STINT delivers food packages to families in need
Members of Supporting Those In Need Together (STINT) were packing groceries and other items for families in need.
Members of Supporting Those In Need Together (STINT) were packing groceries and other items for families in need on Saturday, April 2. Adeline Singh, one of the founders of STINT said they received donations from different businesses including Spar in Palm Court.
“We will assist eight families in and around the Roodepoort area today. We have been helping some of the families on the Honeydew farm where many of them tend to the land but they don’t have an income. Two of the families reached out after seeing a post about us on social media. ”
Adeline said some of the families were found by chance and others heard about the NPO on social media or by word of mouth. “A lot of the food we get comes from the Palm Court Spar in partnership with Community Support Services, who are also our partners. They help to deliver the groceries, so CSS will stop by later, collect the groceries and deliver it for us.”
She explained that they donate sanitary pads and school supplies to Success Katlego Academy in Muldersdrift. “We and CSS have a partnership with the school. All our extra stuff goes there and then we supply mealie meal. Nothing goes to waste,” she added.
“We buy them ten bags of 10kg mealie meal and soup so that the kids can have that. We must be mindful that a lot of people are still struggling, a lot of people still don’t have work, and a lot of salaries have been cut. We’ve got families in Randpark Ridge, Honeydew, and Weltevreden Park, and we used to work all the way up to the West Rand. But now some families meet us halfway, otherwise any of the volunteers will go there because it is quite a distance.”
Contact STINT at stint.team2021@gmail.com.
