Driven by their goal to focus on respect during term one, Amanzimtoti High School made a notable contribution of items to Operation Bobbi Bear on Thursday, 14 March.
Term one saw the local high school collect food and clothing items to donate to the organisation, who greatly appreciated the help.
AHS’ Michelle Manning explained that term one’s pillar of focus was respect.
“We decided to do a 5-week-long drive to collect items for a charity in need, and AHS chose Operation Bobbi Bear,” she said. “All pupils were asked to bring in non-perishables to donate. We did a sort of inter-grade competition, awarding a sticker to every (roughly) R10 donation made. The collection is valued at some R15,000.
In the last week or two pupils then started bringing in donations of clothes and even some treats, like sweets, muffins, Easter eggs and cupcakes, seeing as the school holidays and Easter is coming up.”
Operation Bobbi Bear’s Eureka Olivier explained that the organisation is still caring for the six children that came to the organisation last year, and will continue to do so. While their physical and emotional growth is so notable, raising these children comes at a cost to the organisation.
“We desperately need your average food groceries, cleaning products and everything else any other household with children needs,” she said.
“We are so completely grateful to Amanzimtoti High School for running the drive, and for choosing OBB as the recipient.”
Eureka explained that with the school holidays upon the town, OBB will feed further children and all donations that can be made will be gratefully received.
Operation Bobbi Bear’s wishlist
Food: sugar, long life milk, tea, cereals, tin food, fresh vegetables, meat, flour, fish fingers, polony, margarine, yogurt, juice, rice, spaghetti, macaroni, peanut butter, jam, viennas, cheese, fresh fruit.
Clothing: All victims arrive with only the clothes that they are wearing, those clothes are then sent to forensics. Any good second hand clothes, shoes, linen and towels for ages birth to 100-years-old are needed. The organisation’s youngest rape victim was two weeks old and the oldest 94.
Other necessities: sanitary pads, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant for males and females, plasters (basic medical stock for children who get injured), Dettol or Savlon, bandages, anti-bacterial cream, shampoo and conditioner, nappies (all sizes), baby toiletries, cleaning materials, toilet paper, dish wash liquid.
Financial donations: Financial support is appreciated, along with vouchers for Checkers, Pick n Pay or such.
Bank details:
Bobbi Bear Fund, First National bank, Amanzimtoti, Account: 62018619471, branch code: 250655.
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