What a week-end!!! But first things first...our Golf Challenge for Forever Angels Place of Safety has been cancelled (as I mentioned earlier on Facebook). This is unfortunate, but we are definitely not going to get discouraged about it!
This week-end saw mrs Dieketseng Gail Maphela-Poole having her birthday party at Forever Angels. This amazing lady decided to include more than 30 disadvantaged children in the festivities. She brought along a huge birthday cake and party packs for each child. Her friends were told NOT to bring gifts for her, but to bring donations that will be used to give these desperate children what they need NOW to grow and thrive. Not only did they bring goods, but they brought truckloads of love....something that these youngsters really need and which is, in my humble opinion, the most important gift you can give any child...disadvantaged or not.
The party was, to say the least, an enormous success. Thanks go to all the friends that brought donations and especially, of course, to mrs Maphela-Poole herself. I hope she had a wonderful birthday and that her new year will bring countless blessings, happiness and prosperity.
Gail did more than just get her friends to bring gifts for the children....she managed to get together people from all races in South Africa....all uniting in one purpose...to provide a better future for the children.
And, people, isn't THAT what it all is about? This foundation's motto is: 'Creating a culture of caring'.....that is my dream. To build a nation, concerned about the future of the children and uniting in efforts to reach out to the disadvantaged by setting an example of giving and caring. To me, that is the most important thing you can teach a child - the art of giving, of caring.
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