TO mark the 110th anniversary of the Girl Guide Movement in South Africa, the 1st Hillcrest Guides and Brownies collected and filled at least 110 Jars of Hope for various non-profit organisations.
The 1st Hillcrest Group now aims to fill up and donate 500 of these jars.
The Brownie Guider and Pack Scouter at the 1st Hillcrest Group, Anthea Rawlins, suggested that the Hillcrest Scouts, Guides, Rangers, Brownies and Cubs take the idea as a group community service project and aim to fill 500 jars.
“Notices went out on social media and the word spread. Contributions of bottles and dried food have, since April, been dropped off at the Scout and Guide Hall. Donations came from far and wide. A woman in uMhlanga read about our project on Facebook and kindly donated 20 filled bottles,” said Rawlins.
The original Jar of Hope recipe was also modified to include soya, creating a more nutritious combination.Small groups of boys and girls from the group gathered to fill bottles and each one was then labelled with an instruction label in English, isiZulu and Xhosa.
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So far, 320 bottles have been filled. The group handed over 146 filled Jars of Hope to Bianca Ivankowiecz from the non-profit organisation, Shap Shap Cinemas, which works in the communities of Hammarsdale, KwaNyuswa and other areas.
“Thank you for this amazing donation. There are so many hungry children and families. This will provide a nutritious meal and fill tummies,” said Ivankowiecz.
Rawlins said that community service forms an important part of the Girl Guide and Scout movement programmes and thanked the members, leaders, parents and the community for their help with this project.
“We have decided to carry on for a few more weeks with this project as we still have approximately 150 empty bottles waiting to be filled. We are short of lentils, soup mix, soup powder, split peas, rice and soya mince and would welcome any donations,” said Rawlins.
To make an in-kind donation, contact Anthea on 072 204 4151.
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