This week’s recipient is Stuart Graham, nominated by Sarah Cooper, who writes:
“Stu is in his 80s and still gets up every morning to go around Tuakau to paint out graffiti! He also does all the planting and upkeep of the park gardens at Centennial Park in Tuakau, all paid for with his own pension.
“He’s always smiling and remembers everyone by name. He’s a local legend.” Stuart Graham has been a patron of the Tuakau and Districts Museum for 25 years.
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 helena@times.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.
