Step up and support Slipper Day
Help a child fight a serious illness by swopping your school shoes, loafers or stilettos for fluffy slippers and buying an R20 sticker.
Slipper Day returns on May 5 and calls on all South Africans to donate their small change to help children battling life-threatening illnesses.
By purchasing supporter stickers at R20 each, South Africans can help these children reach for their dreams and earn the right to wear their fluffy slippers on Slipper Day.
Since its inauguration in KwaZulu-Natal in 2011, this fun fundraising campaign has grown into a nationwide movement, with everyone from office workers to school children wearing their bunny-eared and fuzzy slippers instead of shoes.
All proceeds from the day go to Reach For A Dream, an NPO, to help children fight a serious disease by making their dreams come true, such as swimming with dolphins, meeting an idol or celebrity or getting a new doll house.
This not only gives these youngsters and their families an invaluable respite from daily stressors associated with ill health but stirs up courage and hope, helping these little ones believe that tomorrow is worth fighting for.
“Slipper Day is our biggest annual fundraiser. This year, we are calling on South Africans to step up and support Slipper Day. This is not only to celebrate these brave dreamers but inspire hope among them, so they know that no matter what obstacles arise, they are never alone in their journey,” said Julia Sotirianakos, CEO of Reach For A Dream.
Last year, Reach For A Dream raised over R8.3m. This year we are aiming to raise R10m to help 2 000 children.
Locals are invited to visit www.reachforadream.org.za to purchase a pair of slippers or socks, and to bulk order your Slipper Day stickers.
Slipper Day stickers will also be available at retail partners Wimpy, Pick n Pay, DisChem Pharmacies, ToyZone, and DisChem Baby City.
Remember to wear your sticker and slippers to Wimpy on May 5 and get a free Famous Wimpy Coffee.
• Step up and do the Slipper Shuffle
Reach For A Dream has also launched the Slipper Shuffle dance challenge to get the public on their feet and into their slippers to raise awareness for Slipper Day.
Get ready to move and groove to a new hybrid dance track called Step Up.
Featuring the soulful vocals of Bronté Borcherds and composed and produced by Neil Engel of Freq’ncy Audio, this track will put a spring in your step. TikTok sensation and teacher, Mrs Bullock, has choreographed the Slipper Shuffle – a five-step dance sequence, which can be easily executed in your favourite pair of slippers.
To learn the moves, visit Reach For A Dream’s YouTube channel and watch the step-by-step tutorial or the full 30-second Slipper Shuffle.
Wear your slippers and sticker, download the theme song, film yourself doing the Slipper Shuffle, post it on social media and challenge your friends, other businesses and schools to do the same.
Remember to hashtag #ReachForADream, #SlipperShuffle and #SlipperDay2023.
