THE public is encouraged to get involved in projects and to support local organisations by volunteering or making donations this Mandela Day, 18 July.
Find out how you can make a difference by reading more about these community projects:
Support Mandela Day food drive
PICK n Pay and FoodForward SA have launched the national 2019 Mandela Day Food Drive and invite all South Africans to contribute towards the ambitious goal of collecting 500 tonnes of food – enough to produce two million meals.
The food drive collection is currently underway until 14 July and donation trolleys can be found in over 550 stores across the country.
These trolleys will be collected daily and the donated food will then be sorted on Mandela Day by volunteers at six packing events across the country.
FoodForward SA will then distribute the packed food to its more than 530 beneficiary organisations nationally.
Food donations made at more remote Pick n Pay stores will be distributed directly to surrounding beneficiaries on Mandela Day.
Plant a garden on Mandela Day
THE QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA) is encouraging the community to volunteer alongside them to plant flowers outside QASA’s new Victor Daitz Training Centre in honour of Mandela Day on 18 July.
The centre will be used for QASA’s work readiness programme, to give people who have a disability a chance to interact with future employers and colleagues in the work place.
“We want to have a beautiful and tranquil garden that will brighten up our members’ and visitors’ day,” said Ari Seirlis from QASA.
To get involved in the project, join in at 17 Hamilton Crescent, Gillits for 67 minutes. Take three plants and a bag of compost. Contact Ronelle or Thokozile on 031 767 0348 or email projectcoordinator@qasa.co.za or admin@qasa.co.za.
Get on the bus to Pitch and Polish
FOR Mandela Day 2019, WORQ is hiring a bus and will be taking 67 entrepreneurs to the ENGEN Pitch and Polish in Durban on Saturday, 20 July.
“WORQ is not just another co-working model, it is a culture driven community, visualised as an ecosystem. Our goal is to create contributors to the South African economy so that this great country may one day compete with first-world economies,” said Martin Hall, co-founder of WORQ.
ENGEN Pitch and Perfect is an entrepreneurial training workshop and competition where entrepreneurs can take their business to the next level, and are given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas effectively to an audience.
In the audience are investors and bankers who decide, on the basis of the pitch, if they would invest in the entrepreneur.
Pitch and Polish provides a great platform to educate and stimulate aspiring entrepreneurs.
If you would like to get on the bus and attend the Pitch and Polish competition with WORQ, email Deron at admin@worq.co.za.
Make a difference for the disabled
THIS Mandela Day, the community is encouraged to make a difference for the disabled by supporting Saint Giles.
The organisation is encouraging the public to volunteer 67 minutes at Saint Giles or to donated R67 to the organisation which will impact on the lives of the disabled people in its care.
To donate, banking details are: FNB, Account no. 5088 165 0904, Branch code: 220 126, and to volunteer your time, contact Vaneshiri at 031 337 4404.
Support Mahala Kids Market
THE “Mandela Day Mahala Kids Market, an initiative of the Robin Hood Foundation, which takes place 18 July, will see 700 children at Lalelani Primary in Ntshongweni ‘shop for free’- their first real shopping experience.
The foundation will set up in their hall and each child will be able to chose their own goodies.
They will take home at least three new outfits, toys, stationery, non-perishable food items, and toiletries, as well as enjoy a lunch.
You can help by donating pre-loved clothes, ages five years to adult, donating R67 towards this cause or by donating towards 700 blankets, new toiletries such as soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and facecloths, new stationery such as rulers, pencils, jotter books, glue, and pens and any non-perishables for them to take home or hotdogs, catering, juice, chips, cake, and sweets for the day. Send your team to volunteer on the day as well.
Deadline for drop off is 15 July. Contact Kim on info@robinhoodfoundation.co.za or 076 612 9060.
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