Visitors and band sing volunteers' praises
By MATT RILKOFF - Taranaki Daily News Last updated 05:00 23/12/2009
Volunteering has never been so cool.
The volunteer programme put in place for the Fleetwood Mac concerts has won the praise and respect of the band and visitors alike.
The 150 red T-shirt wearing volunteers took up strategic positions around the airport, city and the Bowl of Brooklands during the weekend and proved a big hit.
So much so the Fleetwood Mac members had even asked for several of the T-shirts for themselves.
Council venue manager Jenny Mills said the volunteers had come up again and again in the comments made by visitors.
"And it was all positive," she said.
Which might not be a Taranaki exaggeration.
Volunteer Kathy Glass had the task of asking visitors for their opinion on what New Plymouth had to offer.
Not only did she enjoy the experience but the results showed they did too.
"Well, I haven't seen the totals for everything but what I saw was mostly four out of fives for everything," she said.
That's the same as 80 per cent, or an "A" if you use old academic grades.
As well as being delivered lunch or dinner on each day they worked, volunteers were thrown a thank-you meal by the New Plymouth District Council on Monday night.
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