The What’s Happening column provides an opportunity for local non-profit organisations such as schools, churches, charities, service clubs and associations to advertise their events free of charge. No business-related inserts will be included.
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• Volunteers needed for The Link literacy and numeracy support programme for children in Grades Two and Three. Days available are Tuesday and Thursday from 9.30am and 11.30am. Contact Tina on 082 922 8159.
• Dynamic Women’s Club is a vibrant networking group with the prospect of introducing, sharing and growing business ideas. All home-based and professional business women, as well as those in the business market, are invited to attend. Contact Paula on 064 459 4358.
• Bruma Blood Donor Centre, Finance House, 25 Ernest Oppenheimer Street, Bruma, open on Mondays, 1pm to 4.30pm; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8.30am to 4.30pm; Wednesdays, 8.30am to 7pm and Saturdays, 8.30am to 1pm. Call 011 622 7153/8361.
• Lions Club of Kensington meets on the third Saturday of the month, 2.30pm, Rhodes Park Bowls Club. Contact Tracey on 073 405 3834.
• Gerald Fitzpatrick House’s shop, 48 Berea Road, Bertrams, needs donations. Shop opens from Wednesday to Saturday, 9am to 11.30am. Bright double knitting wool also needed for the outreach programme with the Bertrams Junior School. Contact Shadia or Henrietta on 011 614 2615.
• St Giles Association for the Physically Disabled Charity Shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am until 12.30pm. Situated at the corner of 11th Avenue and 10th Street, Dewetshof. Contact Di on 072 236 2807 or 011 615 7681 for more information.
• Rotary Club of Bedfordview meets Tuesdays, 6.15pm at Belgravia Bowling Club, 56 Florence Avenue, Bedfordview. Contact Aniki on 082 735 3440.
• Rhodes Park Bowling Club Quiz Evening every Wednesday, corner of Montague and Orlando roads, Kensington, 6.30pm for 7pm. Contact Sheila on 072 203 1086.
• Rand Aid Association needs bric-à -brac, clothing, books, appliances and furniture for its charity shop. Money raised helps the 110-year-old NPO assist vulnerable senior citizens. Contact Carol on 011 882 2510, during office hours.
• Avalon Hop-a-Long Shop needs donations of electrical items, crockery, books and secondhand clothes. Phone 011 616 3203 or 011 622 2377 after hours.
• Sale every Saturday, 9am to 12noon, Kensington Bowls Club, Ivanhoe Street. Contact Judy on 076 264 9036.
• ArtEast and Cafe 141 present an art exhibition of young up and coming Joburg artists on the last Sunday of every month at 141 Queen Street, in Kensington, from 10am to 3pm. Contact George on 082 257 4910.
