New Zealand Quake Volunteers Rewarded With METALLICA Tickets
September 15, 2010, 14 years ago
According to Kelly Burns from Nzherald.co.nz, student volunteers who helped in the earthquake clean-up have been rewarded with tickets to a sold-out METALLICA gig.
And their leader, Sam Johnson, a candidate in next month's Christchurch's community board elections, has been given top political endorsement.
At Canterbury University today, Prime Minister John Key thanked the students for their hard-work and spirit of community.
Mr. Johnson, a third-year law and political science student, set up a Facebook page calling students to volunteer in the quake clean-up.
Last week more than 2,000 students took to the streets with wheelbarrows and shovels.
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