Ann Harding Cheshire Home has some fun fundraising activities coming up
The residential care facility for people with disabilities always has fun activities on the go.
There is always a need for more donations at Ann Harding Cheshire Home, and so fundraising activities are continuously on the go.
The residential care facility in Northwold caters to 40 adults who have physical disabilities.
Accommodation fees do not cover everything the facility provides to residents, so there is a charity shop, online store, music nights, monthly pop-up market and other activities.
More information about these can be found on the facility’s social media pages.
Fundraising manager, Jackie Kyle said the Valentine’s Day Brunch at the home at 11:00 on February 14 is one of the next big activities.
For the Valentine’s brunch, R120 per person covers welcome drinks (sparkling wine and orange juice), a granola, yoghurt and berry parfait starter, an open gourmet sandwich main course and a range of assorted mini desserts to choose from, including cheesecake, lemon tarts, milk tarts and chocolate brownies.
Tea and coffee will also be served.
Bookings can be made through Lorraine Tebbutt on 083 273 8482.
Carla’s Market is also coming to Ann Harding Cheshire Home between 09:00 and 13:00, on February 10 and 11, while the home will be selling pancakes at the Randburg Harriers Valentine’s Night Race on February 17.
Residents can also look forward to Tom Sundawo’s annual 5-a-side soccer tournament fundraiser which should be organised in July though the date is still to be confirmed.
“Only the minority of our residents were born with illnesses,” Kyle said.
“For most, trauma and accidents led to their physical disabilities.”
She added adult disability was the most underfunded area in the corporate social investment arena, and the home had not received any money from the national lottery since 2017 despite applying every year.
“Many of our families, who pay for their relatives to stay here, are also struggling and battling to pay their accounts, which puts us in a precarious situation. The Road Accident Fund is notoriously slow in paying us for their residents who are staying here … and the list goes on. This is all sounding terribly like ‘woe is us’, but it’s definitely not all bad. Our residents are all happy and healthy, which is really the most important thing to us.”
Details: Ann Harding Cheshire Home annharding@cheshirehomes.org.za; 011 792 3510.
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