JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – The sad thing is that there are so many children who will not be receiving gifts or love this festive season. In the spirit of generosity and the fact that children are such a huge focus of the Spur Group, Spur Foundation will coordinate a national toy collection drive to put a smile on some underprivileged children’s faces.
Between December 1 and January 16 collection boxes for new and pre-loved toys will be available at Eagle Spear Spur and Panarottis, both in Trade Route Mall, Lenasia.
Boxes will also be available at all Spur, John Dory’s and Panarottis restaurants countrywide. These boxes will be allocated to beneficiaries of the Spur Foundation. The beneficiary in Gauteng is the ASHA Trust, a South African NGO that establishes and supports formal and home-based early childhood centres in economically challenged communities by providing daily pre-school care, meals and educational stimulation for less-fortunate children aged two to six years old.
Spur Foundation runs this campaign on an annual basis, due to their commitment to the welfare of children in South Africa. The Toy Drive, supported by CourierIT, Longstreet Media and Nampak, collected 77 boxes filled with toys in the 2013 period.
The Spur Foundation was founded on Mandela Day in 2012, with an initial R670 000 donation from the Spur Group. Spur’s value of generosity and focus on family will be carried through to the Foundation’s various initiatives throughout the year, which are committed to Nourish, Nurture, Now!
