Keeping Blairgowrie clean and warm by providing hope and help for the homeless, is the message of the group Councillors of Courage and Care at Blairgowrie Primary School during Youth Month.
That is why they collected cleaning products and non-perishable food for three organisations, which have served the homeless in Blairgowrie for many years, this past Youth Day.
The beneficiaries include Ginah Manson, a parent at the school and volunteers run a soup kitchen at the Blairgowrie Christ Church on Mondays. Then One Small Act of Kindness is a charity that believes that a hand-up is a step in the right direction and they have provided for the needs of those who battle to survive tough economic times.
Johannesburg Homeless Network has also spent many years working for the good of the homeless in Randburg.
“The children of Blairgowrie Primary would like to thank these organisations for not ignoring the suffering of the Homeless in Blairgowrie,” said the school’s Anais Wilmot.
All products collected at the Local Choice Pharmacy and Blairgowrie Plaza were donated to these three groups.
“Until such time that solutions are found for the immense poverty and social injustice in our country, we as the children of Blairgowrie Primary School will continue to choose to find ways, with our families, to show kindness to those in need in our community and in so doing keep Blairgowrie warm, safe, and beautiful,” Wilmot added.
“The hope is that through children making a difference in the lives of others that they too will learn to live significant lives by serving others above self. In so doing, they fulfil the words of Nelson Mandela: ‘What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.’”
She said the children also look forward to Nelson Mandela Month and performing a 67-minute service to the community.
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