The Friends of Valkenburg Trust will be hosting their first casual day initiative this year and is calling on the community to support them with their fundraiser in order to keep various projects running at the Valkenburg hospital in Observatory. Events coordinator, Marsha van den Berg, urged the public to come forward and contribute towards the project. “It is important that we at all times raise money because without funds we are unable to host projects that these patients benefit from on a daily basis. We therefore decided that we are going to host our very own casual day, making it the first project of such kind at the hospital,” she said.
Hospital volunteers will be selling casual day stickers from their offices in Observatory, which will go towards their daily projects. All monies raised from these stickers will go towards the purchasing of various materials and items needed to continue our projects at the hospitals. "Because there are various projects that these patients engage in, we are forced to raise these funds to cover each and every one of it,” she explained.
Those who purchase tickets for the casual day are encouraged to wear clothing according to their theme. “Once you purchase the sticker you will find that the theme says ‘come on board’, and therefore we are asking you to come on board and support us on this initiative and wear your blue clothing in support of the Friends of Valkenberg for only R10." She added that R4 will go towards the Trust.
Van den Berg said that there are 40 volunteers that will do their time at the hospital hosting various projects with the patients throughout the year. “We have volunteers from various places, including international males and females who come to support and help these patients with various projects on a daily basis. It is amazing to see how they work with these patients and how they put their every bit in what they do,” she explained.
Van den Berg added that most of the project ideas come from the volunteers themselves. “They have started arts and crafts projects, hair salon and cooking projects and various other interesting projects to keep the friends of Valkenberg busy,” she said. “Because it costs to buy items for these projects, we are forced to do fundraising to purchase the material. Everything works on money at the hospital and if we can’t keep up at it, we won’t be able to afford to continue these projects,” she said.
She encouraged the broader community especially youth to come on board with this year’s project. “We have various students from the University of Western Cape who are assisting us on these projects and encouraging more students to come forward to assist. We are however calling on more people to do voluntary work, assisting on these projects."
Those who are interested in volunteering will be interviewed by the volunteer coordinator before working with patients. To know more about the Friends of Valkenberg Trust or how you can contribute towards the casual day fundraiser, contact Marsha van den Berg on 082 494 8920 call their offices on 021-4472092. VOC (Aishah Cassiem)
Hospital volunteers will be selling casual day stickers from their offices in Observatory, which will go towards their daily projects. All monies raised from these stickers will go towards the purchasing of various materials and items needed to continue our projects at the hospitals. "Because there are various projects that these patients engage in, we are forced to raise these funds to cover each and every one of it,” she explained.
Those who purchase tickets for the casual day are encouraged to wear clothing according to their theme. “Once you purchase the sticker you will find that the theme says ‘come on board’, and therefore we are asking you to come on board and support us on this initiative and wear your blue clothing in support of the Friends of Valkenberg for only R10." She added that R4 will go towards the Trust.
Van den Berg said that there are 40 volunteers that will do their time at the hospital hosting various projects with the patients throughout the year. “We have volunteers from various places, including international males and females who come to support and help these patients with various projects on a daily basis. It is amazing to see how they work with these patients and how they put their every bit in what they do,” she explained.
Van den Berg added that most of the project ideas come from the volunteers themselves. “They have started arts and crafts projects, hair salon and cooking projects and various other interesting projects to keep the friends of Valkenberg busy,” she said. “Because it costs to buy items for these projects, we are forced to do fundraising to purchase the material. Everything works on money at the hospital and if we can’t keep up at it, we won’t be able to afford to continue these projects,” she said.
She encouraged the broader community especially youth to come on board with this year’s project. “We have various students from the University of Western Cape who are assisting us on these projects and encouraging more students to come forward to assist. We are however calling on more people to do voluntary work, assisting on these projects."
Those who are interested in volunteering will be interviewed by the volunteer coordinator before working with patients. To know more about the Friends of Valkenberg Trust or how you can contribute towards the casual day fundraiser, contact Marsha van den Berg on 082 494 8920 call their offices on 021-4472092. VOC (Aishah Cassiem)
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