1. family and parenting

Happy New Year!!
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Year
holiday. We are getting stuck in a little earlier than previous
years as we have our BOP@Heart Heartstopper in about
seven weeks, eeeck!! So far we have 4 teams entered online
and donations online are just over $1000. Please share with
all your friends and families and see if you can’t encourage
more people to either participate in this fantastic memorable
fundraiser or to go online and donate to one of the teams/
participants. We need your help to make this a great big
fundraising event, we can not do this alone. Even having
your presence on the day would be greatly appreciated aswell.
The more heart families the better.
As some of you maybe aware one of our Heart Adults sadly
got her wings last year, Jesse Kimber-Gibbs. Jesse’s wonderful family are coordinating a fundraiser in her
memory to raise money for Bay Of Plenty @Heart. Please check out the details in this newsletter, and if
possible show your support by sharing or attending this event.
Please think about Mufti Day’s at your school, if BOP@Heart could be the recipient of a couple of these this
year we would really appreciate it. Every dollar counts and for us to continue to support our members we
need to keep the funds coming in. Again we are putting up our hands for help. If you would like some
assistance with a presentation to help raise awareness of CHD and BOP@Heart at your schools then please
let us know, we are happy to help.
After Heartstopper we have our JUMP JAM fundraiser, if your school does JUMP JAM please encourage
them to take part in this as this is such a great awareness event for school kids to learn a little about CHD
and BOP@Heart.
Thank you to our families who attended our Christmas Party at the Mount Surf Club in December. It was a
great morning had by all and from what I understand all of the children really liked receiving their own BOP
@Heart T shirts. Should you wish to order one for other family members or friends please email me, the
shirts are $20 per child and $25 per adult. Once I have an order of 20 shirts I can send it off to be printed.
Social media is our friend, therefore if you are on Facebook and are not already friends with “BOP AtHeart”
please search us out. This is a great way to keep up to date with what is going on and then you can also share
any public events with your friends too.
Please note that we send our family day invites and newsletters out to families by email from Mail Chimp
and if you have not seen it please do check your spam / junk folders on occasion, as they can hide themselves
there sometimes. We still post to some families who do not have email. Please ensure to keep us up to date
with any changes to your contact details. We have a few families that we can not find as their details are not
current.
Thank you so much to my fellow committee members Janine, Debbie, Alicia, Ang and Alisha for your efforts
last year and especially guiding me through my first year as Chairperson. Lastly, this is a committee call
out. Our committee is now down to 5 volunteers and ideally we would like a few more and as the old saying
goes ’many hands make light work’. If you would like to help support our BOP@Heart Committee. Please
contact me if you are interested.
Good luck to all our families for 2014 and I hope the school year kicks off without a hitch.
Kindest regards
Rachael Parkes - BOP@Heart Chairperson
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Murmurs Coffee Groups - 14 Feb, 14 Mar, 16 May, 20 Jun
Confirmed Heart Clinics - 26 Feb, 11 Apr, 23 May, 12 Sept, 28 Nov
BOP Heartstopper Challenge - Saturday 22 March 2014
@Heart - Camp Teen Beat - 28 April until 2 May 2014
HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR TEEN BEAT?
BOP@Heart Jump Jam Fundraiser - 9-13 June 2014
@Heart Awareness Week - 2-9 August 2014
VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!!
@Heart Tauranga Hospital Awareness Stand 1-11 August
@Heart Street Appeal - 8/9 August 2014
Expressions of Interest for a tentative date
CPR TRAINING EVENING | NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS
RED CROSS SERVICE CENTRE
245 Chadwick Road, Greerton, Tauranga
Wednesday 19th February 2014 | 6pm till 9pm Bay of Plenty @Heart would like to
provide you the opportunity to participate in a branch tailored course with New
Zealand RED CROSS www.redcross.org.nz in a fun and informative night with
other families from your region.
This evening is limited to 20 participants and will be on a first in first served
basis. You will gain experience and confidence and certification to perform CPR
and Basic First Aid.
If you and your family would like to participate in this evening please RSVP to your BOP@Heart Family Support on the
contact details below.
Please note that there may be a small cost however BOP@Heart will try to get funding.
Please follow this Google Maps link for venue location: http://goo.gl/maps/44ur0
BOP Teens @ Heart
To kick off the 2014 School Year, Ang will be looking to
have the first teen catch up around mid-February and
will be in touch with those teens already in this group so
keep an eye out for the update.
If you are 13 or older and you are interested in joining
this BOP Teens@Heart Coffee Group please contact
Angela Griffiths (with your parents permission) Text or
Call on M: 027 775 0241 H: 575 3759 or
Email: thegriffs@orcon.net.nz
A very happy birthday to our
members who have celebrated
birthdays over the last 2 months.
DECEMBER
Maia Youard 11
Stuart Watson (too old!)
Netta Rousell 16
Ashton Van Gulick 10
Kaitlin Greenway 22
To kick off the new year our February Murmurs
coffee group will be held beachside at Pilots Bay,
Mount Maunganui on Friday 14th February from
9:30am.
Bring your water and sand toys and cool off with a
swim in the safe sheltered waters of Pilot Bay or sit
in the shade and enjoy conversation and
morning tea.
JANUARY
Caleb Gahan Harris 10
Billie-Jean Reid 6
Dylan Wilson Watson 16
Joshua Svendsen 9
Quin Gestro 4
Anthony Mathew Benes 21
BAY OF PLENTY @HEART - CHRISTMAS FAMILY DAY
AT MOUNT MAUNGANUI SURF CLUB
Santa arriving by
quad bike!
HO HO HO!
Donna from
BdazzledNZ Balloons
doing her fabulous
creations for the
children!
Toddlers hunting
for coloured
sticks in the
sand.
Thank you so much to the Mount
Maunganui Surf Club for inviting us to
spend our Christmas Family Day there
and for the help and support of the Life
Guards with the games.
CONTACTS YOU MIGHT NEED
BOP@Heart
0800 126 745
PO Box 14266, Tauranga, 3143
BOP@Heart Family Support
Ph: 0800 126 745
TXT 021 547 500
BOP@Heart Chairperson
Rachael Parkes
Ph: 07 543 9173
bopatheart@gmail.com
National Office @Heart
Auckland
Ph: 0800 543 943
heartnz@heartnz.org.nz
www.heartnz.org.nz
Starship Hospital
(09) 367 0000
www.starship.org.nz
Ronald McDonald House
(09) 303 1365
www.rmhauckland.org.nz
Tauranga Hospital
(07) 579 8000
Children’s Clinic
(07) 579 8613
WEBSITES WITH USEFUL INFORMATION
www.heartnz.org.nz
@Heart website
www.heartchildren.congenital.org
Resource for paediatric and adult congenital heart disease
www.childrensheartinstitute.org
Resource to educate parents, family and friends of children
with cardiac disorders
www.healthed.govt.nz
Catalogue of free health resources from the Ministry of Health
www.enable.co.nz
Range of services for older people and disabled people
www.dpa.org.nz
Collective voice of people with disability in NZ based on principles of human rights and equal value of life
www.tripbeats.com
Social network for teens & adults with Congenital heart defects
www.everybody.co.nz
Health information for New Zealanders
www.webmd.com
Health information
www.tchin.org
Congenital heart information network
www.skylight.org.nz
Services for those facing tough times of change, loss, trauma
and grief
BOP@HEART WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR ONGOING SPONSORS.
WE COULDN’T SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITHOUT YOU!
THANK YOU BURETA PHARMACY FOR
SPONSORING THE PRINTING OF
BOP@HEART NEWSLETTER.
WE SUPPORT KIDS, TEENS, ADULTS AND FAMILIES@HEART
WE PROVIDE FUNCTIONAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
WE FUND EQUIPMENT
WE EDUCATE
WE INFORM
WE FUND RESEARCH
WE LISTEN, WE LEARN, WE ACT
WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE