LAST year Casual Day was celebrated by over 2.5 million people who donated via a R10 sticker and raised some R28 million.
Sponsored by the Edcon Group, Casual Day is on Friday, 4 September.
People who bought their stickers from any one of the 300 participating organisations and schools can rest assured that the money they donated went to sustain organisations, providing education, shelter, assistive devices, transport and accommodation to persons with disabilities in their care. Organisations that participate in Casual Day are registered entities with their governance in place.
People who buy their stickers at retail outlets often wonder where the money goes. The funds are distributed among Casual Day’s 12 national beneficiary organisations who cover the entire spectrum of persons with disabilities. For a full list, email info@casday.co.za and zaza@casday.co.za.
The theme for 2015 is Spring into Action – so take your inspiration from the birds and the bees, skies of blue, colours of the rainbow, blossoms on the trees and the minty hue of new leaves. The colour for the year is refreshing, zingy mint.
The project is owned and managed on behalf of the national beneficiaries by the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in SA (NCPPDSA). This organisation works at government level to improve conditions for persons with disabilities around human rights, transport, jobs and other national issues.
Each province has a provincial branch, called Associations for Persons with Disabilities and each of these have smaller branches in towns and suburbs. The task of these branches is to create jobs, to provide accommodation and support and to represent persons with disabilities in the communities, providing assistive devices, programmes for education and training, and lobbying for rights.
To contact NCPPDSA and its branches, email witness.sibiya@ncppdsa.org.za
Casual Day is a way for the disability sector to speak with one voice about ushering in a society that values human rights, inclusion, diversity and universal access to education for all its citizens.
Stickers are available from Edgars, Jet, JetMart, Boardmans, CNA, Red Square and Legit; Absa outlets; Game and DionWired stores; Shoprite and Checkers stores; and the Casual Day website.
Contact the organisers of the project on 011-609-7006 or visit www.casualday.co.za.
Keep abreast of activities via the Facebook page: CasualDaySA; Twitter: @CasualDay_SA.
