August Volunteer Update

First Up: We're hosting a Tree planting event this Saturday in Wanaka!

Join other members of the POW community and our friends from TeKakano Aoteatoa this Saturday morning. Walk, bike, run or kayak down to Bremner Bay. We'll be planting a few hundred trees along the lake. Morning Tea will be provided afterwards and they'll be time to socialise with the crew.

When: Saturday, August 7th, 10am-12noon

Where: Bremner Bay. If you're driving park at the end of Waimana Place, walk towards Albert Town on the track until you find us (a few hundred metres)

Please, please wear sturdy shoes, bring your own cups and gloves, and a spade if you have one, but we will have spare.

RSVP: Via the Facebook event here. 

If you're able to help out on the day with anything please respond to this email. We'll need a few hands to help set up/pack up and collect info from participants. 

Next Volunteer Meeting This Saturday Evening, 7pm. 

Here's the zoom link. 

Things we'll be chatting about: 

- Summary of events so far this winter

- Finances update

- Possibility of a POW NZ film

- Hot Planet Cool Athletes

Any other things that anyone would like to chat about.

All welcome! We'll keep the meeting to an hour or less. 

We are an organisation Powered by volunteers. Keep up the great work. Please keep letting POW know what climate action you'd like to see in the outdoor community. 

Big thanks to the following people who have been especially helpful lately:

- Tash Payne and Jack Young for helping our at the Auckland Burton event. We raised HEAPS of money there!

- Angie Nelson for continuously making our membership cards

- Anna Collett for helping with our social media

- Daniel Sweeny for helping out with our email and website logistics

- Melanie Joan Lloyd and Hannah Marshall for helping with some awesome graphics

- Jana McCall for helping out with our admin 

- Sophie Moy, Daniel Noguiera, Jordan Smith and Anna Collet for helping out with our Queenstown events. 

- Jaylene Harper for helping with some new sticker designs. 

Volunteer opportunities and events coming up: 

- Help out as the POW Treasurer  (ongoing, about 1 hour/week) 

- Help host a Hot Planet Cool Athletes presentation (July - Nov)

- POW Movie night in Wanaka (Mid-Late August)

- Tree planting event in Canterbury (September)

- Ohakune event (some time in the winter)

- Share our campaigns on social media (always)

Other ways to help out. 

We're on the look out for more POW alliance members. We're keen to chat to anyone who has a large influence in any outdoor sport (skiing, snowboarding, trail running, mountaineering, mountain biking, climbing, adventure racing etc etc), is passionate about protecting the places they love from the impacts of climate change and keen to use their platform to share POW's advocacy work. If you know of anyone who would be a good match please get in touch. 

If anyone has any photos they can share with us we are always in need of more content. We're especially keen to get some photos of groups of climbers, hikers and mountain bikers. Send them our way if you've got any! 

Nga Mihi, 

The team at POW