The Greenstone Guide August 2017 | Page 5

august 2017 Community comes together for Nelson Mandela Day Rand Aid knits for Mandela Ready, steady, knit! Three Rand Aid complexes celebrated Mandela Day by s eeing which complex could knit the most squares in the allotted time. The Thornhill Manor ladies were clear winners – having completed 2 631 squares before the competition began and 46 squares on the day, with some knitters making up to five squares in their 67 minutes. Knitters continued throughout the day and the final number of squares con- tributed by Thornhill Manor was around 3 000. On July 24, the squares from all three complexes – nearly 4 000 – were handed to a representative from 67 Blankets for Mandela Day. At the winning complex, Thornhill Manor, 44 ladies met in the community centre. “You could feel the buzz and excitement of the morning and the eagerness to get started,” says deputy complex manager Jackie Scott. The event was overseen by the organiser of The Knit & Knatter club, Joan Hepburn, who encouraged as many ladies as possible to knit beforehand and to participate on the day. The ladies also brought along some home-baked goods to enjoy with tea afterwards. “Well done, ladies. Hearty congratulations on a very successful morning and the good deed of helping those less fortunate and ensuring that more people keep warmer this winter,” said Zabeth Zühlsdorff, Rand Aid’s GM Services and Advance Division, after the event. Busamed Modderfontein Private Hospital cleans up the community On Mandela Day this year, the Busamed Modderfontein Private Hospital’s ‘clean up our community’ initiative saw the hospital staff, together with Alpha Production, do a clean-up at the Pan Africa Taxi Rank in Alexandra. Holy Rosary lends a hand In the spirit of Nelson Mandela’s birthday, on 18 July, it has become a tradition for Holy Rosary Primary School to make sandwiches for the Khanyisa Soup Kitchen at the Edenvale Methodist Church. Each class was allocated a specific day to make sandwiches and then deliv- ered the sandwiches, with a choco- late and a card wishing the recipient a “Happy Mandela Day”. Seen here (right) are some of the Holy Rosary School Grade 5s making sandwiches. Back: Lehumo Menu, Nombuso Mathabela, Divishka Kassie and Orifha Mukhwamalau. Front: Sabrina Reynolds, Ashleigh Thirwell and Nicola McDonald. Holy Rosary Primary School also supported the ’67 Blankets for Mandela Day’ initiative (above), and collected 115 scarves. These scarves will be donated to those less fortunate at the local Khanyisa Soup Kitchen. Eden Meadows Shopping Centre supports Caring4Girls During the month of July, Eden Meadows Shopping Centre held a project in collaboration with the Imbumba Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to honour the memory of Nelson Mandela. They collected Sanitary Products for girls in rural communities who don’t go to school during their monthly cycle, because they cannot afford the necessary products. The project is called Caring4Girls. The centre collected two black bags full of Sanitary Products during the last week of July and they would like to thank you as the community for helping them to help these girls climb one less mountain in their lives.​ Mega Mania Sessions! We’ve all been there before… just as you’re getting into your groove, pulling off the sickest backflip and destroying the opposition dodgeball team, time’s up and your session has ended! Well say goodbye to lonely one-session-wonders with our brand new Mega Mania ticket!!! Book a session and get the following session absolutely FREE! No tricks, no catches… well maybe one catch. There are limited MegaMania tickets available per session so make sure you book early ’cause these things are gonna fly! • Valid all week except Saturday - LIMITED tickets daily • Price is per person, BOUNCE grip socks included • Not valid for Clip ‘n Climb at BOUNCE Fourways • Full T&Cs on www.bounceinc.co.za bounceinc.co.za For more info & to book now call 011 517 2500 or visit bounceinc.co.za