Sandton community shopping centre Thrupps Illovo has launched the Thrupps Illovo Centre Cares campaign, a community-driven response focused on making a meaningful difference.
Rolled out in mid-2021, the year-long campaign was designed to support the essential needs of young learners with promising futures in the community.
As part of this heartfelt initiative, the centre has elected to take Zenzeleni Primary School in Alexandra under its wing for the full duration of this year’s campaign.
In early May they began to collect blankets, school supplies, and other essentials for the learners via drop bins around the centre.
Drop bins were placed around the centre to collect donations, such as blankets, winter clothes, socks, and shoes. Simultaneously, the centre hosted a pop-up blanket store, Edura. This is where most shoppers, who participated in the campaign, purchased blankets to help spread the warmth this past winter.
The centre handed out the amazing collection of donations to the school. “It was a very meaningful day spent with the children. We hope that this drive has achieved a result that will gain momentum for the next one,” said Thrupps Illovo centre manager Celia Nyathi.
She added that for October, the centre will be collecting sanitary pads and roll-on deodorant for the female learners in light of Pink Month. “Of course, the boys will get their turn, too, during February in line with its ‘blue’ health awareness days,” she concluded.
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