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 - Thursday 7th August, 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.
POWday at Cardrona - August 10th
We're looking for about 5 volunteers to help us run this annual event. Join us to hand out cookies to those who take the bus, engage with skiers and snowboarders in the courtyard, and help run a scavenger hunt. We have lift passes available for volunteers on the day and you'll get plenty of time to ski as well.
POWer Up TC and Coronet Peak - August 6th and 7th
We're looking for a volunteer at each location to join in the sunrise skin and take some photos.
OUSSC Snowsports sale in Dunedin - August 9-11th
Connect with students and snowsports enthusiasts at the uni, sharing info about POW and encouraging enrolling to vote.
Movie Night in Wanaka- August 14th
Help sell POW merch, chat to attendees about POW, and help to run a raffle on the night.
Film night + panel discussion in Queenstown - Date TBD.
Help with set up, pack up, and other logistics on the evening.
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.
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.
- Allison McDougall - for helping to host POWer up sunrise skins at Coronet.
- Melanie Joan Lloyd for helping us with some policy submissions
- All of the repair volunteers who helped us with the repair event last week.
Nicole McCrae- for helping us out with some grant applications
- Charlie Coxhead, Richard Hays and Bronte Currie - for their IT help.
- Angie Nelson - For helping to create graphics and our membership cards
- Jana McCall - For continuously helping with our merchandise, memberships and strategy planning
- Alex Holmes - For helping out with our finances and partnerships
- Anna Keeling, James Patterson and Jack Young - For helping out with fundraising events in Christchurch
- Lottie Oatts for being an events superstar and hosting many events for us in Wanaka.
- Julz Christy - for helping with events in Christchurch
And to anyone else who's helped out in anyway big or small 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.
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.
