This week is National Volunteer Week and the theme is Te Hua o te Mahi Tahi—The benefit of working together. RiverCare employs two staff (one full-time and one part-time). The rest of the people involved in its operation are volunteers: from the members on its executive committee (15 foundation members and two advisory members) along with the many volunteers who assist in the planting events in August/September of each year. These could include children from local schools, pa