Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 22 July 2020
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Charity store staff ‘gutted’ after burglary A volunteer from the ICH charity shop in Wakatu Industrial estate, was left in shock when opening the store on Tuesday morning last week, to find a window pried open, and the entire till missing. “It leaves a really horrible feeling
Matt McCrorie Reporter
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Volunteers at a local charity shop have been left ‘heartbroken’ after a burglary last week.
in your gut,” says manager Gill Burson. Founded in 1949, IHC is New Zealand’s largest provider of services to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The money raised from the local
charity shop goes back into the Nelson and Tasman communities, to support those living with a disability. “Everything we make goes back into the community, and it is a real shame that someone targeted
us,” Gill says. This isn’t the first time that this particular IHC shop has been targeted. Last year, their van, which they use to make deliveries
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tasman swimmer sam McKenzie, who has completed two years of a scholarship at grand Canyon university in phoenix, arizona, is hoping to be granted a third year of his swimming scholarship. The local swimmer returned to New Zealand in March as the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. Photo: Supplied.
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