Sandton Ladies join potjie competition for a good cause
The Sandton Ladies Circle 24 recently joined Doorway to Dignity as it hosted its Pots of Hope potjie event to feed over 800 homeless people.
Local community groups including the Sandton Ladies Circle 24 recently played their roles in raising funds and awareness for displaced people.
Joined by the Round Table Sandton 121 community group, the women recently participated in the annual Pots of Hope potjie event.
It was hosted by Doorway to Dignity for World Homeless Day which provided meals for 64 homeless individuals.
“Pots of Hope is special because it gives a dignified dining experience to the homeless. They are catered to by being waited on and can choose their menu option.
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“It [Pots of Hope] also feeds over 800 people every year on World Homeless Day, but not just any food, delicious potjie food because it is a potjie competition, so everyone goes out of their way to make something delicious – it is very special,” said member Susan de Kock.
The Sandton Ladies Circle contributed four delicious potjie dishes to the event and chairwoman Amanda Yelland said they had been supporting Pots of Hope for the past four years.
“It is a fun day out and we get the opportunity to spend time with fellow potjie-makers who have become friends, and the gentlemen of Round Table Sandton 121. It is about friendship, fellowship and cooking towards a common goal – to feed those in need,” she said.
The group also supports Doorway to Dignity throughout the year by making Jars of Hope, a jar filled with different soup ingredients that can be poured into a pot with water and a few stock cubes.
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“We’re currently putting together care packs for a children’s home and forgotten gogos [the elderly who are left abandoned or forgotten at hospitals or old age homes] and would appreciate donations, including stationery items, previously loved clothes and toys in good condition, blankets, tea and coffee, biscuits, toiletries, leg warmers, socks and magazines – some of the gogos aren’t able to read, but they enjoy looking at the pictures.”
If you would like to support the Sandton Ladies Circle 24, email lc24@ladiescircle.co.za
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