At each of our 10 career campuses, all our students under the determined eye of the SRC, are encouraged to dedicate their time and effort to serve their community in one way or another. Pretoria Campus stood out amongst all the other campuses by dedicating a huge amount of time and effort to support those in their community who are less fortunate than they are. The SRC organised a whole variety of activities to ultimately raise money and give their time to the helpless and the underprivileged.
At the beginning of this year they chose to support the Potato Foundation, who is responsible for underprivileged children and providing what they need (i.e. food, sports equipment, and shelter for the homeless children). Students from the Pretoria Campus decided to hold a Barefoot Day to experience first-hand what it felt like not having shoes. Facilitators and staff alike donated enough shoes to fill two large boxes for which the staff of the Potato Foundation was most grateful.
RAG was another great social event which forced the students to work extremely hard, all in the name of charity. They worked long hours building a float and then had great fun collecting money by means of “blikskud”. The photos should say it all.
The big drive this year was their continuous support for the WetNose charity. WetNose is known as the no-kill shelter that looks after rescued dogs, cats, horses and other farm animals that have been neglected, abused and confiscated. Rehabilitated animals are up for adoption as soon as they recover. R800 was raised by the students on Charity Fridays where they donated dog and cat food and blankets for the cold winter months that followed.
Each Friday students took turns to drive out to the shelter and assisted in walking over 200 dogs, to the great delight of the shelter’s staff, who had limited resources. The students had very emotional experiences but admitted that it made them feel very proud and they are still involved in contributing of their time to this noble cause.
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