SOJO ends off the year on a high note
A move to Aspen Hills for SOJO Business and Tourism is exciting news for them and on Friday evening November 27, a new-office-warming-year-end-cocktail party was held.
ASPEN HILLS – CEO of SOJO, Nicky Vakaloudis, welcomed the board members from SOJO as well as a few other invited guests. “There were highs and lows during 2015 and a definite high has been our move to this new office.
“Throughout 2015 we held a couple of successful fundraisers, said goodbye to old staff members and welcomed new staff, Jeannine du Toit and Tumelo Mothibi.
“On June 2 we had our first office break-in, the first in 17 years at our Booysens office but in the middle of July we had another break-in and we realised it was probably time to look for a new office in a newer area. Hence the move to here!
“On May 29 we held a golf day and made R9 000 and in June we were involved in cleaning up the gardens of Annie Burger Retirement village for our 67 minutes for Mandela Day. On July 31 we held our annual Christmas in July fundraiser at Thaba Eco Hotel. All the educational toys donated were handed over to Lerato Educational Centre in Eikenhof.
“Huge thanks to all our board members for what you do, Reuben Louw, Richard Bennet, Peter Soester, Andrew Barker, Etienne Cloete, Sandra Andrew and Hannes Venter. You are all awesome and SOJO wouldn’t be what it is without you,” Nicky said.
“Also special thanks to Reuben for providing all the snacks and drinks for this evening,” she added.
Richard thanked Nicky for the stalwart job she does. “You never complain about anything. Thank you for all you do for the South of Joburg.”
Nicky said SOJO is looking forward to a prosperous 2016 and hope they’ll be signing up some new members.
