Kia ora POW volunteers,
We are a charity that wouldn't be able to run without the help of our many passionate volunteers. Thanks to all of you for all of your help. It all adds up and with your help we're keeping winter cooler for longer. Read on for some important volunteer updates and opportunities.
Upcoming Events
Volunteer Induction - Monday 1st September, 7pm
Learn a bit more about POW so you can be a confident POW volunteer. We'll go over the history of POW, our goals, practice talking about POW, and brainstorm how you can best help out in a way that maximises your skillset, what you like doing, and helps POW as well as meet other members of the POW community. Online on Zoom - Link here. Please respond to this email if you'd like to attend.
POWer Up TC and Coronet Peak - September 3rd and 4th
We're looking for a volunteer at each location to join in the sunrise skin and take some photos.
Movie Night in Christchurch - September 5th
Join POW NZ athlete Ben Richards at The Fickle Business Christchurch premiere. All proceeds are going to POW. Put up a POW banner and posters, chat to attendees about POW and encourage them to stoke the vote.
Film night at Ruapehu- Date TBD. We've got a small North Island crew keen to host this event but we're still looking for some help with organizing and promoting amongst the community.
Green Steam at Coronet and TC - September 6th and 13th
Help connect POW members with their signature ski straps, set up a table and banner to engage with the community about POW. Take photos. Run the scavenger hunt at TC. Lift passes available at TC if you don't have one.
Stoke the vote - September 9th - Oct 11th
Help spread the word about our stoke the vote campaign. Run, walk, bike to the polls and share it on Strava and social media. We're keen to host some group runs nationwide. Reach out if you would like to help host one.
Film night + panel discussion in Queenstown - October 9th
Help with set up, pack up, photography and other logisitcs on the evening. Sharing the event in advance.
If you're able to help out with any of the above please just reply to this email.
Big thanks to all of our volunteers for their mahi lately.
Every little bit adds up - The team at POW, and winter are very grateful
POW Whatsapp Community Chat - It's back!
We've reinvigorated the POW Whatsapp community chat. Connect with others about POW or fun outdoor activities. If you'd like to join the chat here's the link. We've got a few specific subgroups in there - join whichever ones suit you best.
Ongoing volunteer opportunities
We're in need of volunteers to help us with the following. If you can help with any of the below just respond to this email:
- IT - website updates and google workplace setup
- Photos - for our newsletters and social media - get in touch and we'll send you a link for sharing
- Partnerships - Helping to connect POW with partners that share our values and could support us financially.
- Policy - ongoing policy submissions at local and national level
- Grants - finding and applying for suitable grants for POW.
- Events - We can't run events without volunteers present in person
Lastly, we're aiming for 1000 members. The more members we have, the louder our voice can be, and the more successful we'll be at advocating for systemic change. If you're not a member, please join us and the other passionate outdoors people in Team POW. If you've previously been a member, please continue your support and renew your membership. Do you have some friends and family who love the outdoors and don't like climate change. Send them our way to become members.
That's all from us for now, if you'd like to reach out to us or share any feedback on the newsletter just reply - we'd love to hear from you.
