Today is Loud Shirt Day, a day when we don our loudest shirts to raise awareness and money for kiwis who need to access sound with cochlear.

The 5th September is International Day of Charities!

We thought this would be a great excuse to share a bit about one of the charities at Basestation - Stand Tall. Founded by Pascale Hyboud-Peron (also one of the co-founders of Basestation) - Stand Tall works alongside rangatahi to grow and develop their entrepreneur skills and mindset. One of the many programmes Stand Tall delivers in the Bay of Plenty is, the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES). 

Loud Shirt Day has always been a big deal in the Basestation social calendar - a day when we dress up in our most eccentric tops! Underneath all the fun though is a more serious message, a call of support for all New Zealanders who access sound with cochlear implants. This prompted us to sit down and kōrero with one of our residents, Ash who has a young daughter, Emilia, who was born hard of hearing. 

Below are photo's of staff and residents who took part in this years Loud Shirt day! As ever we need to pick a winner - please vote by using the comment section and adding the name of the person who you believe should win!

Please ensure you vote by COB Wednesday 23rd Oct.