Running for I Care

Two Oceans runners, Pete Grassow and Mark Duncan have challenged themselves to run 300 days this year for a minimum of 5 km or half an hour each day.
Their aim is to raise R100,000 in 2012 for I Care to help us to take more children off the streets by establishing a centre in Pietermaritzburg.
So how can you help? If you donate R1 for every run it works out at R300 for the year. If Pete and Mark raise enough awareness and get 300 people to support them, the R100,000 target will be reached pretty easily! You can donate safely on line through their BackaBuddy site: http://backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/irun4icare. They had already run for 100 days by May 1st. You will be able to check their daily progress on http://irun4icare.weekly.com/.
For more information call 031 572 6870 or check on the websites above.

Ninth Annual Golf Day

Our ninth Annual Golf Day on Thursday, April 12 at Royal Durban Golf Club was a great success - as usual - and all the players vowed to return next year. We have received several really complimentary e-mails from some of the golfers. The weather also played its part and the sun shone all day.
The first prize - a cordless drill for each player, donated by Process Pipes, an Andy C design card holder and Whiskey from A & M Accounting - was won by the team from the George in Umhlanga, represented by Peter Ely (centre) and Mike Wheeler (on left) pictured above receiving their prizes from Denise Cochrane, I Care Chairman.
Second prize was won by Ashwin and King Naidoo from Ian Wyles Auctioneers and the Third Prize by Greg Payne and John McKnight from CLA. The raffle - a Weber braai - was won by Mervyn du Pont.
Following the golf the players all retired to the club house where they enjoyed a good meal, cost included in the Green Fees and provided by the Royal Golf Club's own chef. There was a special talk by one of our old boys, Mnqobi and this was followed by the auction sale of pictures l in all, a most enjoyable day, according to the participants and I Care staff.

Durban Harbour Trip

On Thursday, April 5 Wilhelmsen Ships Service took the house boys and three parents on a trip around Durban Harbour on the Sarie Marais Pleasure Cruise followed by a very nice Easter Lunch at the Wilson's Wharf Spur Restaurant.

Needless to say they all enjoyed themselves enormously. We at I Care are most grateful for the continued support we receive from Wilhelmsen management and staff. It is because of such kindness that our boys can look forward to a brighter future than that of living on the streets.