Help the Hungry this winter
Just think of how lucky you are to have a warm bed, clean clothes and a full tummy. What about helping the homeless and hungry out this very cold winter? Tastic and Unite Against Hunger are doing a huge community feed on Wednesday in Newtown Park for four days.. read below for more. You can help: SMS the word TASTIC to 36973 – sms’s cost R5
Tastic in partnership with Unite Aga…
inst Hunger have established a Tastic Rice Kitchen in central Johannesburg’s Newtown Park, which will be up and running from the morning of the 21st of June 2006 and will be filling more tummies with warmth for four days. The Tastic Rice Kitchen is being set up to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for charities, the homeless and the destitute in Johannesburg.
The kitchen opens at 7am on the day of the Winter Solstice, which is the longest, and often coldest, night of winter. Newtown Park is adjacent to the Mary Fitzgerald Square and is therefore a central and easily accessible location. A number of South Africa’s celebrities have volunteered to assist in the kitchen over the four-day period, including the likes of Gerry Rantselli, Yvonne Chaka-Chaka and Brumilda van Rensburg.
Says Jimmy Manyi Tiger Brands Group Executive: Corporate Affairs, “The Tastic Rice Kitchen project aims to feed more than 10 000 highly nutritious, Tastic rice meals to thousands of hungry and homeless people in Gauteng, who suffer greatly during the winter months. We have invited organisations ranging from old age homes to children’s shelters to bring those in their care for a hearty meal. We will also be providing meals to walk-ins off the street. Our objective is to provide nourishment to the many people who usually don’t manage to get much to eat at all, let alone anything nutritious and filling.”
An SMS fundraising initiative has also been established, to enable members of the public to play a role in Uniting Against Hunger. Manyi adds, “Anyone who would like to help feed the hungry this winter can SMS the word TASTIC to 36973. A donation of R5 will be made to the Tastic “More Tummies Full of Warmth” campaign. We are hoping that the SMS campaign will enable us to feed additional hungry South Africans.”
Everyone sending an SMS will be automatically entered into a weekly draw, to stand the chance of winning a Tastic hamper to the value of R500. Tiger Brands’ corporate social responsibility partner, United Against Hunger, is the campaign beneficiary.
Manyi concludes, “Winter 2006 is looking like it might be the longest and coldest we’ve experienced in Gauteng in a long time. We are pleased that we are able to make a small difference this season to some of Joburg’s poor, even if it just means giving them tummies full of food and warmth for these four days.”
Anyone wishing to volunteer to assist in the Tastic Rice Kitchen, or charities wishing to bring people for a good meal, should contact Sharne or Wendy at Soapbox Studios on (011) 327-1540 or at sharne@soapboxstudio.co.za .
For further information on United Against Hunger visit Unite Against Hunger For more information go to Tastic, or for information go here Tiger Brands.
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