Page 2 <strong>GO</strong> & EXPRESS <strong>GO</strong>T A NEWS STORY? Call our news desk on (043) 702-2125. Find us on Facebook <strong>May</strong> 3, <strong>2018</strong> Bringing hope with wheelchairs PnA’s gesture boosts patient MADELEINE CHAPUT THE seventh PnA wheelchair handover took place last week, with beneficiary, Rodney Hodgkinson, receiving a brand new wheelchair sponsored by PnA owners, Darryl and Gussie Eberhardt. Hodgkinson's own wheelchair allegedly disappeared from next to his bed at Frere Hospital just over a month ago. Since then, Hodgkinson, who has not been able to walk independently for the past six years, has made use of a borrowed w h e e l c h a i r. Hodgkinson has suffered two strokes and also suffers from severe arthritis. .“I’m just happy to have my wheelchair back. It feels like I’m sitting on a pocket of air, its much more comfor table,” an emotional Hodgkinson said. PnA, in partnership with the Sweethearts Foundation, kicked off Darryl and Gussie Eberhardt's monthly wheelchair sponsorship in aid of the local community. Through the collection and recycling of bread tags and bottle tops, the sweethearts foundation buy wheelchairs for people in need across the country. PnA decided to partner with various hospitals and organisations , including the Frere Hospital, to alleviate the pressure on these organisations. Each month the Eberhardt's sponsor one wheelchair to a local patient or person in need, as well as continuing their bread tags and bottle tops collection for the Sweethearts Foundation. The average waiting list for a wheelchair in South Africa is three months, with 200 patients on the Frere Hospital waiting list. Frere Hospital donate regularly to the bread tags and bottle tops collection at PnA, with the rest of the East London community joining in and supporting. “Its wonderful to see the entire community coming together to support this cause,” PnA marketer Heinrich Fuls said. WHEELCHAIR DRIVE: Rodney Hodgkinson (front, centre) sits in his new wheelchair recently donated to him by PnA. Pictured with Hodgkinson are, from left, PnA mascot Penny, Gussie Eberhardt, PnA manager Elmarie Krause, Frere Hospital occupational therapist, Sibulele Robi and acting Frere Hospital manager Joy Scholl Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT Trail walk to raise funds for SPCA’s furry friends MADELEINE CHAPUT THE East London SPCA will be having a fundraising trail walk, hosted at Table 58, on Sunday, The morning will see families, including their furry members, walk the 5km mountain bike trail near Cafe Du Jardin.The walk will start at 9am, leaving from Table 58. Each participant will receive either a free beer (over 18s) or a cool drink upon completing the route. “We're hoping as many people as possible will come and enjoy the morning with us and bring their pets along with them,” SPCA fundraiser, Margaret Pautz, said. The funds raised on the day will all go towards the various running costs of the SPCA, including medication and pet food. “These funds will most likely go towards our medical bills, which is where they are needed the most right now,” Pautz said. Between de-worming medication, vaccinations and various other treatments for the animals at the SPCA, the non-profit organisation spends R40000 to R60000 a month on medical bills. “Pet food is another one of our COAT KING WHOLESALERS Ladies Berets................................ R 40 Asst Winter Hats....................from R 90 Ladies Asst New Jackets............... R200 Ladies Hoodies.............................. R 80 Mens Formal Pants...................... 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Rotary Arcadia gives pupils a boost MADELEINE CHAPUT A VISIT from Rotary Arcadia members to judge a decorative project at the school recently had Thoboshana Primary School pupils excited. At the end of last year, thanks to the Jacobsson Trust, the Rotary Club of Arcadia donated mobile library cupboards to each of the eight classrooms at the school. Over the last few months, pupils were asked to decorate these cupboards, highlighting the importance of reading. On Thursday last week, the president of the Rotary Club of Arcadia, Rommy Naude, viewed all the cupboards and chose a w i n n e r. Grade 2 teacher, Zaleka Fadana's class were the overall winners, receiving a funky disco ball to brighten up the reading corner in their classroom. The school, which started Relieving Cape Town’s thirst SIVENATHI <strong>GO</strong>SA A FEW months ago, Cape Town was in dire need of water as the dams were running dry due to a lack of rain. East Londoner, Talita va n der Heever, started a social media campaign after she read about Day Zero that was scheduled for April 12, when Cape Town was expected to run dry. However, Van der Heever took it upon herself to make sure the people of Cape Town did not suffer from the shortage of water by sending a WhatsApp voice note to hundreds of East Londoners, asking people to donate two five-litre bottles of water to be sent to Cape Town. “I went to the bathroom, flushed my toilet and recorded it on my phone saying, ‘This sound of toilet flushing and tap opening is the sound we take for granted in our everyday lives, and in Cape Town this sound is going to disappear soon’,” Van der Heever said. out as a small farm school in 1989, now caters for more than 300 pupils and has undergone extensive renovations and refurbishments through Rotary Arcadia. Her idea quickly went viral on social media and in less than 24 hours, her phone was flooded with messages, from farmers offering to transport the water on their empty trucks to businesses offering their locations as drop-off points. Van der Heever said her phone hasn’t stopped ringing The Rotary Club became involved with the school in 2011 and has since, through various sponsors and donors, renovated school buildings, put in new flooring and water tanks and she still daily receives hundreds of messages of support from people all over South Africa, including Durban, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and even outside the country from Namibia. “Drop-off points were set up in each of these cities with the help of Gift of the Givers, WITH GRATEFUL THANKS: Thoboshana Primary School principal Nandi Qinela, lef t, receives a Vocational and a Community certificate from Rotary Arcadia's president, Rommy Naude Picture: MADELEINE CHAPUT and installed a new kitchen and made many other improvements. “I am flabbergasted at the improvements Thoboshana has gone through in such a short time, not only thanks PRECIOUS CAR<strong>GO</strong>: Talita van der Heever loads water that was donated by East London residents during the water crisis in Cape Tow n Picture: SUPPLIED a nationwide disaster relief charit y,” Van der Heever said. “I grew up on a farm, and farmers who bring their products to East London return with empty trucks to Cape Town. So I thought that maybe they could carry the water with them. We managed to donate 800 000 litres of water in total.” to Rotary, but also to the principal, who has been fiercely dedicated to her students and school,” Naude said. After nearly 30 years with little to no involvement from the Department of Education, principal Nandi Qinela has managed to get them to assist. The Department of Public Works has also chipped in, offering to do the physical work involved in renovating the school grounds, with the building materials being provided by Rotary. For her dedication and hard work towards improving the school, Qinela was awarded a Vocational and a Community certificate by the Rotary Club. “There is an art to running a school as well as Nandi has. She had created a positive, vibrant and safe learning environment and we just wanted to acknowledge her and the instrumental role she has p l ay e d , ” Naude said.
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