz

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