JOINING forces with bakers from across the Upper Highway area, Hillcrest High School learners baked, iced and donated over 300 cupcakes in support of the 2026 Cupcakes of Hope campaign. Participating in the Watercrest Mall initiative, the learners also teamed up to sell cupcakes across the mall, helping organiser, Genevieve Liebenberg of Mugg and Bean Watercrest, achieve the targets set for the day.

“Once again our learners enthusiastically volunteered to help with this year’s Cupcakes of Hope campaign at Watercrest Mall,” said Hillcrest High School principal Denise Knight. “Working after school and during the school holidays, they baked and decorated cupcakes, then spent the day at Watercrest Mall selling their cupcakes, and those donated by the other bakers. In total, over 3000 cupcakes were donated and sold on the day!”

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Cupcakes of Hope is a national campaign run at shopping centres and malls across the country to raise funds to support the families of children fighting cancer. This year’s campaign, across more than 80 malls, raised in excess of R2.1m. Organiser for the Watercrest Mall activation, Liebenberg, shared her thanks to all the local home bakers, volunteers, and companies that came on board to make the event a success, as well as to the Watercrest Mall for use of the food court area and allowing the HHS learners to sell across the mall. Grateful thanks went to:

• Oxford Freshmarket
• Superspar Watercest
• Checkers Watercrest
• Jump for Joy Waterfall
• Rollatopia Waterfall
• Bella Day Spa
• Sandawana Spa
• Ster-Kinekor Waterfall
• IV Bar Watercrest Mall
• House of Beauty Musgrave
• Mugg and Bean Watercrest and
• Hillcrest High School.

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