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KickStart Champion Breakfast’s
Friday 05/11/2010
Our KickStart Breakfast Ambassador Beatrice Faumuina has been travelling around the country to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of KickStart Breakfast Club Champions.
We asked you to tell us who your champions were and the stories we received were very special, all of whom are champions in our eyes.
One of Beatrice’s latest visits this year was to Newfield Park School in Invercargill where together with the school they recognised Keith (Breakfast Club Co-ordinator) and Nikita (Student Health Team Leader). Keith is a dedicated grandparent who started at the school as a gardener where three of his grandchildren attend and chose to take on the on the responsibility of the club, he says “It keeps me young.”
Beatrice had an unforgettable morning at TKKM Waioweka in the Bay of Plenty where she experienced a traditional powhiri and was welcomed by a Maori warrior.
At Glenview School Beatrice acknowledged Charlotte Matoe, the Breakfast Club Co-ordinator. She said “Charlotte goes the extra mile every week and the school is very grateful of having her.”
Tamatea’s Breakfast Club is run by the Health Squad called “Rocks” and they co-ordinate the breakfast club every Friday and make sure that up to 100 students get fed.
Richmond Schools Breakfast Club is being run by Peka Tipiwai and TeAmo Taumata both of which are very dedicated champions. The school found that since they run the programme the children are a lot happier, and have become more involved in school activities.
Well done to the above champions and to the many other unsung heroes of the breakfast club! A big thank you to our good friends at Air New Zealand Groups as well as Toyota, Millennium and Accor Hotels who helped Beatrice to engage with hundreds of kids.
Send us your stories to kickstart.breakfast@fonterra.com
