Celebrate Slipper Day and show support to Reach for A Dream
Help Reach For A Dream organisation supports children with life-threatening Illnesses by purchasing stickers or a pair of slippers on their website.
Reach For A Dream charity organisation will once again hold its Slipper Day on May 31. The organisation is inviting everyone to be part of this wonderful event.
This event promises a day filled with warmth, generosity, and fun – all in support of children with life-threatening illnesses.
This year’s theme, ‘Step into My Slippers’, is about empathy, having fun, and stepping into the slippers of these brave children.
This small deed displays solidarity and support for these children, who frequently spend entire days in slippers owing to medical issues.
Slipper Day began in 2011 and has since grown into a nationwide movement in which everyone from office workers to schoolchildren joins forces to make dreams come true.
More specifically the dreams of children suffering from critical diseases such as cancer, renal failure, and heart disease by purchasing an R20 sticker and wearing it with their slippers on the day.
“Our children face unimaginable struggles each day in the hospital. Their courage and resilience are awe-inspiring,” said Julia Sotirianakos, CEO of Reach for A Dream.
“This year, we’re calling on everyone to buy a sticker and step into their slippers on Slipper Day. By trading your shoes for slippers, you’re stepping into these youngsters’ world, showing them that they are not alone in this fight.”
All proceeds from Slipper Day are donated to the Reach For A Dream Foundation, a non-profit organisation that fulfils the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses.
Since its establishment in 1988, the Foundation has brought more than 27 670 dreams to life.
These dreams, which range from meeting personal heroes to trying new activities for the first time, provide the youngsters with a little respite from their disease and a much-needed distraction from frequently unpleasant medical treatments.
Most significantly, fulfilled dreams instil hope in young children, providing them with a cause to feel that tomorrow is worth fighting for.
Buy your Slipper Day stickers and merchandise.
Stickers cost R20 each and can be bought from Wimpy, Pick n Pay, Dis-Chem Pharmacies, Dis-Chem Baby City, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Krispy Kreme, and HushPuppies.co.za.
Those interested in purchasing stickers and a pair of unique slippers or socks online should visit the Reach for A Dream website.
This year, Zapper has joined in to make it as simple as possible for individuals to pay for their virtual Slipper Day stickers by scanning a Zapper QR code.
