Cornwall Hill donates five tonnes of food and clothing to local charity
This year’s donation is not only five times larger, but the students have ensured that the various donated goods are aligned with the needs of their chosen beneficiary – Ditshego House of Laughter.
Cornwall Class of 2022 delivered five tonnes of donations to a house of safety for children.
This large quantity of donated food and clothing was assembled over the past three months by Cornwall Hill’s Class of 2022 as their high school careers come to a close.
According to the school, it has become a tradition for Grade 12 learners to raise the bar in making a positive impact in their community.
Teacher Jenny Koster is the main inspiration behind this initiative, which started in 2020 during the Covid lockdown when a ton of goods were gathered and donated.
This year’s donation is not only five times larger, but the students have ensured that the various donated goods are aligned with the needs of their chosen beneficiary – Ditshego House of Laughter.
Initially, students donated from home, but this year, wanted to do more.
A couple of natural leaders with a “heart for service”, took the initiative to step forward and harness the incredible spirit of giving that resides in the Cornwall community, said the school.
This started with Luke Andrews leading his classmates in making and selling pancakes during a break to raise money.
This proved to be a raving success which resulted in them buying one ton of maize and 500 tins.
Inspired by this, Zaria Rule and Jaimee Warner followed suit by selling chocolate brownies.
They too struggled to keep up with the demand and used the money raised to buy blankets.
Feeling inspired, another matric class sold warm beverages in the cold mornings.
Through this, they were able to raise funds for food and toiletry items.
Furthermore, Singo Ravele and Kwame Gyimah brought a new twist by running various raffles to buy further contributions of toiletries and blankets.
In addition to this, Jamie Ackerman, Elena Pantazis, Jenna-Lee Hardy, Rebecca Comrie and Naledi Motapho played a vital role in acquiring massive donations.
Motivated by their efforts, Josh Isaacs took the initiative to acquire a donation of R10 000 from the South African Institute of Professional Chartered Accountants (SAIPA) which Noma Mpofana graciously handed over to be used to further Ditshego’s numeracy and literacy efforts.
The matrics are also most grateful to Bavarian Cold Meat who provided transport of the goods to Ditshego, Mrs Janine Dumas Kuchling and the Cornwall Preschool learners who helped with the collection of baby and toddler clothing.
They also wish to thank Martin Fitzgerald from TriBeCa Coffee Company for his generous donation, and everyone who contributed to the success of this drive.
In addition to the above, this initiative also delivered 1 193 tins of canned food, 4 010 nappies and 182 pairs of shoes.
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