HomeChoice donates more than 600 Buckets of Love = R77 280.00

We're HomeChoice, a Wynberg-based lifestyle retailer with 570 employees. We 
- staff and directors - donated 322 Buckets of Love to poor families in and around Cape Town.
CWD's Angie (pictured, below) and Michail (above, left) and I (right) had spoken about the campaign to the following departments:
Telemarketing, customer services, back office, collections, FinChoice,
vetting and data -- over half of the company. Whatever quantity of Buckets donated by staff was matched by our chairman Rick Garrat -- and this year we raised R77 280.00.That is truly amazing. Well done, colleagues!
Cara Cato
HR Consultant, HomeChoice

PARMALAT DONATES R24 000 TO 'BUCKETS'

Our special thanks to Parmalat SA for their generous donation of R24 000 to Buckets of Love, which the company identified as its special end-of-year charity for 2010. At the handover (pictured above), CEO Louise Cooke (centre), HR manager Chris Vermeulen and HR assistant Nicky Waterson explained that the hunger and food security issue surrounding the campaign is what truly grabbed the company. Parmalat also donated nine boxes of custard to be added to the contents of some of the buckets.
Ms Cooke is pictured with CWD communications manager Michail Rassool (left) and Pauline Ford, CWD's direct marketing manager and overall interim head of marketing (Photos: Nicky Waterson).

OUR PRINCIPAL BUCKETS FACILITATORS

Let us not forget our amazing Buckets of Love facilitators, who marshalled much of the packing and distribution, not to mention the storage, of the Buckets of Love. I'm talking about Keaton Fieties (always there, from Day 1, and Buckets helper for five years), Anastasia Lakey (our ever-pleasant receptionist) and Jethro D'Offizi (also a great Buckets champion). To their sterling organising skills must go much of the credit for delivery of the thousands of buckets that went out. Well done, team! You guys are simply the best.

LEST WE FORGET...OUR DIRECT BUCKETS MARKETEERS

Let's not forget the role played by those who had a very direct hand in promoting our beloved Buckets of Love campaign, especially the students who stood at traffic lights and handed out Buckets leaflets to motorists. Well done, guys, for handing them all out. You did us proud!

CWD Marketing team

PARISH DEMONSTRATES ITS LOVE AND CARE

St Joseph's parish, Goodwood donated R19 025.00 to the Buckets of Love campaign. According to Marion (pictured, left) and Bob Sang (middle)  and Clive Jacoby (right), who delivered the cheque to CWD, it is the third year the parish has had Buckets as its special campaign; last year, they said, the parish had raised R14 000. The Sangs and Mr Jacoby had high praise for parishioners' responsiveness and their willingness to help others.
They spoke of young people diving into their pockets, even to give R2 towards Buckets of Love, people giving packets of little coins, and just the general enthusiasm for the campaign. They said Portuguese-speaking parishioners were also big contributors.
St Joseph's also had a few fundraising parish events, including a "muffin morning" that raised just under R2 000.
They also related how one individual had seen the Buckets display (bucket and posters) in the church porch, inquired after it, and donated R1 600 then and there. Mr Sang said those driving Buckets at the parish intended to start fundraising much earlier for next year's one.

FATHER AND SONS CARRY OUT THEIR SENSE OF SERVICE

Brothers Andy, 14, (pictured below, left) and Alastair During, 17, hand over Buckets of Love to people of Tafelsig, Mitchell's Plain at CWD's local Community Development Centre. For the brothers, who were accompanied by their father John (pictured above), this was a special duty, a service, making a difference to the Christmas of some of Cape Town's poorest people.

LAVISTOWN SVP SERVES COMMUNITY FOR 34 YEARS

 

Ada Kleinsmith (left, pictured), president of the SVP of St Martin de Porres' Catholic Church, Lavistown, says the group has worked with the poor, elderly, donated food parcels (currently at R3 000 per month), conducted fundraisers and sourced donations in the greater Elsies River area, and beyond (including the Malawi Camp informal settlement and Valhalla Park), for 34 years. Members also volunteer services at local primary health-care clinics, whose facilities are always stretched to the limit. She says the group is glad for the Buckets of Love because they know the need in these areas intimately.