HILLCREST High School (HHS) learners baked over 300 cupcakes and iced a further three dozen donated by Oxford Hillcrest.

Oxford Hillcrest donated an additional 400 iced cupcakes.

HHS marketing manager Kim Blom said learners also volunteered at Watercrest Mall on Saturday, and sold cupcakes on the day – “roaming around the mall with trays of cupcakes and visiting stores to ensure tenants at the mall could also support the worthy cause”.

The team leader, Genevieve Liebenberg, the manager of Mugg and Bean at Watercrest, was the driving force behind the Cupcakes of Hope event at Watercrest Mall, motivating community members to get behind the cause and securing pledges of over 2600 cupcakes before the event.

Cupcakes of Hope is a Non-Profit Company (NPC) that strives to create awareness and educate the public on the early warning signs of childhood cancer, and raise much-needed funds for children with cancer.

Additional cupcakes were also delivered on the day and Mugg and Bean donated a full cake of the winner’s choice, as a lucky draw prize, which added to funds raised on the day.

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Almost 3000 cupcakes were sold by midday on Saturday.

Watercrest Mall tenants got on board and competed to see which store could buy the most cupcakes. Sorbet Watercrest purchased an additional 100 cupcakes to donate to the Siyajabula Children’s Home, which were delivered by Watercrest Mall marketing manager Elizabeth Roux.

Roux thanked Blom “and her incredible students for their generous cupcake contribution and for making the cupcake sales mobile throughout the mall — they were selling like hotcakes”.

“Huge appreciation to our team leader Genevieve from Mugg & Bean, whose time and dedication made this event an outstanding success. To our Watercrest Tenant Cupcake Angels — thank you for your sweet support,” said Roux who listedd the Cupcake Angels as:

• Mugg & Bean
• Reprint
• Sorbet
• Checkers
• Spur
• Jump4Joy
• Celebrate with Kerby’s
• Miladys
• Games Dot Com
• Torga Optical
• The Festive Market
• PNA
• Holmes Bros
• Xquisite Salon
• Billie Boys
• Whitehouse
• MTN

“Congratulations to Thobile Sabelo, the winner of our Mugg & Bean sponsored cake, enjoy your prize. Thank you to Sorbet for buying 100 cupcakes, for donation to our local Siyajabula Trust Orphanage in Molweni. We are thrilled to have exceeded our goals in both donations and sales. Thank you to our bakers, buyers, tenants, and our Waterfall community — and beyond — for making this Cupcakes of Hope Watercrest event a sweet success in support of children with cancer. The sweetest way to save a life.  We’re excited for 2026 — more sugar, more sprinkles and even more cupcakes,” said Roux.

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