Greater Brooklyn Residents Association AGM on Wednesday
Want to find out what we've been involved in over the past year and be involved in the planning for the year ahead? Maybe you would like to join the discussion and pose a question to WCC or GWRC Councillors? Maybe even join the Committee?
Please join us for our AGM this Wednesday 19 June 7:30pm at St Matthew's, 96 Washington Ave.
This is also a great opportunity to hear from our guest speaker Russell Tregonning about better walking and cycling infrastructure and the proposed Rapid Mass Transit system (eg. Light Rail) in Wellington.
AGENDA:
• Apologies
• Minutes of last AGM and ratification
• Guest Speaker:
Dr Russell Tregonning of Fair Intelligent Transport (FIT) Wellington to discuss: ‘Walking, Cycling & Light Rail -- for the Health of Wellingtonian’s and the Planet’
• Chairpersons Report
• Financial statement
• Election of Executive
• Residents questions to Councillors
• General business (incl. “What would you like to see GBRAI do in the next year?”)
• Tea
All welcome. We would love to see you there!
Greater Brooklyn Residents Association Incorporated
C/O St Matthew's Church
96 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
e: brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com
Male singers
If you like singing and have a male voice then this might be a good choir for you to join. You don't need to audition to join the Wellington Male Voice Choir but the harder we all sing, the better it'll sound. Rehearsals are mostly in Tawa on Monday evenings.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️