The Mossel Bay Advertiser was challenged to pay it forward with a random act of kindness. We were given seven days to complete the challenge.
The day (Thursday, 27 February) started off with a transport company (which did not want to be named) picking them up at Benevolent Park and taking them to the picturesque Harry Giddey Park. Unfortunately, due to high swells following the previous day's wind, we could not take up the Romonza's offer of a free trip around Seal Island.
However, although Harry Giddey Park might seem as a mundane alternative destination, the residents of Benevolent Park thoroughly enjoyed the outing – some have never seen the mini-zoo and some haven't gone there since their childhood days.
Francois Conradie, who works at the Harry Giddey park kindly showed the ladies around.
Our next stop was another trip down memory lane: an old Elvis Presley film, Blue Hawaii, at the Monroe Theatre. The Monroe Theatre is situated in the quaint vintage shop Déjà Vu, run by Joan and De Waal Carstens.
After the movie, they were served delicious filled pancakes, prepared by the Carstens – the 'secret' ingredient (pilchards) sponsored by Afrofishing Mossel Bay.
The residents of Benevolent Park also didn't leave empty-handed: each one was given a hamper filled with goodies, kindly made available by our wonderful sponsors.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this day possible (in no specific order):
- Monroe Theatre / Déjà Vu
- Fruit & Veg (fruit and vegetable hampers)
- Sizanani (sweets and treats hampers)
- Afrofishing (cans of pilchards)
- The Romonza
- The transport company who ferried around the senior citizens (they wanted to remain anonymous)
- RNA (magazines)
- Francois Conradie for the guided tour.
We have challenged Curro Private School, as well as Herbie Oosthuizen & Associates Attorneys to pay it forward with a random act of kindness.
Fruit & Veg Voorbaai prepared 20 parcels for the residents of Benevolent Park. When he heard about our Necknominations project, Stefan Bock, without delay, had the parcels made up.
Dewald Lourens, owner of Afrofishing, donated 10 pallets of canned
fish for distribution among the beneficiaries.
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