Wear your jandals on Jandal Day!

TCDC Mayor and staff to don jandals in support of surf lifesaving.

 

Thames-Coromandel District Mayor Philippa Barriball and council staff will again be donning jandals on Friday December 5 and pledging a donation to support safer summers on our beaches.

 

Jandal Day is a nationwide initiative. The easiest way to show your support for the local Surf Lifeguards on National Jandal Day is simple – wear your jandals with pride on December 5th whether you’re at school, work, at home or at play.

 

TCDC has been a strong supporter of surf lifesaving, providing annual funding of $92,250 to keep our regional lifeguard patrolling our beaches over summer. Surf Lifesaving BOP acknowledged this support in a presentation to the council earlier this month.

 

Council staff who are unable to wear jandals for work safety reasons can instead wear a jandal badge but finding a pair of jandals should not be too difficult for most Coromandel residents. Jandals, summer holidays, the beach and Surf Lifeguards paint a picture of a good old Coromandel summer - with more than eighty percent of Kiwis claiming to own a pair of jandals - and over sixty percent admit to owning more than one pair!

 

To register your business or for more information on national jandal day please visit the official website www.nationaljandalday.co.nz

 

Over the next few months the council will be going out to communities to highlight the wide range of services such as surf lifesaving that are funded by rates. As part of this process, which is known as a review of the 10-Year Plan (formerly LTCCP), the council is seeking feedback on what should continue to be allocated money, whether some services should be more user-pays to save ratepayers’ money, which projects planned for the next 10 years could be delayed to save costs or even cut back altogether.

 

The 10-Year Plan consultation is due to begin in late January next year.