April 2019
Produced for the community, by the community
Featuring Tyree Woodham Hello readers of The Woodpecker. My name is Tyree Woodham and I am the Head distributor of The Woodpecker. I have been happily married for nearly 22 years and have 3 children, 20, 16 and 13 and yes, they are your typical teenagers except the eldest who has just purchased her first house with her partner. I have lived in Woodend for 24 years and been heavily involved with Playcentre, Plunket of which some of you will remember our wonderful garage sales, and Woodend School. I started delivering The Woodpecker approximately 19 years ago and was originally just a delivery person. I had been delivering for about 18 months when the then Head distributor became ill and it was offered to me. I said I would do it while she was unwell and then she could take it back but unfortunately that never happened, so it was then up to me. I had the names of all the distributors and made contact by dropping off their Woodpeckers each month. It was also not long after that that a committee was formed, and I was drafted on to
that where I am the longest standing original member there today. There is only one other distributor who has been delivering longer than me and he is still with us today. I’m sure you will get a wee read from him sometime too. I have seen many people come and go, changes to The Woodpecker and seen it grow to where it is now. I am also still doing my original run to this day. We are all volunteers who deliver and range in age from approx 80ish to 40ish. It’s a great wee informative paper and I hope to see it around in the next 20 years and I’m sure it will be different again. Hope you have learnt a wee bit about me and please say hello or stop for a chat if you see me about.
Tyree Woodham
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