SIM SA Challenge
Cotlands is the official charity of the SIM SA Challenge this September. The event is an outcome oriented 3 day team challenge, designed to improve executive performance in the workplace. Click here for more.
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Latest Events & Fundraisers
Cotlands Community Centre opens its doors
Cotlands’ Home Based Care (HBC) programme in Soweto finally got its own home when this national children’s charity officially cut the ribbon to open its new “Cotlands Community Centre” in Diepkloof, Soweto on September 8.
Parkview Senior School
Jonathon Everatt of Parkview Senior School, Johannesburg, raised R900
for Cotlands through his school's 'Entrepreneurial Day'. This is when
the children make their own products and sell to other children, so that
they learn the value of money, hard work and so on. Jon thought it would
be good to raise money for a cause rather than simply for profit, and he
suggested Cotlands. He sold AIDS ribbons (attached to Cotlands leaflets)
and so thanks go to all those who bought from him - and all our best
wishes to Cotlands!
1 kid 4 weeks 2009
Partnering with Ronald McDonald, team Arcay aimed to bring smiles to the faces of the 60 children at Cotlands. And, it was MISSION ACCOMPLISHED both on Wednesday and Friday.
Impact
We certainly provided them with ‘something different’. During our first visit on Wednesday, 30 September, Ronald McDonald performed his circus show for the 21 children at the sanctuary between the ages of three and six. After the show, Ronald McDonald and the Arcay team had loads of fun, encouraging the children to try out circus acts including stilt walking, juggling and plate spinning, all of which are good for gross motor development and hand-eye-co-ordination. The children who participated were presented with certificates at their ‘graduation ceremony’ on Friday, 02 September.
Our second visit, which included all 69 children, brought with it tricks and treats. It started with the graduation ceremony for the eager circus school participants, followed by Ronald McDonald’s magic show, which had the children mesmerised. Each child was also presented with a ‘pocket pal’, a small hand knitted doll knitted by a dedicated team of Arcay knitters during September, and a party pack of goodies. The children loved the pocket pals, but like all children, really enjoyed the goodies which are a real treat for them. We also presented Cotlands with a cheque to the value of R20 000.00, the money having been raised by us during the month of September by holding twice weekly ‘cake and candy’ sales, a raffle for some good South African wine and a donation from a partner company and Arcay Communications.
Highlights
While the most significant highlight has to be the response of the children at Cotlands – their excitement, delight and the thrill of being able to participate – the amount of money that we raised, the enthusiasm and drive of the Arcay team, were as important. Our small team is truly formidable!
Latest Events
As a member of the World Wide Palliative Care Alliance, HPCA together with its member hospices in South Africa will commemorate World Hospice and Palliative Care Day on 10 of October. All around the world, there are people who need hospice and palliative care that cannot access it. One of the major barriers is a lack of understanding about what hospice and palliative care is and how it can benefit people.
Voices for Hospices:
Linked to World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is an international musical event that takes place every 2nd year, “Voices for Hospice” Hospices in countries around the world hold musical events on the 10th October at 19h30 our local time, and the music carries on around the world for 24 hours
The objective of the event is also to raise funds and awareness for hospice and palliative care in your region and around the world.
What are the aims of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
To share our vision to increase the availability of hospice and palliative care throughout the world by creating opportunities to speak out about the issues
To raise awareness and understanding of the needs – medical, social, practical, spiritual – of people living with a life limiting illness and their families.
To raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world.
Theme:
“Discovering your voice”.
This year, the voices of people living with life-limiting illness, their carers and families will be heard to show the importance of hospice and palliative care and what it means to them. Policy makers and key people who can influence the development of hospice and palliative care will be encouraged to speak out about this important issue.
To get more information please visit www.worldday.org
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Fatkid Ironman
My name is Keith Connelly and I am a recovering fat boy. Recently I took the intimidating decision to take on the challenge Ironman SA 2010; one of the main motivations for me taking the challenge on is the huge mental aspect of Ironman not to mention the physical challenge. Certainly Ironman can be seen as by far the toughest single day endurance event in the world. The added motivation for doing something as silly as Ironman is to do it for a worthwhile cause, which would make completing such a gruelling event great deal more meaningful. I selected Cotlands as I believe it be a forerunner of South African charities and the work it does for the orphaned and underprivileged kids of SA is invaluable. I would like to challenge anybody to bet me on my completion of Ironman 2010 with all the proceeds going to Cotlands. You can contact me through my Facebook page/group “Fatkid Connelly does Ironman ’10 for Cotlands
Lexmark Printer Donation
The Lexmark printer was delivered and installed in East London and we showed Nomapha how to use it.
As you can see, she was quite excited.
Tom Boardman's message on the Nedbank website
