At the Volunteering Waikato Awards the top prize did not go to John Brzeski.
But everyone at Raglan Football Club knows that he IS THE RAGLAN VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR!!
We are a big club of 300+ tamariki. It’s a huge operation and Johnny and the team do this entirely voluntarily. We all know how awesome it feels to cheer on the sidelines and watch our young-uns level up with skills, confidence, tricks, strategy and sportsmanship. Sport is the perfect place for young people to develop so many inter-personal skills whilst also being fun (and scoring goals).
Behind the experiences of these systems are often just a few determined and dedicated individuals going above and beyond, being a ‘yes’ person, and making stuff happen for the kids.
John Brzeski is that person for the Raglan Football Club.
John has improved the systems (online and face to face), he has built an awesome committee. The committee and networks of coaches and managers have fun together, and plough through milestones independently, whilst also knowing that if something comes up another person will help.
I know I speak for everyone when we say THANKS to Johnny, and although he didn’t win the district award – he definitely won the Raglan Football Club Volunteer of the Year award.
If you see this man in the pub/club/cafe then buy him a beer or a coffee! He deserves hundreds of them!
As we look to the second half of the season – we want to say “THANKS” to our sponsors and funders. We want to say we need everyone’s 2024 *TROPHIES* please, and we want to say WELL DONE to Raglan junior football players, you are representing Raglan and we are hearing great things about all of the teams. Keep up the awesome work, and have an amazing second half of the season.
