Determined Dristi wins SPAR Star 2021 competition
With her winnings Moodley, will purchase some of the international candy imported by SPAR.
Determination and care for her community are what ensured Dristi Moodley, a St Henry’s Marist College learner, was named as the overall winner (High School) in the KwaZulu-Natal SPAR Superstar competition.
Moodley was all smiles as she collected her prize, a R5 000 voucher from SPAR on Monday, January 24. Last year, as a Grade 8 learner at St Henry’s Marist College, Moodley was determined to swim the aQuellé Midmar Mile for charity. Despite Covid-19 challenges, she took to her school pool and completed a whopping 60 laps (1 600m) to raise R3 000 for Childhood Cancer Foundation (CHOC).
“I’ve lost a lot of family and friends to cancer, so I wanted to honour them by swimming for CHOC,” said the learner.
While swimming, Moodley said she needed to maintain her pace and avoid swimming too fast.
With her winnings Moodley, will purchase some of the international candy imported by SPAR.
The school’s principal, Stephen Leech, commended Moodley on her determination.
“She really deserves this prize after all the effort she put in. We are very proud of her commitment and achievement. She swam by herself and put in the work needed. We could see she was really determined to fulfill the commitment,” he said.
The business manager for Caxton Community Newspapers Durban, Nicole Vosser, said the SPAR Superstar competition was a way to give children, like Moodley, a platform to shine.
“By giving this opportunity to schools and its learners, it really opens up more doors for them. As community newspapers, we need to showcase more of what our young children are doing because they are the future,” Vosser said.
SPAR KwaZulu-Natal’s advertising and sponsorship manager, Nozipho Mkhize, echoed these sentiments, and said she was impressed by Moodley’s initiative.
“As SPAR, impacting other peoples’ lives and making a difference is at the centre of what we do as a business. We are not just a food business, we want to support our customers as they support us,” said Mkhize.
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