Mandela Day events in Springs
Springs residents, schools and businesses came out in their numbers to do their 67 minutes of charity work in support of Mandela Day on July 18.
The staff of the Advertiser attended a number of these events in which individuals and companies gave their time to help the less fortunate.
Veritas College celebrated Mandela Day on July 15 by picking up litter at the Springs Station Taxi Rank, while Kevin Gunzenhauser, general manager of Eastern Gauteng Chamber of Commerce and Industry picked up papers in Eighth Street in the CBD.
The day before Mandela Day, Councillor Ramesh Sheodin, DA and ward 72 councillor, donated 450 blankets, which he bought with his own money, to the Gugulethu/Everest informal settlement.
Nurses and maintenance staff from the N17 Hospital went to the Epilepsy SA Centre in Daggafontein where they donated food, linen and toiletries as well as painted door frames, doors and walls on one side of the building.
Schools gave to other schools as well. The Springs Muslim School donated food parcels to the Payneville Primary School which consisted of a fruit, sandwich and a juice for each of the 1 022 students, as well as a chocolate cupcake for each of the Grade R students.
The Construction Regiment of the Dunnottar Military Base gave their time on Mandela Day to repaint the buildings and play with the children at the Children’s Home and Nurturing Centre.
The paediatric wards and nurses facilities at the Far East Rand Hospital also received some brightening up from the Isando company Supergroup who completely revamped the space, donating not only paint but new couches and kitchen equipment as well.
Jabu Shabalala and four of her friends organised for food to be donated by Jabu’s boss to feed children in Welgedacht on the cold Saturday morning after Mandela Day.
The ANC Springs Parliamentary Constituency Office did their part on Mandela Day by renovating the home of the Oosthuisen’s in Edelweiss.
The house was painted from the inside out, and their palisade fencing also got a new coat of paint.
Groceries were also donated by the PCO to the family as well as school uniforms for the Oosthuisen’s son, Dominique.
