100 pairs of shoes donated

Thanks to Professional Schoolwear and Mrs Rustenburg

Rustenburg – Mrs Rustenburg, Chantel Krause, and the team from Professional Schoolwear surprised 100 children from the David Brink Happie Hoeikie with a brand-new pair of shoes and socks on Tuesday, 22 May.

This generous donation to the value of R15 000 was part of the Professional Schoolwear reach-out programme and for many of these children, due to circumstance, a pair of new school socks would not have been an option this year, let alone a brand-new pair of shoes!

The David Brink Happie Hoekie is a feeding project where Mrs Rustenburg, with the help of her husband Stephan and father Bennie Goosen feed 165 needy children on a weekly basis and provide these kids with warm porridge every morning.

With the help of Chantel Krause, Mrs Rustenburg 2017/2018, and Jakkie Goosen, who managed the entire project they able to arrange extra pairs of socks and gloves for all the students, ensuring that these kids will be snug and warm on this cold winter days.

To celebrate this gift Mrs Rustenburg’s Stephan Krause and Bennie Goosen prepared a delicious treat for all 165 children and their generous sponsors.

Mrs Rustenburg told the Platinum Weekly newspaper that it was a joy to be able to help these young kids: “The gratitude and excitement showed in the eyes of these young and innocent young learners, as they came to realize that the next day as well as the rest of this cold winter, they would have a warm pair of socks and a brand new, comfortable pair of school shoes... was amazing!”

Chantel wished to thank all the sponsors who helped make this day possible: “First and foremost, to the guys at Professional Schoolwear, without their support and kind-heartedness, none of this would have been possible; and also to Naomi Pasino from StaanSaam Rustenburg, Adelè and her team, Marinel, Margaret, Wendy of LifeLine, Lariozette, Maritza, all the sponsors who wished to remain anonymous and  Jessica for all the efforts that had contributed to making this day possible.

If you would like to get involved in helping with the next charity event, be sure to contact Mrs Rustenburg, Chantel Krause on 072-912 2434 or follow her on facebook: chantelkrause-Mrs