Residents can still participate in the Santa Shoebox project for this year. This project started a few months ago, and residents can still make a needy child’s heart happy by pledging a box.
The goal of this project in Secunda is to collect 247 boxes for needy children, but they still need 30 boxes.
The project organiser, Gerda Peuckert, encouraged the community to be part of this project and support them.
This year, the boxes will go to children at the SAVF Secunda Child and Youth Care Centre, Laerskool Trichardt, the Louis Hildebrandt Child and Youth Care Centre in Volksrust and the Hope Creche in Kinross.
To participate in this project, visit www.santashoebox.org.za, choose Secunda as your region, and choose a child you want to make up a gift box for.
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The closing date for the boxes to be made up is November 1, and drop off is November 2 and 3 at Laerskool Goedehoop.
People can also make up boxes in teams of friends or work colleagues or get involved and donate in other ways. You can also choose to sponsor only some items going inside the boxes.
Eight items must be inside each box – a toothbrush and toothpaste, a washcloth and a bar of soap, a set of clothes, a toy, one educational item like stationery and a sweet or a packet of sweets.
People can place extra items inside the boxes, such as socks, underwear, more educational items, sanitary towels, deodorant or even a cellphone and a charger.
For more information, call Peukert on 082 499 4662.
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