Community Advisory Team
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Michelle Keene
Michelle has been involved with Parents Centres since 1996 - you could say she is well and truly hooked on volunteering for this organisation! She has been a senior volunteer for seven of these years.
Michelle feels lucky to have been able to do this thanks to the support of husband Jason. She has 2 action-packed boys who keep her very busy and have become regular little helpers in the many activities undertaken within the local Parents Centre (Greymouth).
Michelle feels lucky to have been a volunteer, who started at Centre Level, and has gained many skills through time and many roles on committees. She can now share this learning to help Parents Centres in their communities. She works alongside the Northern Southern Region with very dedicated volunteers and she loves motivating and supporting Centres to achieve their goals.
Bex Isted
Bex Isted is the Community Advisor for the Auckland region and has been since 2008. Previously she was the President of Onewa Parents Centre. She lives in Birkenhead, Auckland with husband Trevor and her two children. She works fulltime at ANZ National Bank as a Human Resources Consultant.
In Bex's spare time she volunteers for Parents Centre because she believes that the services provided are essential for new parents in the community. She loved the support Parents Centre provided her as a new mother so initially joined the committee as Secretary. She was only in that role for 3 months before the President role come up so, in typical Bex style, she took it on. She was very unsure in the beginning, however it worked out extremely well as the very new committee had fun and successes along the way and are now all good friends.
In her role as a Community Advisor for the 12 Auckland Centres Bex aims to provide the needed support, advice and training to help them succeed. She has particular skills in marketing for either cash or in kind sponsorship and is keen to hear from Centres that need assistance in this area.
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