Age Concern Horowhenua - Grand Opening

Wow! What a journey it has been... From where we were 3 months ago, just dreaming and planning what to do and where to go... until now... Finally in our amazing new premises and ready to serve our older community!

I would like to thank every single soul that has helped along the way, the tradies for their hours and hours of work in this building, the Age Concern team and Board for doing everything they could, the family and friends, the local businesses like Wilton & Co and CS Law for their generous donations and the older community for being supportive and helping when and where they could for helping us get to this point of officially opening the 'Ageing Hub' for our community!

Then we had yesterday, the Grand Opening of our new space... Words cannot describe how overwhelmed our team felt by all of the love and support from those who came to celebrate with us. Over 200 people attended the opening ceremony and were a part of the beautiful building blessing by Muaupoko Iwi, followed by speeches by Stewart (Age Concern Horowhenua Chairperson), Karen (Age Concern New Zealand Chief Executive) and Bernie (Mayor) to complete the official opening.

We aim to do so many great things for the older community with this new space, there are now so many opportunities for us to look into. As Karen said "Age Concern offices are often a great focus for a community to connect with, and that they also represent the incredible work that is delivered out in the community" Yesterday was a great representation of the power that buildings can have, they can certainly bring communities together.

It almost seems so surreal that it's all over and we're back to normal business. But I know I speak for myself and team when I say, we are looking towards the future in our community with great vision and can't wait to get started!



Catherine

Manager - Age Concern Horowhenua