THE Sunflower Fund commissioned third year students from Design Colleges and Technicons across South Africa to design the 2015 bandana for National Bandana Day.
The Judges were overwhelmed with the number of entries received and the high standard of the designs and had a tough time making the final decision.
The winning design and third place have been proudly awarded to Cape Peninsular University of Technology (CPUT). This is the first time since the inception of this competition that CPUT has had two entries in the top three within the same year.
The inspiration behind the winning design relates to how every person in the world is different, but when put together, they create a beautiful pattern. She particularly used South African shapes and traditional patterns to illustrate this. Her design symbolises that everyone is equal, no matter who they are and that by standing together, we can give hope and decorate each other’s lives in a positive way.
The second prize was awarded to Durban University of Technology student team Terry Jonyo, Neliswa Jili and Nthabiseng Molefe, who will share a Pick n Pay voucher to the value of R3000.
National Bandana Day is The Sunflower Fund’s biggest fundraiser and is celebrated on 12 October each year.
Bandanas are still for sale at Pick n Pay and Sunflower Offices and the Fund encourages the community to help sell out this year's stock. Bandanas are great for end of year team building activities as well as providing exciting and colourful decorations for dinner tables over the festive season.
All funds raised from National Bandana Day will be used to assist us in the Fund's endeavours to educate and recruit well informed potential bone marrow stem cell donors that are ethnically diverse, in an effort to save the lives of those patients needing a transplant, when suffering from life-threatening blood disorders like leukaemia.
For more information on The Sunflower Fund call toll free 0800 12 10 82 or visit www.sunflowerfund.org.za
