Bedfordview teen raises R5 000 for Edenvale soup kitchen

Bedfordview resident and Grade 10 learner Krish Vaswani managed to surpass his target and raise over R5 000 for a soup kitchen in Edenvale.

Krish ran a charity initiative for this purpose on October 22 at the Glendower Golf Club in Bedfordview.

With an original goal of R3 000, Krish felt extremely happy when the golfers smashed that target and contributed R5 250 by the end of the day.

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When he first heard from his mom about the soup kitchen, Khanyisa Trust, Krish did some research and found out that they distribute over 2000 meals per month to local people in Edenvale.

With that in mind, Krish went there to do community service and saw the work they did.

“I was really touched by how much the Khanyisa Trust made an impact on the community. With my golf fundraising idea brewing in my head for months, I decided that I should give it a go to help the Khanyisa Trust.

“The money would go towards helping to make parcels for the locals ahead of Christmas,” he said.

Krish first got permission from the Glendower Golf Club manager, Dwain Margro, who happily allowed him to set up his gazebo and sell raffle tickets during a tournament they held on October 22.

After obtaining signed permission, he went to golf retailers, The Pro Shop and Golfer’s Club, where the former retailer, with the help of Jessica Seed, sponsored two items for the raffle.

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Golfer’s Club also sponsored a bundle of items. Krish’s friend Michael Costa then helped him sell raffle tickets for R50 to the golfers on the day of the event.

“I would like to thank everybody at the Glendower Golf Club because their support of this cause has allowed it to be a success.”

After the golf tournament, they did the draw live and announced the prize winners.

Krish said this was really important to him because the success of that raffle opened the door for many more in the future and enhanced his efforts to uplift other charity organisations.

He added, “I feel great joy when I do community service or donate, and with this, I could make a much bigger impact.”

Krish plans to carry on doing similar small-scale events at various golf courses in Johannesburg for various NPOs that need extra funding.

He said he is creating an organisation dedicated to this, called Golf for Restoration, Impact, and Progress.

Krish said, “I hope to slowly increase the scale of these events to ultimately become fully fledged golf days which happen frequently at many different golf courses.

“This will allow for an opportunity to raise large amounts of money to help local soup kitchens, old age homes, and charity organisations.”