Kingsburgh Welfare commemorates 80-year celebration at AGM
Kingsburgh Child and Family Welfare held a celebratory AGM to honour past and present volunteers, after 80 years of service.
KINGSBURGH Child and Family Welfare (KCFW) continued the celebration of its 80th anniversary with its AGM on September 17.
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The Warner Beach-based NPO looked back on its 80 years of dedicated service and shone a much-deserved spotlight on the revolving door of volunteers through the years who each made invaluable contributions to the NPO’s storied existence.
Chairperson Jenny Smith offered heartfelt thanks to attendees of the AGM, and during her address, presented a profile on the organisation’s early years, offering a glimpse into its humble beginnings on November 29, 1945.
Captain Charlene van der Spuy, spokesperson of the Amanzimtoti police, was a guest speaker at the event, and gave an insightful view of the plight of the aged in the community.
Social worker Sandra Govender delved further, and spoke of the many programmes KCFW completed this year, and outlined the services welfare provides.
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