Community Engagement 2011

HALL INITIATIVES

In the first term Drostdy Hall hosted Little Flower Pre-School for a fun afternoon on the 11 March on the lawns in front of the Drostdy Dining Hall. The Drostdy Community Engagement Reps and volunteers organised a jumping castle, cupcakes, face painting, soccer and other activities for the children. Some of the Drostdy students double booked their lunch on that day and donated their double booked portion in lieu of a packed lunch for a child and therefore each child received a packed lunch.

The students of Drostdy also participated in a bucket list project which was initiated last year and was a great success and they decided to run it again this year. The students filled buckets with non-perishable food items. This was also a competition between the Drostdy residences to see which residence filled the most buckets. These buckets were given as a gift at the end of the year to the Drostdy Catering and Housekeeping staff to thank them for their service. Leftover buckets were given to Little Flower Pre-School.

Bucket List Project 2011 - handover to Housekeeping Staff

The Community Engagement Reps purchased cutlery and crockery for N.V Cewu School's soup kitchen from funds raised last year and these items were handed over to the school.

Handing over items to N.V Cewu School for their soup kitchen

RESIDENCE INITIATIVES:

ALLAN GRAY HOUSE:

SPCA visits
Students participated each day during Community Engagement Week
End of year clothes collection

CELESTE HOUSE:

Collecting bread caps for the Settlers Hospital “Bread Tags for Wheelchairs” project.
Donated books to a Primary School in Durban. The Celeste Warden attended a Pharmacy Conference in Durban and the donating of the books was an initiative of the conference and Celeste House decided to support this initiative

GRAHAM HOUSE:

SPCA visits
Collected money to purchase a microwave for Baba, a Drostdy Kitchen Attendant, for his retirement and as a token of appreciation for his service.
Clothing collection

OAKDENE HOUSE:

Donated R955 to Luzuko Pre-School by purchasing a swing and puzzles for them
Participated in cleaning activities at Luzuko Pre-School
Visited the Senior Citizen Centre in extension 9

PRINCE ALFRED HOUSE:

Celebrated Nelson Mandela Day at Extension 9 schools
Clothes collections
4^th term stationery drive to be donated to Little Flower Pre-School

PA House celebrated Nelson Mandela Day at Ext 9 Schools