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The Times is recognising the many wonderful people in our local east Auckland 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 chrish@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 New World Howick. Recipients will receive a $50 New World gift card and will be featured in our newspaper and on our website.
The latest recipient is Linda Clifton.
She’s nominated by Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga-Eastern Manukau manager Louise Boswell, who writes: “Linda has been a committed volunteer for two years at Citizens Advice Bureau Pakuranga-Eastern Manukau, reliably covering one to two shifts a week, helming our social media accounts and being on our board.
“Linda is a thorough interviewer who researches all options, provides excellent information to clients and takes thoughtful, decisive action when needed.
“Recently Linda spent well over four hours helping a migrant client who was being exploited.
“This involved multiple calls to Immigration NZ, translators, the client’s employer, advice from an employment advocate and our own immigration advisors (with consent from the client) to get a resolution.
“We would like to give huge thanks to Linda for her remarkable work with our CAB.”
