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• The Annual General Meeting of the Observatory Estates Residents’ Forum will take place on May 15 at the Observatory Sports Club at 6pm for 6.30pm. All residents of the enclosure are encouraged to attend. A lucky draw prizegiving will take place at the end of the meeting. For further details see the website www.obs-estate.org.za
• The Cleveland Community Police Forum Sector Three Crime Forum for Malvern meets every second Saturday of the month at 12pm in the hall at the Cleveland Police Station. Residents and businesses are invited to attend. Call Mike Spadino on 078 032 2953 for more information.
• 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.
• St Giles Association for the Physically Disabled Charity Shop is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am until 12.30pm. Situated on the corner of 11th Avenue and 10th Street, Dewetshof. Contact Di on 072 236 2807 or 011 615 7681 for more information.
• Dynamic Women’s Club is a vibrant networking group with the prospect of introducing, sharing and growing business ideas. All home-based and professional businesswomen, 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 from 1pm to 7pm, Tuesdays to Thursdays, 8.30am to 4.30pm 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.
• 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.