Boksburg organisations, businesses celebrate Mandela Day

Local organisations and businesses heeded the call to spread kindness in honour of Nelson Mandela’s birthday.

July 19, 2024

Tayla Smit 1 minute read

SPCA: Thabo Mofokeng, Sister Corzel Mans and Johannes Kholu at the Boksburg SPCA’s spay day.

The Boksburg SPCA, Boksburg Community Projects and Tetra Pak were among the businesses and organisations that opened their hearts on Mandela Day.

Boksburg SPCA
The society gave residents who cannot afford to sterilise their pets the chance to do so for R67. They conducted sterilisations on over 30 animals.
They thanked V-Tech for sponsoring the medication to make the procedures possible. Call the SPCA on 011 916 5906.

SPCA: Dr Debbie Chetty at the Boksburg SPCA’s spay day.

St Francis Care Centre
Tetra Pak donated milk, juice, food and toiletries to the St Francis Care Centre.

Staff from the company also took the time to educate the children about the importance of recycling.

This ties into Tetra Pak’s commitment to making food safe and available, everywhere, and its promise to protect what is good: food, people and the planet.

St Francis: (Back) Tilly Brouwer (St Francis Care Centre manager) with Richard Small, Klous Plenge, Alice Blake and Beverly Wilcox from Tetra Pak. (Front) Colette Smit and Swan Colyn from Tetra Pak.

St Francis Care Centre manager Tilly Brouwer expressed her gratitude, “Words cannot express what this donation means to us. Whatever we get helps us through the year. We will put the donation to good use in our children and adult sections.”

ST FRANCIS: Apart from donating necessities to the St Francis Care Centre, members from Tetra Pak also helped to paint a passage at the centre. Back: Friedel Mulke and Jessie Amond (St Francis fundraiser). Front: Richard Small and Klous Plenge.

Call St Francis on 011 894 4151 or 083 406 7977.

Boksburg Community Project
Boksburg Community Project (BCP) held a clean-up on the corner of Atlas Road and Finch Street.

They were supported by many businesses, including the K9 Security Group, Triple T Bus Hire, Century 21, Vital Engineering, Onque Graphics, Blue Outsourcing, H2O Sensation,

BCP: The volunteers at the Boksburg Community Project’s clean-up.

Dunlop Zone Boksburg, Tech Xperience, Pizza Baby, Ceramic Pro, Brand Experts, Karcher, Tribal Consulting and Go4u.
Miss Teen East Rand 2024 and Miss Unified International 2024 finalist, Ashlynn Vermeulen, also rolled up her sleeves.

BCP: The Boksburg Community Project’s Helen Kruger with Miss Teen East Rand 2024 and Miss Unified International 2024 finalist, Ashlynn Vermeulen, at the clean-up.

BCP started with clean-ups for Mandela Month on June 29, and will continue until September 14 with a final clean-up and rejuvenation of the kiddies’ play area, sponsored by Alaska Spur in Atlasville.
Visit www.boksburgcommunityproject.co.za

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