Rewarding small acts of kindness
Has your neighbour dropped off firewood, mowed your berm or brought in your wheelie bins?
Perhaps you know someone who cooked for the after-match function, swept your chimney or cleaned out your roof gutters?
"We've been delighted with the Local Legends featured in the Clutha Leader every week, but nominees don't have to be in the thick of volunteering or charity to collect it," Silver Fern Farms Finegand site manager Bronwyn Cairns
said.
"Small acts of kindness happen every day without any expectation of reward, and we thought of the Local Legend as a way to just highlight and encourage that beautiful community spirit."
A Kiwi country lamb roast is the perfect opportunity for friends and whanau to come together, share kai and make lasting memories together, especially with our darker winter days coming in, so Silver Fern Farms and the Clutha Leader also want to hear your plans for Matariki, which is coming up on
June 20.
"We have five lamb leg roasts to give away for the ideas we think best share the real spirit of Matariki," MsCairns said.
So come together, Cluthans: show you know real heroes don't wear capes.
Keep paying the good turns forward and keep sending the names and contact numbers of your everyday heroes to nick.brook@cluthaleader.co.nz, with a few words explaining why they are your Local Legend.
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