St John Youth Awards

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Offices located at: Lincoln - 43 Gerald Street Rolleston - 80A Rolleston Ave Christchurch - 225 Papanui Rd On the evening of Wednesday, December 1st, Darfield St John Youth held their end of year prize giving, where they were excited to give out a large number of awards. “It has been a hard year for our Cadets with cancelled camps and competitions. They worked remotely for most of Term 3 and yet they have all achieved so much over this period. There were four very special awards presented on the night,” commented Divisional Manager for the Darfield Youth Division, Victoria Tomes. Samantha Tomes was awarded her Super Penguin award. To gain this award, a Cadet needs to complete all nine penguin badges before their ninth birthday. Badges range from First Aid to Hobbies, to Caring. Hunter Kennedy and Daisy Maude were awarded their Emerald awards. To achieve these, a Cadet needs to achieve six badges. Three compulsory and three optional badges, as well as completing fifteen hours of community service. Daisy Prosser took over the role of District Cadet of the Year. This will be for the Mid-Canterbury District and will take effect from the beginning of 2022. She will take over from Jenny Walter, who was the 2021 District Cadet of the Year for Mid-Canterbury, also formally from the Darfield Youth Division.

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On Friday, December 3rd, the Darfield Hotel Speights Mates Social Club presented four local charities with a donation. This year saw a change with the Social Club being run by members. They organised and ran raffles each week along with other fundraisers, which helped subside their trips throughout the year when Covid levels permitted, this also allowed them to be able to give back to the community. This year, the group had a hard time choosing which charities they would like to help, so they ended up donating to four charities chosen by their members. The lucky recipients were Darfield Fire Brigade, Darfield St John, Friends of Darfield Hospital and Darfield Food Bank. The Social Club also donated three massive hampers of food to the Foodbank, along with vouchers for Johnny Fresh. The group enjoy being able to give back to the local community when they can. With Christmas approaching quickly, the group are looking forward to their Christmas party before they wrap up for the year.

Members of the Social Club with representatives from the chosen charities. Back: Ross Meder (St John), John Chambers (Darfield Fire Brigade), Julie Sheehan and Jill Moore, (Friends of Darfield Hospital), Ron Hall, David Cruickshank, Rosalie and Mark Craven (Darfield Foodbank) Front: Dean Thomas, Sarah Blackburn.

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