{"id":199,"date":"2023-10-25T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:32:47","slug":"become-a-role-model","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/become-a-role-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Role Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"199\" class=\"elementor elementor-199\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34c008a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34c008a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"donation-page-content-container\"><div id=\"pageContentText\"><p>Each year, Duffy Books in Homes Role Models will help give out almost 650,000 books in the hope of improving literacy and securing a better future for the upcoming generation of New Zealand children who need it most.<\/p><p>The Role Model programme is one of our most popular and valuable assets in terms of the benefits for Duffy students. It is a pivotal way of promoting our message: <em>\u2018It&#8217;s Cool to Read and Cool to Achieve&#8217;.<\/em><\/p><p>Duffy Role Models from all walks of life give out books to Duffy kids from the Far North right through to Southland during Role Model assemblies.<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); letter-spacing: var(--the7-base-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--the7-base-text-transform); word-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb5acc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"eb5acc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfbff24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bfbff24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font: 600 24px \/ 26.4px Lexend, sans-serif;text-transform: none;letter-spacing: normal;text-decoration: none\">Hear why Whitney-Lee is a Role Model<span><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af775af elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"af775af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1084819338?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=0&amp;h=83bded1f28#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5680a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5680a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255a3f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"255a3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we need our Role Models to do:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5a733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb5a733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif;\"><li>Let us know how much time you can give us. As little as an hour or as much as three weeks of your time will enable us to bring together Role Models from all walks of life to send to around 550 Duffy schools around the country. If you have three days or more and are able to travel, we would love to organise a trip for you to another region.<\/li><li>Attend a school assembly for up to an hour. We arrange the assembly time with you and notify the school with all the details, including a brief CV of your achievements.<\/li><li>Deliver the Duffy Books in Homes messages: \u2018It&#8217;s Cool to Read!&#8217; and \u2018It&#8217;s Cool to Achieve!&#8217;<\/li><li>Take along props if you wish. The children love to see sports gear, medals, musical instruments, etc<\/li><li>Present books to the children or a couple of children from each class if it&#8217;s a big school. The child&#8217;s name and the name of the school and sponsor is printed on a special Duffy label inside the front cover of the book.<\/li><li>Answer questions from the children at the end of the assembly.<\/li><li>Have fun! Read a story, give a demonstration or entertain the children by participating in a game, song or dance<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8ded41 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a8ded41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Role-Model-programme-flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download our Role Model programme 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9b5d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d9b5d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Here are some photos of Role Models in action at some of our Duffy schools<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a0c361 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"4a0c361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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