Charity

Kitted with the Round table Gauteng area branding, Round table Edenvale 63 in collaboration with Round table Boksburg 17 gathered together at Karaglen Spar in Edenvale on the 1^st of April for a drive to collect Easter eggs. These Easter eggs were to be distributed to under privileged kids with the purpose of making Easter special for them.

There were two members from Edenvale 63 Round table and 1 member accompanied by 1 pipeliner from Boksburg 17 Round table present on the day. We were met by the Edenvale Lions club who coincidentally had arranged to do the exact same drive on the same day at the same place so we decided to join forces with the Lions with the agreement that we would share the collections of the day. Building relationships with, and supporting other organisations similar to ours is important as we can then have a greater combined impact in our communities by working together.

During our collections we focused on driving membership and we managed to gain 3 guest on the day. The Easter egg drive was the perfect ice breaker to create awareness of what Round table is and spark the interest of potential guests.

69 Marshmallow egg boxes were collected to the value of R4761.00 of which 25 boxes were donated to the Lions club. Afterwards a few of us got together for a bit of fellowship and social at a restaurant nearby.

In the early hours of Easter morning we went to the Abraham Kriel Maria Kloppers orphanage to hide some Easter eggs for this was the Easter egg hunt many of these kids have only dreamed about. Approximately 700 marshmallow eggs were hidden all over the playground.

With great anticipation it was time for the great Easter egg hunt. All at once excitement and laughter broke when approximately 30 kids came out running and started searching all around the playground for Easter egg treasure. Big and small. One of the bigger lads was running around at top speed after the hidden mallows and had a shirt full within the first 2 minutes. I reminded him about the importance of sharing too which he responded cheerfully “Yes, I will share them in the house… I am an “eggspert” at this”. This cracked me up and planted a lasting smile on my face for the rest of the long weekend.

Our Second stop was at Abraham Kriel Bermuda house in Glen Marais. A house for orphaned girls during the school holidays. There were 7 kids and we donated 10 boxes of Marshmallows. The house mother had a picnic planned the following day where they would enjoy the Easter eggs.

By Just Spending a few hours in the morning this was a great start to the long weekend that left us with a sense of achievement and that warm fussy feeling you get inside when doing good. Emotions of appreciation for being able to be a part of such an amazing organisation where we can make a difference in so many lives in so many ways overwhelmed me once again.

By Cuan Maizey

Boksburg 17 Chairman

What a year, what a project, and what an Impact that has been made in our community.

Winter uniform project started in 2020, when one of the mothers sent a message on the class chat group
asking if any of the other children were wearing uniform on “civvies” day, as they did not have the funds to
buy a tinned food item to donate. That got the thinking started, how do they then buy uniforms to attend
school in winter. And so started Winter Uniform Project. The initial need was found to be specific schools in our
local community, and thereafter, a further need was found for non school specific tracksuits.

The key to this project is continuity. Each school that was approached, gave the undertaking that uniforms
donated would be tracked, and would need to be returned into the schooling system, to be re-donated, on an
annual basis, unless the child has siblings to pass it down to. The schools’ representatives agreed, and so the
fun began:
In 2020, 54 sets were donated (thanks to the help of corporate sponsors and Round Table of Durban 2)
In 2021, 218 sets were donated
In 2022, we have already done 323 sets, with another 24 sets waiting on stock for specific schools, and
another 300 sets of tracksuits by none other than Round Table of Durban 2.

That is 647 sets for this year!

2022 also lead to a major corporate sponsor joining us, not only for this year, but moving forward as well.
Manitou South Africa has joined up with Northridge 117 to be the main sponsor for this year, and hopefully a
bigger sponsor for next year, which will see us gain access to their charitable spend in not on Gauteng, but
also Western Cape and KZN. Should any of the tables in these areas want to be a part of Winter Uniform
Project 2023, please do get in touch.

The team at Northridge have come together and proven what a Wolfpack can pull off! And what a team they
are!

#Howling #Manitou #Impactfulchange

Yit

Chris Oldacre
Northridge 117 Chairman

Jukskei 217 did a joint Winter knights project with Curro Schools Midrand whereby Curro donated over R6000 worth of Tinned products for the less fortunate, and we put in the elbow grease. 💪🏽

We received the donation from Curro on Saturday, it took a bakkie to collect it.

Yesterday morning Jukskei 217 ran a project at Winmore Spar in Pretoria East to bolster our efforts and help feed the children from Vukuzenzela based in Kya Sands.

With some R1 coins glued to some pamphlets we were off on a mission – Feed the kids.

We decided to run a healthy competition and split into two teams to cover all the entrances and ensure maximum exposure, the team with the most in their trolley wins.

We tactically ambushed each passer by from young children all the way up to the elderly who all showed tremendous affection towards the children in need. Our trolleys were filling up quickly.

We also made some donations of our own the homeless in need, in the area that saw us running the project and took the time to enquire.

After 3 hours of raising some donations from the community, We had raised an additional R3500 worth of food items. Eventually we headed off to Kya Sands where we met with Vukuzenzela and handed over 3 cars full of food. (We kept the cars).

We want to thank Curro Schools Midrand for their assistance on this project, their continued support of Round Table Jukskei 217 helps drive impactful change in these communities.

It’s not about the food or the time, it’s about the kids seeing the acts of kindness and love, then them in-turn being inspired by our actions to strive for greatness within their own lives, and through these small continuous actions, we drive a very impactful change that shapes the future of our nation from the ground up.

If you would like to come to a Meeting at Jukskei 217 and experience Round Table, please send us a direct message and we will contact you. ❤️

#Curro #RTSA #RTGA #Kids #Education #Schools #Food #Charity #Fellowship #Travel #Growth #Gees #Givingback #Impactfulchange #StrongerTogether #ThePresidentsTable

Pasta la vista Baby!

Hunger struck and there was little hope, out of the infinite blue void we call “life” a mysterious and anonymous donor contacted

Round Table Golden East 181 (The Greatest club in the World).

The mission was clear, we needed to do some hunger busting!

Round Table Golden East 181 (The Greatest Club in the World) jumped into action and we have distributed an amazing 8000

kgs (16000 packs) ((8 Tons)) of pasta goods, over the last 3 weeks.

We have helped get these donations to various charity organisations, feeding schemes and rescues such as:

• Huis Charis Youthcare Center,
• Colin House,
• RySky ,
• Sonop Karavan Park,
• El Shamman,
• Urban Ruins,
• Benoni Aurora Rotary Anns,
• Tsidi house,
• Wilowmoore High Feeding schemes,
• Benoni Salvation Army,
• Benoni “Families in Need”,
• The Animal Guardians – TAG and Pet Rescue.

Many lives have been changed by these generous donations; this is what keeps us motivated and brings us together as a

brotherhood making impactful change in our communities.

We want to thank our Mysterious donor for their contribution and providing us with the opportunity to change lives and inspire

others.

“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” ~ Federico Fellini

Round Table Golden East 181

(The Greatest Club in the World)

During the start of 2022, we discussed our detailed strategy for the year.  As part of our ongoing search for sustainable projects, we discussed the possibility to help with the breeding program of some of Africa’s most majestic big cats.

We were motivated by the RTI 5 pillars, one of them being convervation.  This is summarised as follows “To ensure future generations can share in our natural resources and heritage by taking action today in our communities to protect our environment.  We Conserve now, to protect the Future.” 

Too many endangered species are being lost annually and something must be done.  While it is easy to focus on human related projects, a balance between conserving what we have must be achieve.  A large part of our humanity is related to what we leave behind and we cannot imagine a world without the majestic cheetah around.

Not long after, a year long relationship was formed between ourselves and the Fiesty female cheetah, Kiara. With our first tie up done with The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre, we are looking forward to many more to come. 

We look forward to spending some time with Kiara at an upcoming social event with our families.  Here we hope to share the good work we do, whilst having a great time with our members.

Yit

Round Table Jukskei 217

Part of being a member of the best organization in the world, is being able to make an immediate impact on a charity in need.

In the beginning of May, we paid a visit to Just-In-Time Baby Sanctuary to see what basic renovations needed to be made:

• Walls needed painting
• Veggie patch needed to be constructed
• Concrete slab to be laid down as a walkway
• Fertilised the grass
• Build a kiddies sandpit

The wolf pack never shies away from some hard graft and we underestimated this “little project” What should have taken a day, has ended up taking a little more than we anticipated.

That being said, we managed to check off our list for the day and had an absolute blast while doing it. We managed to repaint the whole backyard which gives the element of being bigger than it actually is. Georgina loves it! We may even have a movie night under the stars.

Organizations like Just-In-Time, need the gents from Round Table to help with general maintenance and fixing the odds and ends around the house. In raising funds and actually doing the work, it provides the time and peace of mind, for Georgina to focus her attention on running her organization and providing the children with the love and attention they need.

Lastly, we would not have been able to pull off this so successfully without the gents at Northriding Build-It.

We would like to extend the biggest thanks to the Uys family for their huge contribution towards this very worthy cause. We hope our workmanship justifies your donation.

We will continue to make an impact and drive change. We are loud. You can hear the howling, but our actions will make the loudest noise.

#Howling

Golden East 181 held there annual Easter Egg drive in at their local Pick n Pay Oakfield’s. An early start with a lekker Wimpy toastie, the day was underway.

Our drive consists of a pamphlet detailing our mission with a R1 coin taped to it, enticing the recipient to use the R1 towards their purchase of donated eggs, turned in to a great success with over R10000 worth of Easter Egg donations received for the day.

With the help from our own little ones, these donations were distributed over Easter weekend at various Benoni based children’s homes namely:

• Greater Benoni Child Welfare- Colin House
• Tsidi House
• Kids Haven
• Sonop Karavan Park
• Rynfield Primary School
• Huis Charis

It is always a pleasure running this project and we look forward to next years.

Round Table Golden East 181 (Greatest Club in The World) joined forces with Urban Ruins Projects NPO, Team Hope SA to assist RySky with an outreach on the cold 16 June day of 2022 celebrating Youth Day at Blue Sky Informal Settlement.

Residence of Blue Sky and families residing in an abandoned railways development, joined us in Boksburg and were gifted with the Following:

• 220 hotdogs for the kiddies.
• Around 300kg of hearty vegetables and chicken stew/soup, 200kgs of pap with 20 loaves of bread for +-400 adults.
• 120 or so buddy bottle cold-drinks.
• Around 50 kiddies pre -loved clothed with 3-4 sets of clothes and shoes aging from baby to 10 years old. Individually sorted and
• packaged. Alongside 50 new children beanies and tracksuits.
• 60 new blankets were handed out to the kids and elderly. And 15 pre- loved comforters.
• 50 pre -packed food parcels and 50 meal packs were handed out, along with 250kgs of pasta.
• Oranges were enjoyed by the children; they were also given 50 packets of crisps.
• 300 Kellogg’s snack packs were handed out to the beneficiaries.
• We ended the outreach off with handing out 15 children’s immune boosters and 50 packets of nappies.
• Never forgetting the fur babies in the community (cats and dogs), 75kg of dry pellets were distributed.
• The elderly and physically challenged where assisted to take their meals, blankets and food parcels to their dwellings.
• Never forgetting to mention the transport and other odds and ends that made this day so amazing and possible…

A big thank you to Ilona, Bongani and Tumi. From the community for working side by side with us…without them the above would not be possible.

“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.” – William Arthur Ward

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