I am once again going to take on the HUGE task of getting all of our Golden Oldies adopted for Christmas this year. We managed to get everyone adopted last year so let’s see what we can achieve this year. The partial name list of pensioners receiving individual boxes that are up for adoption can be found on our Group and Page on FB. The current cost of adopting a single person for Christmas will be about R800. (SAME AS THE PAST 2 YEARS) Even if a group of friends make a joint donation to adopt a Golden Oldie or just add to the Christmas kitty for those who are not yet adopted. Your support will go a long way to help making them feel very special this Christmas. If you can please send me an email with the proof of payment and name of the Golden Oldie you wish to Adopt for Christmas to linda@zpsf.co.za so that I can correctly allocate the donation to the Golden Oldie adopted and send you a thank you note.
Please note only the Gifts are coming up from SA we will still be packing the Food parcels to go with the Gifts in Zimbabwe. The above amount covers a complete box for a Golden Oldie and not just a Gift. Please any amount no matter how small will help us achieve our Goals this Christmas for our Golden Oldies.
As usual things here at the office are hectic as we continue trying to raise funds for the Biggest trip of the year our Special Christmas one. We are currently busy with the paper work to get the Christmas pressies up to Zimbabwe. Once we are in Zims we will then be purchasing and picking up to food for the boxes and doing the final packing. Our nerves are stretched. But it is people like you who keep us going and our faith high and going strong.
With two large trucks we shift around 18-20 tons of non-perishable food and medical aides such as wheelchairs, crutches, walking aids, spectacles and non-scheduled medicines every 8 weeks to our Golden Oldies. Over the past few years funds have trickled down and we are battling to make ends meet in our continued goal to support our pensioners. We firmly believe that had it not been for Hannes’s tenacious and “Bull Terrier” like spirit, this years “roadblocks and curved balls” would have ended this project. Yet as he has said many times to us, “these people are my life and nothing will stop me from serving them with payback”.
We welcome anyone who wishes to come and see our warehouse in Malelane and what we do.
Adopt A Golden Oldie for Christmas $60 via PayPal – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6SPFLV4L39PKU
To donate your own amount via PayPal – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2HXXZLWCERNK6
We are an officially registered Non-Profit Organization and Section 21A in South Africa and are registered with SARS as a Public Benefit Organization in terms of section 18A the Income Tax Act (Which means all donations are issued with a Tax Certificate and can be claimed back). UK supporters can be issued with a Gift Aid Certificate via Heather Milner and the USA account is now a Registered 501(c)3 organization and as such TAX-deductible receipts available for USA donors. We rely totally on the generosity of the public to keep our wheels turning.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
The 3
most important pillars of our cause:
UNIQUENESS – being one of a kind and knowing that the ZPSF is driven by good
will and very passionate members.
TRANSPARENCY – enforcing the rule that all members must be fully informed
before taking part in this noble venture.
ACCOUNTABILITY – Having a traceable paper trail for every cent handled, and
regular revues conducted.
“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Kind Regards
Linda Schultz
Director – Fund Raising & Awareness for the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund
(C) 079 6082676 (T) 013 7900934
Fax to Email – 086 267 8499
Section 21 Co Reg. 2007/034036/08; NPO Number 096733; Section 18A PBO No 930031642
Alone we can do so little, together we can achieve much more!!!!