Children’s home receives donations from Pick n Pay
Brentwood Pick n Pay donated groceries and cash to children at John Wesley Children's Home.
BRENTWOOD Pick n Pay went all out to impress the young girls of John Wesley Children’s Home, on Women’s Day.
An impressed group of girls sipping delicious treats at Hava Java near the Pick n Pay enjoyed Women’s Day while their home’s manager, Lilian le Roux filled a trolley with groceries.
A proud Pick n Pay regional manager, Eddie Ferrari, spent some time with Le Roux in the aisles picking the most basic essentials and groceries to the value of R2000. Just when a fully loaded trolley looked generous enough, the Brentwood store handed the home a R5000 cheque to be used to pay for other things which could not be donated.
“I loved the fact that Brentwood Pick n Pay allowed us to come and pick the groceries we need. That’s fantastic because I know exactly what it is that the girls need the most at the moment. I am very gratefully to the store and Eddie Ferrari for that,” said Le Roux.
Ferrari said Pick n Pay Brentwood is a Kempton Park business and it means a great deal for the store to be able to a give back to Kemptonians. “We also want to thank the Kempton Park Methodist Church for highlighting and bringing the home’s needs to our attention.”
The store is part of the Pick n Pay on Elgin Road in Birchleigh which has been donating goodies from its bakery on a weekly basis to ensure the girls have what they need for breakfast and lunch.
“We feel extremely loved and cared for by the stores. We really need this kind of support and no words can truly express our gratitude. When they donate groceries to us, we are able to use the little money we have to cover other expenses such as the girls’ therapy or education,” added a joyful Le Roux.
At the end of the day, 12 girls from the home helped push a fully loaded trolley to the parking lot to finish celebrating the rest of Women’s Day at home.
