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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 80 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. As we are moving to publishing fortnightly, we will have a Community Hero in each edition of the newspaper.
This week’s recipient is Shona Kelway, nominated by Kristin Burnett, who writes:
“Shona works tirelessly to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, raising approximately $100,000 over the last 8-10 years by organising a trivia night in Pukekohe
each year.
each year.
“Earlier this year, she organised her ninth Pink Ribbon Breakfast and raised a total of more than $28,000.
“Last year, Shona completed a walk to Christchurch to raise money for a young mum with MS so she can get to Mexico for stem cell treatment as all avenues in NZ were exhausted. She is a true community hero.”
