Sat 7th May 2011 – 11am – 2pm @ Thomson Park!!!

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A  Free Family Fun Day with live music, sport, free BBQ and entertainment!  Local band Smokin’ Jacket have reformed for this event and will be performing on the Band Rotunda along with Pacific reggae band NiuSeiLAH. 

91zm will be giving away free sausages, Tiddlers will be running races, Skate School will be lending gear, there’ll be free candy floss, ice blocks, bouncy castles, pirates and more.  This community lead initiative is a chance to celebrate the resilience of the community we all love, and have some outdoor fun together!  

Tell your friends, tell your neighbours, buy a T-Shirt!

This event is part of other New Brighton events that same weekend, including the New Brighton Market with pancake races and the Switch Cafe Solo Saturday Sessions.

A reminder that no clubs run in week 1 of each term due to leaders meetings.  They all begin in Week 2 (eg: Cheeky Little Monkeys, WAVE, Rock Solid & Sodium). Thanks 

Click here for the Poster:

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Free Childrens Football Programme

Football Legend WYNTON RUFER and his top coaches from his Auckland Academy WYNRS will offer a FREE Football Fest for the kids in the East of Christchurch who have suffered so much with the earthquake …. (NOTE: this is for kids from the East only!)

NOTE:  Current All White player AARON CLAPHAM will be there on Wednesday!

VENUE: Thomson Park Playing Fields, Marine Parade, North New Brighton

REGISTRATION:

Register your childs name, age and contact number with the following:

Tuesday 19 April: 5 to 8 year olds

Morning clinic from 9.30 to 12noon register with Youth Alive Trust on 3885459 or office@yat.org.nz                                                                                               

Afternoon clinic  from 1 to 4pm register with Maureen Clark, (03) 3188271 or familyclark@clear.net.nz

And Wednesday 20 April: 9 to 12 year olds

Morning clinic from 9.30 to 12noon register with Youth Alive Trust on 3885459 or office@yat.org.nz 

Afternoon clinic  from 1 to 4pm register with Maureen Clark, (03) 3188271 or familyclark@clear.net.nz

Free Seminars

Nigel Latta, New Zealand’s leading clinical psychologist & TV Celeb, invites you to attend a free seminar, designed to give parents practical tools to help them cope with the ongoing issues resulting from the earthquake.  Numerous venues and times, but a local option is Monday 2 May 2011, 12.00 – 1.30pm, Grace Vineyard Church, Beach Campus, 111 Seaview Road, New Brighton.  

Limited tickets so please register online at

www.safeandsoundnz.co.nz

or call 0508 726 3769

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Our April Holiday Programme is now full.  We give priority to those who’ve come on previous programmes. so if you wish to be added to the waiting list please contact us.

Our weekly clubs have resumed!

Cheeky Little Monkeys (Years 1 – 4) Wednesdays 3 – 4:45pm

WAVE (Years 5 – 6) Mondays 4:30 – 6pm

Rock Solid (Years 7 – Friday 4:30 – 6pm

Sodium Youth Cafe (Years 9 – 13) Friday 7pm – 9:30pm

No clubs are full, so you can just turn up.  There will be no clubs over the holiday period, but they will resume in week 1 or week 2 of next term.  For confirmation email office@yat.org.nz or call 3885459.

We are happy to make the annoucement of Gemma Creek as our new High Schools Youthworker.  She will be employed part time to look after Sodium, Sodium Breakaway, work in Aranui High and the New Brighton Library.  Gemma has been working in the Aranui Community for over 5 years and has a Diploma in Youthwork with Praxis.  She has been working for us at the New Brighton Library since 2008.

A MASSIVE thank you to the many volunteers, organisations and entertainers who worked alongside us as we deleivered childrens programmes after the Feb Earthquake.  Our daily programme ran for 11 days, and over 1500 children signed in!  We had very positive feedback from parents, children and the community, such as this letter from a local parent:

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We then went on tour and did 5 Fun Afternoons at local schools, to raise school spirit and give the children an afternoon of fun and laughs!  Click this link for a 3 minute highlights video of our EQ childrens activities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuZ2qTm0q4

also, click here for 3 related Newspaper Articles!!

Youth Alive Trust will be leading a Childrens Programme at Central New Brighton all week from 10:30 – 12:30noon, as respite for parents, fun for the kids and bringing back a sense of routine and normality. If you want to volunteer contact James on 0276376465 or if you have a particular skill or resource that could be used at one of our many stations – please contact us 🙂

We’re helping run the Respite Centre Grace Vineyard Beach Campus & Central New Brighton School between 8am – 8pm everyday, with water, food, advice, a chat and a prayer for all those who need it. Anyone with urgent church or pastoral needs can call 379 2329. Anyone wanting to join teams of volunteers cleaning up the communities can meet at Beach Campus with your spade and tools anytime during the day! God Bless