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Kia ora
BB New Zealand in conjunction with Helensville and Massey ICONS units hosted a Northern Region Camp over the weekend held at Riverhead in Auckland.
Adrian Low from Helensville ICONZ, the property manager for the Chestnut Orchard made the property available to us for the second time hence Commando Camp V2 was staged.
Our President Richard Harkness made the 3 hour plus drive from Tauranga with a couple of young men from their Delta unit, and mentioned this was the best camp he had attended in 25 years. There were some exceptional photo opportunities had. Watch out for the next Bugle for a full report.
Winter is officially here, therefore NLDC is looming and registrations close next week. We have received a fantastic response for Stage 2, however there is plenty of space available for Stage 1. Register below.
Stay Sure & Stedfast - Hebrews 6:19
Another Snow Craft planned for later in the year with details to be confirmed.
BB"s AGM will take place in Auckland 2nd July, please see below for more details including the draft minutes from last year's meeting and proposed agenda.
This Winter is shaping up to be exciting for some outdoor activities, so let's hope the weather is favorable and our path is sure and stedfast!!
In His service,
Mike Brewer - National Director
0274 967 537
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New Product List 2022
We have updated the product list since the last Bugle. There were a couple of minor adjustments. Please use this link in future for any orders to ensure you receive exactly what you have ordered.
We now have a full updated price list for all clothing, badges and accessories for you to order from Leigh-Ann and Alesha through the National Resource Centre. Thank you for your patience waiting for this.
Reminder: If you have not already ordered the replacement polo shirt for existing boys and leaders in your unit, this can be done separately on the link below.
NOTICE OF AGM
The Boys' Brigade of New Zealand will hold the 2022 Annual General Meeting in Auckland on Saturday 2nd of July at 2pm.
Address: St Georges Church Papatoetoe 5 Landscape Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, 2025
Please click on the links to download the minutes from the 2021 AGM and the draft agenda for 2022.
5-7 Years
8-10 Years
11-13 Years
14-17 Years
18-25 Years - Echo Men
Section Badges Explained!
The Section Badges are suggested and designed to give the BB boys and young men a place of belonging within their local unit. They act as an incentive to progress through the sections and give the younger boys something to aspire to.
The section badges are ordered from the National Resource Centre, the same way as all the other badge orders. They are on the product price list. The section badges do not impact the shirt order in anyway as the shirts come direct from the supplier and the badges from NRC.
The section badges were not part of the original replacement polo shirt order as we would not know what section your boys are in and therefore that needs to be done separately. Each unit will need to send us a list of numbers per section.
The Polo shirts are ordered, embroidered with the company/unit designation and then sent directly from the supplier to each unit/company that places an order.
The section badges need to be sewn on the same as any embroidered badge. The location on the shirt sleeve is shown below.
Child Protection Roadshow Update!
We have commenced the roadshow with Malcolm and Linda Bayliss from Mallinbay Consultants and have completed the Tasman, Wellington and Manawatu regions with four 2.5 hour seminars covering off important aspects of Child Protection. Though the numbers initially have been small, the response to the first seminars has been fantastic and the feedback very encouraging. Chris Lane, Captain 1st Blenheim commented;
"Hi Mike – I just wanted to follow this up myself and thank you for coming to Blenheim for the opening presentation of the Child Protection Roadshow. We were privileged to have you, Warwick, Malcolm and Linda come and talk to us all about this hugely important and scary topic. But it was immensely valuable to learn all the handy tips and ideas on how to manage this. It actually gave me a real confidence boost that my keeping up some standard protocols and bringing these into our culture it was massively increase the vigilance and provide really good protection for everyone involved in our local BB company. The effect of that will be more confidence from our parents and community that I think will only encourage their support."
The Roadshow continues with Auckland and Whangarei next week and subsequently BOP, Waikato, Coromandel, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. BB Staff will also be available to talk about what's happening within BB before and after the presentations, so please feel free to get in touch for any reason.
If you are in a leadership position or volunteer with children, this seminar will be of great benefit to you and worth the investment in time. We are sponsoring the cost and only ask for a Koha collection at each event to help toward expenses. Please click on the link below for dates and times for events in your region, feel free to circulate.
Registrations close on the 6th June!!!
Don't miss out on adventure that is NLDC. Experience the vista. CLICK below to register now.
Postcards from Nelson Lakes - thanks to Stu Thompson, Nice one Stu!!!
Funny to finish!
