Rest-A-While celebrates Valentine’s Day

Rest-A-While Service Centre hosted its Valentine’s Day celebrations on February 14.

Benefactors of the centre came wearing red and white to honour the occasion.

“The elders enjoyed a day of cake, drinks and sweets. They played some games and won sponsored prizes,” said Trudy Carreira, the centre manager.

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“Restore Hope Piece By Piece and Marthie Kruger Love and Hope Feeding Scheme sponsored our day. We had a band that played music and they danced,” said Carreira.

Recently the centre was invited to be part of a fundraising event that also benefitted Remme-Los.

“We used to have socials that benefitted organisations alike. We are trying to revive that social spirit and raise awareness for our local organisations.

Rest-A-While and Remme-Los shared the spoils of the day in monetary donations,” said event organiser Theresa de Villiers.

“We want to see more events and more people, businesses and organisations contribute. We will continue to raise awareness on the needs of these two local organisations,” said Villiers.

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Carreira added that the centre is still in need of assistance.

“Our primary needs are food, clothing and reusable items. It is almost a year without sponsorship or funding from the government.

“Last year we received donations from the Primrose Bowling Club and Bikers which went a long way,” said Carreira.

To contact the centre call Carreira at 082 366 4010.

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