Pene Frost Regional Manager - Stand Tu Maia Children's Services
Pene Frost Regional Manager for Stand, Tu Maia, Children’s Services was the guest speaker at the club’s last dinner meeting.
Pene presented a history to the organization from its beginning in 1919 when it started as Health Camps through to the current time where they have 5 regional Villages throughout New Zealand.
Stand’s services include a nationwide Stand for Children Service (which is inclusive of the therapeutic care and education component delivered in our children's villages) therapeutic social work services delivered in home based and school-based settings, family therapy, and a holiday programme for caregivers, including grandparents and foster parents.
Pene also commented on the sale of the Half Moon Bay site which has largely brought about by the building issues they have had to deal with since its construction. This Village has been there since 1948. They do not know precisely where they will be moving to but it will be somewhere in South Auckland.
Pene also thanked the club for the blankets donated during the recent Blankets 4 kids 4 Winter appeal. She said the impact on families is heartwarming.