Ms Moira Dowds, who resides at the Tarentaal retirement village and who is also a volunteer at the Ron Smith Care Centre, has a 13-year-old great-granddaughter named Sharn Drysdale, who lives in Alberton.
On a recent visit to her great-grandmother, Sharn asked, “What happens with all the grannies at the frail care centre over Easter? Do you think maybe some of them don’t have any family or friends to come visit and bring them treats?”
When Ms Dowds replied that she thought some residents might not, Sharn decided to take some of her birthday money and buy Easter chocolates for some of the residents. She made up 25 little gift packages, complete with a loving Easter message contained in each one, and asked her great-grandmother to deliver them for her.
On March 24, the day before Good Friday, Ms Dowds came to the Ron Smith Care Centre and together with Ms Debbie Christen, Rand Aid’s Manager for Recreational Programmes, dished out the Easter treats to residents in River Lodge 1. The residents were delighted to be remembered in this way and touched by this young lady’s kindness and caring heart.
