Donate the shirt off your back
The community is encouraged to donate generously ahead of the Shirt Off Your Back initiative that will run throughout the month of May.
NEAT Freak is launching the third annual Shirt Off Your Back (SOYB) initiative, which is set to run throughout the month of May.
Started by Neat Freak’s CEO, Isabelle de Grandpre in memory of her late father Pierre Robert, the SOYB initiative seeks to collect pre-loved clothing for distribution to the Highway Hospice and the Open Door Crisis Centre.
Isabelle said as Neat Freak encourages its clients to de-clutter their lives and belongings, the SOYB initiative is a way for people to do this and help others at the same time.
“We’re hoping that this initiative will highlight that many of us have so much and that de-cluttering and donating your pre-loved clothing will help to clothe someone else less fortunate,” she said.
The SOYB campaign also strives to highlight the extremely worthwhile work that each charity does. The Open Door Crisis Centre is a holistic, multifaceted one-stop crisis and trauma centre offering counselling, social services and support groups to people in KZN. The Highway Hospice evolves from the vision that every person with a terminal illness deserves quality, meaningful life during the time that is left to him or her.
“My father was a generous and supportive man who was taken from us a month after his cancer diagnosis. Our family was hit again by this terrible disease when our mother was diagnosed with a carcinoma and had to have major surgery to remove it from her face. As a family we understand the need to get support from others. The Open Door Crisis Centre and the Hospice are so supportive of their community through their various programmes and we are proud to continue our association with them,” said Isabelle.
Both charities will be distributing the clothing to the community via various projects as well as selling it to raise funds for their programmes.
You can donate your pre-loved clothing at The Highway Hospice, The Open Door Crisis Centre, Neat Freak and Stor-Age in Mount Edgecombe. If your school or office would like to get on board, contact Isabelle on 082 673 9740, email her info@neatfreak.co.za or go to the Neat Freak website for the most up to date information https://neatfreak.co.za/shirt-back-initiative/
