EVENTIDE’s independent unit resident and ex-builder, Ken Fort (front left), is creating tractors and trinket boxes to sell at the Diamond Jubilee market. He is seated next to dedicated volunteer, Jan Welch, and aged care residents, Lionel Treloar and Arthur Batson, who are also working on the wooden toys for sale. Standing are Eventide’s marketing manager, Karen McLean and chief executive, Tim Pitt-Lancaster, who are thrilled that the two-day event to celebrate Eventide Lutheran Homes’ 60th anniversary will finally be going ahead on the weekend of October 22 and 23.
Lizzie Hallam
AFTER having to postpone a couple of dates, the party to celebrate Eventide Lutheran Homes’ Diamond Jubilee, commemorating 60 years of Christian aged care in Hamilton, is finally going ahead on the weekend of October 22 and 23.
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