Up Your Game for Persons with Disabilities

THE Casual Day theme for 2016 is Up Your Game and will be celebrated on Friday, September 2.

Vanessa du Plessis, Casual Day project leader, says, “Organisations in the disability sector are invited to register with us and raise funds for themselves via our infrastructure. We are embarking on a countrywide roadshow.”

The roadshow closest to Kempton Park will take place on April 20 from 11am for 11.30am until 1.30pm at 82 Andries Pretorius Street, Eastleigh, Edenvale.

“This funding will benefit thousands of persons with disabilities through the branches of its 12 beneficiary organisations in every region. The public donated an overall amount of R27 million: R18 million was raised by the NGO sector, while the remaining R9 million was raised through the corporate sector.

“The beneficiaries of the funds, collected via a donation for a R10 sticker, on the first Friday in September each year, include 500 schools and organisations that render services to persons with disabilities. In the spirit of transparency, the public must also know that a portion of the funds goes to running costs but we keep them as low as possible,” du Plessis says.

Now in its 22nd year, Casual Day is the country’s foremost fundraising project for persons with disabilities. It is sponsored by the Edcon Group and supported by a number of corporates. Casual Day is the flagship project of the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in SA (NCPPDSA).

And now for 2016: let the fun and games begin! This is a year of sport and the public is invited to join in the activities. Up your game for persons with disabilities.