Mary (The Candlemaker @ AJs) – Staff Update Happy New Year everyone.  Another year has flown, and we are now back at work after a lovely break.  Last year, the Candlemaker @ AJs had a busy year, stocking up and filling orders – we covered many church celebrations, remembrance candles to acknowledge the life of …
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Jim – Staff Update Hi all, Sorry for the delay in this update post. Julia-Grace has constantly reminded me its my turn to write one but I always seem to find something else crops up. I am lucky enough to spend a lot of my time in the workroom where we work on supporting each …
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Tanias Staff Update We have some really fun outings at AJs!  Our Timezone mornings are especially lots of fun!  HELEN and CAMERON M go regularly on Mondays, and CARA and MARK on Tuesdays, and the rest of our Timezone crew is on a rotation.  Team games and challenges are always popular.  And everyone seems to …
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Matt’s Staff Update Well it’s my turn again, and I’ve got no idea how long it’s been since I last wrote a Facebook update. It feels like forever, and I was hoping I could stretch it out a bit longer. But JG has been cracking the whip, so here it is. I should really start …
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Jacobs – Staff Update Three months into the year already, where has the time gone! The clients at AJs have been hard at work this year. We have been continuing with jobs such as folding/shredding paper for Orana park, assembling the screws with washers and plates for Bremick Fasteners, and counting out and packing different …
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Julia-Grace – Staff Update Hello everyone, welcome back and Happy New Year! Starting back at AJs this year we’ve got right back into the swing of things. A job came in from Bremick Fasteners that everyone has been able to work on. This job has required assembling various hexagon screws with cyclone washers and plates. …
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Mary’s Staff Update It’s hard to believe this is the final update of the year with Christmas looming fast!  The last few weeks have been either super busy or a little quieter – no steady pace in the workshop! We have been applying reflective stickers to road signs for Fulton Hogan and putting together bags …
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Margaret’s Staff Update Hi everyone, This is my first update I’ve done since I’ve gone into semi-retirement: reducing my hours to just Fridays. This will drastically reduce how much I have to say. Not entirely a bad thing. Friday mornings I alternate between going to the garden and the Southern Centre. I’ll start with Garden …
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Mike’s Staff Update My name is Mike, and after starting at AJ’s in January I have now been there a little over 8 months – how time flies! As Lynne started a week before me, I am technically the newest staff member, though thankfully Jimmy K still calls Jacob the “newboy”. Being a fairly quiet …
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