Not just surviving but thriving
August ended much the way that it started, with a small group of volunteers sitting around the dining table at Vertical Horizons. What happened in between that first and last day was a much different story! Chris playing the Inglewood Golf club disc golf course with a cloud covered Mount Taranaki in the background August started off with a surprise- We were enjoying a short afternoon tea break with just the 7 McMobiles when one of the staff members walked in with a new volunteer. It turned out that a family from Greymouth, who had originally emailed to say they would be joining on the 1st of September, had actually meant the 1st of August! That and the arrival of another older couple meant we went from the McMobile team of seven to fifteen in one day! From then on the place has been a hive of activity, with even more volunteers arriving and leaving, right up until the last day of August when we have had to say our farewells. Some of the kids and volunteers w...