Light market a great financial blessing for Jacaranda Children’s Home
Together with the market, we had an online cash donation drive on social media and the combined income for the weeklong period, was so rewarding and such a miracle.
The Night Light Market@Greenlyn was a great blessing to Jacaranda Children’s Home after their annual Liggiefees was cancelled due to Covid-19 last year.
“We benefited from both the entry fees as well as from selling soft toys at the Jacaranda Children’s Home stall at the market,” said Karin Berriman, head of marketing of Jacaranda and Louis Botha Children’s Homes.
“Together with the market, we had an online cash donation drive on social media and the combined income for the week-long period was so rewarding and such a miracle.
“We want to everybody who supported us in any way during that week,” she said.
One of the greatest challenges the home faces at this stage of time is finances.
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“Most definitely we are challenged by finances, especially because of the lack in funds we usually raise with the annual Liggiefees during December.
“Combined with the ripple effect everyone experienced from Covid-19 and the accompanying lockdowns – our regular donors are not in a position to support us the way they could before. We fully understand their predicament in these challenging and uncertain times,” said Berriman.
At Jacaranda Children’s Home, they have the same expenses like any other household, just times 20, hence the bills to be settled and fuel to be purchased.
“Furthermore, being on the threshold of back-to-school, you can imagine the stationery needs for 212 children attending 13 different schools in Pretoria.
“We are so privileged and deeply grateful to have had individuals doing stationery drives for us November/December 2020. We received a variety of needed stationery. Now that we are allocating according to the lists received, we realise that we are still in such shortage of specific items such as black hard-cover books, mathematical sets, scientific calculators and paper/plastic to cover all the books of all the children.
“We need everyone’s support.
“The community is invited to visit our page and view the options as well as see how we make every effort to care for our children the best way we can with what we have available,” Berriman said.
“Please contact us via email to marketing@jacarandachildren.co.za to receive a list of specific needs and/or visit our official web page to make a donation.
“We do understand that people are cautious when asked for funds, but we have a variety of safe and secure options on our page which guarantee that the funds are effectively administered,” said Berriman.
Most of the children were out visiting family and holiday parents.
“House parents, who had a few children onsite during the festive season, took them on outings to a variety of venues who generously sponsored free entry.
“Community and church groups involved with specific house also treated to with special Christmas parties and we received loads of Christmas gifts for all our children,” Berriman said.
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