On Saturday
8th of November six months of visioning, planning and preparation
came together when we met up with children, families and friends at Mair Park
for our Poohsticks fundraising event.
In case you are feeling a little perplexed about what ‘Poohsticks’ is all about here is a wee explanation:
"The trick is to drop the stick in a 'twitchy' sort of way" Eeyore |
Poohsticks is a bit of a favourite game for children who attend our weekly Nature Programme, so when we were visioning innovative fundraising ideas earlier in the year; this concept became a group favourite.
It was an absolutely
fantastic day, we were blessed with glorious weather and thanks to the
excellent pre planning skills of one of our Dad’s (thanks Phil!) our Poohsticks
race down the river captured the turn of the tide.
Hopeful winners lined the bank of Hatea River to countdown the start and then watch all two hundred and fifty of our Poohsticks be dropped from the Mair Park Bridge.
On the river we had dads Nigel and Dave ready in kayak’s to assist stranded sticks and capture the winning numbers as they crossed the finish line.
It was nearly a photo finish!
On the
completion of the race participants were enticed back up to Mair Park to
partake in delicious kai options (including Choice Blocks and Latino Coffee) and be entertained by local musicians Ryan
Karaka with Lex and Jay and Tauraroa School Jazz band In the Foyer.
Thanks to the generosity of so many local businesses we also had five Poohsticks prizes and thirty three spot prizes to give away! It was so wonderful watching so much joyfulness being spread amongst community.
On behalf of the teaching team, I want to say a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us in making this such a successful family day. We also want to acknowledge our parent support group: Katie, Emma, Kirsty, Yvette, Karla and Michelle who have worked so hard behind to scenes in preparing for this day, also Sarah who has organised so much of the administration.
What has
been most affirming for me is how lucky we are in our kindergarten community to
be able to draw on the wealth of knowledge and skills of our attending
community. When we all do a little bit, we have a lot to celebrate. The monies
raised from this event will be used to re-develop an area of our outside
playscape.
‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what
we give’
- Winston Churchill
The beautiful images captured in this blogpost were kindly supplied by two of our families; Thank you Sam Cotterill - Craig and Colleen Smith.
Noho ora mai
Kim
3 comments:
such a great day!! You got alot of support with great sponsers!! looking forward to next years event!
Our family had such great time - the excitement of the race, and being able to catch up with Kindy friends from the past and present was a bonus. Thank you for all your hard work, this another reason why we love Mairtown Kindergarten.
This was an awesome family event. Way to go Mairtown Kindy!!!!
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