Wrapped with love: Elderly on The Bluff welcome blanket donations [Pics]

The SUN team recently visited various old age and retirement homes on The Bluff, to spread love and warmth through the Caxton Cares Square by Square Project.

July 30, 2025

Dillon Pillay 1 minute read

Bluﬀ Haven’s married couple Martin and Gail van Stadden embrace the warmth with their new blankets. Photos: Dillon Pillay.

ELDERLY residents on The Bluff beamed with excitement as they chose their own crocheted blanket, when the SUN team visited various old age and retirement homes on The Bluff recently. The Caxton Cares Square by Square Project got underway in February this year and grew in leaps and bounds. A total of 519 blankets were received from the community.

Also read: Caxton Cares: Stitching together warmth, one square at a time

The SUN team visited the Bluﬀ Haven, 7th Heaven Old Age Home, Tafta John Dunn Home, Arcadia Retirement Village and Merewent Cheshire Home.

The Bluﬀ Haven’s Roberto Fernandez was happy to lounge with his new blanket.

Pinky Govender was the recipient of one of the Caxton Square by Square Project lucky draw prizes. She won herself a Seadoone Mall voucher.

Arcadia Retirement Village’s Leonie Hibbert wraps herself in her new blanket.

Bluﬀ Haven’s Yvonne Lambeth shows oﬀ her newly received blanket.

Merewent Cheshire Home’s Sihle Zulu shows off his blanket of choice.

Arcadia Retirement Village’s Cherrill Erasmus poses with her new blanket and the SUN’s editor Roelien D’Amico

Arcadia Retirement Village’s Anna-Marie Nicol and Norma Jean pose with a blanket big enough to cover both of them.

Arcadia Retirement Village residents sift through the table of blankets.

7th Heaven Old Age Home’s Petro Ferreira takes a break from her knitting to show oﬀ her newly donated blanket.

Merewent Cheshire Home’s Adele Swart picked a pretty pink and blue blanket.

The Tafta John Dunn Home’s Vincent Joseph was happy to receive his blanket.

Merewent Cheshire Home’s Njabulo Mngadi wraps himself in his new blanket.

Ina Rudolph was the lucky winner of the Pia Health and Beauty Spa voucher. Ina crocheted 30 blankets in total. PHOTO: Nikhil Gopichand.

7th Heaven Old Age Home’s Eileen Parkin thanks the SUN’s editor Roelien D’Amico for her new blanket.

Merewent Cheshire Home’s Amos Buthelezi was grateful to receive his new blanket from the SUN’s Gerda Mac Gregor.

Sandra Wallder from Bluff Haven was super chuffed with her choice of blanket.

Arcadia Retirement Village’s Johan Erasmus picks his choice through all the blankets.

Arcadia Retirement Village’s Rita Odendaal looks through the table of blankets for what catches her eye.

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