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The Franklin Times is recognising the many wonderful people in our community who go out of their way to help others with our regular Community Hero award.
If you know someone who’s doing amazing things in our community, please email 50 to 100 words describing why they deserve this recognition, highlighting specific actions they’ve taken to benefit our community, with your and their contact details and a high-resolution photo of them, if possible, to editor@franklintimes.co.nz.
Be sure to include details about what they’ve been doing, the impact they’ve made, and how long they’ve been involved in these efforts.
The award is sponsored by Little Ed Pukekohe. Recipients will receive a $50 Little Ed voucher and will be featured in our newspaper and on our website. We award one Community Hero in each edition of our newspaper, published twice a month.
This week’s recipient is Robyn Deuchar, who was nominated by Cat Sanford, who writes:
“For just over five years, Robyn has been providing support in the small township of Glenbrook Beach. She took on the volunteer role of chairperson of the Ratepayer and Resident Association, and since then, she has led with unity and boldness and is never afraid to speak up for what must be done.
“On her walks, she is always chatting to everyone – we call her the ‘mayor’ of Glenbrook Beach. Robyn, along with her husband, Suli, has organised many hall hire inquiries and has also led numerous events such as beach clean-ups and our annual Christmas celebration which keeps getting bigger each year due to our population increase.
“Robyn remains so committed to this thankless role and takes any resident’s thoughts and complaints into consideration. She liaises with both the Auckland Council and our subdivision developer (and sometimes local police!) to build those connections and also bridge our community together via a Facebook page to keep everyone in the loop.”
