{"id":108459,"date":"2015-12-17T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108459\/bringing-the-joy-of-christmas-to-the-elderly\/"},"modified":"2015-12-17T09:07:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T07:07:58","slug":"bringing-the-joy-of-christmas-to-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/17\/bringing-the-joy-of-christmas-to-the-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing the joy of Christmas to the elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The elderly residents at the SAVF Kowa Pienaar Home, in Elspark, were thrilled by a recent visit from Solidarity Helpende Hand Germiston branch.<\/p>\n

Just in time for Christmas, the members of the group came along to treat the residents to a wonderful lunch.<\/p>

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The event was organised by Joyce Vogel (project leader elderly people, Germiston branch), Jennifer Araujo (vice-chairman, Germiston branch) and Jose Araujo (assisting-member Solidarity).<\/p>\n

The staff and management at Kowa Pienaar welcomed the members with open arms and were hospitable and helpful.<\/p>

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The members organised a special Christmas lunch for the residents consisting of continental potato salad, smoked gammon, sausage rolls, cocktail meat balls and a bread roll with cool drinks and ice cream for dessert.<\/p>\n

The residents enjoyed the lunch tremendously with the Christmas music playing in the back ground.<\/p>\n

The residents of Kowa Pienaar also assist Solidarity in that they knit teddy bears for needy children.<\/p>\n

The toys are made by Annekie Swanepoel and a team of women and they took the lunch as an opportunity to hand-over more teddy bears to the organisation.<\/p>\n

The women were sincerely thanked by Solidarity for their assistance and effort.<\/p>\n