Our Newberry Community Service committee (Marina, Chantall, Deidre, Katie, Noline, Urlene and Evette) are driving a project called “Winter Warm-up Drive”.
There are many in our community who are struggling in various ways, and as winter cold and wetness approaches, so things seem to get more difficult. With this in mind, Newberry House will be collecting scarves, jackets, blankets, jerseys and canned/packet soup for donation to two causes:
- Rape Crisis Helderberg – Rape Crisis Helderberg is a non-profit organization committed to help survivors of rape and abuse overcome their trauma through caring counseling amongst all the people in the Helderberg basin and surroundings. They are in regular need of personal items for those who come to them for help, and as winter approaches can really make use of donated warm clothing items. They have been very touched by our willingness as a school to assist.
- We have many families on the Estate (behind our school) who are in desperate need and barely make it through each month. For the upcoming winter, in addition to any blankets and warm clothing we manage to collect, and in keeping with our Winter Warm-Up theme, we will be collecting canned or packet soup for distribution to these families. Your donations would be so appreciated.
If you are willing to get involved, kindly make donations of the needed clothing and other sundry items by dropping them at the office. We would like to gather as much as possible as quickly as possible so that we can donate the items to these two causes early in June.
Let’s warm up someone’s winter!