Doing in the Members from the Canterbury Master Plumbers Association recently put their hands up for a community project to help upgrade a local rest home.
Canterbury Master Plumbers Association members involved in the community Kowhai Rest Home Project line up for a group shot.
Knowing that many Cantabrians were still struggling with post-earthquake repairs, Canterbury Master Plumbers Association secretary Lisa Duston, her fellow Christchurch work colleague Sam Timlin and Paul Olsen of Whitehead Plumbing & Gas decided to do something to help. “Sam and I were keen to get our local members involved in a community project,” says Lisa, who is also HR Manager for the national Master Plumbers organisation. “He got in touch with Aspire Canterbury—a not-for-profit that offers free support, advice and resources for people with any impairment or long-term ill health—and they suggested Kowhai Rest Home could use a hand.”
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They were right. Kowhai does an incredible job of providing respite and carer support for 28 elderly and disabled residents, but now they could use some help themselves. The earthquake had left the original rest home unliveable, so the owners had moved into a new property, only to discover that there was damage there too.
Bathrooms needing repair With money having to be spent on crucial structural maintenance, the much-needed bathroom renovations had fallen to the bottom of the priority list. As Lisa explains, “The bathrooms were pretty rundown. The eight toilet suites
