I needed somebody to be there for me : Mentors needed to support Midlands girls in foster care
A Midlands woman is using her personal experience to help girls and young women in care of the state. Author: Eleanor Tabone (WLTX) Updated: 11:26 PM EDT July 22, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. A Midlands woman is using her own difficult childhood experience to help other kids going through the same thing. Her name is Alicia Bradley and she and her team are mentoring and supporting young girls in foster care. Now she is looking for other mentors to help make a difference in the lives of other young women.
Friday, 18 December, 2020 - 11:56
A Hawke’s Bay company’s good old Kiwi ingenuity and practicality is paving the way for improving recycling at council retirement villages, and possibly in the hospitality industry too.
It has also earned attention and $20,000 of grant funding from glass industry organisation the Glass Packaging Forum.
The issue facing many retirement village residents, as well as those in the hospitality industry, is the need for compact, easy to move and easy to use glass recycling bins. Bin Hire Managing Director Daniel Montaperto says their tailor-made trolleys allow three existing kerbside recycling collection bins to be stacked, making them compact, easy to store, and easy to move.