Butterflies say thank you
The Queen Butterfly Foundation shares its gratitude with the Roodepoort Record editor.
Roodepoort is very much a community characterised by a charitable and neighbourly spirit. If you ask for help from someone, you are most likely going to receive it in one way or another.
The Record staff help where they can as well; whether it be with their Caxton Cares initiatives or by raising awareness of a situation through publishing articles.
The Queen Butterfly Foundation is a non-profit organisation (NPO) that receives regular coverage from the Record because of the amazing work they do with physically and mentally disabled children.
Most recently the Record reported on the release of their children’s book, Bluebelle Loves Springtime, which was published to help the Foundation raise money for physiotherapy and educational equipment for the learners in their care.
As a way to say thank you, Palesa Mofokeng (the founder of Queen Butterfly) and the beautiful children at the Foundation invited the Record editor, Adéle Bloem, to accept a very special gift.
On Thursday, 23 January, Adéle met Palesa, the learners, and the Queen Butterfly staff at their premises in Wilro Park where she was greeted by several smiling faces. Three of Queen Butterfly’s older learners presented her with a beautifully wrapped gift with a small note on the front, and instructed her not open it until she gets back to the office.
When Adéle returned to the Caxton West Rand branch, mystery gift in hand, she went straight to her office to open the gift. Her eyes lit up at the adorable artwork encased in the wrapping paper. A beautiful and colourful landscape was painted by a few of the learners and had all the elements of a great nature scene. Bright green grass has been creatively painted in the form of fingerprints, a pink horizon is decorated with smiling hands and googly eyes, and the bright blue sky features its own colourful rainbow made from pipe cleaners and cotton balls. The finishing touch; a date and a few glittery butterflies. After cooing over the painting for a few seconds, Adéle took a step back and looked for the perfect place to hang the gift.
The brightly coloured, multi-medium artwork is now hanging in its special spot in Adéle’s office, right behind her desk.
