{"id":123822,"date":"2016-06-06T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/123822\/tekkie-tax-day-campaign-a-success\/"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:11:11","slug":"tekkie-tax-day-campaign-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/06\/tekkie-tax-day-campaign-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekkie Tax Day campaign a success"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe can\u2019t express our appreciation for every individual, company, school and cr\u00e8che that came out in support of our 2016 Tekkie Tax campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

These were the words of Barbara Bouwer, the director of Germiston Child Welfare, after last Friday\u2019s Tekkie Tax Day.<\/p>

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It is estimated that through the community\u2019s support 900 Tekkie Tax shoelaces and more than 4 000 Tekkie Tax stickers were sold and a portion of these funds will go to child welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funds raised through the campaign will be used to purchase baby milk and baby necessities, as well as for project specific needs such as much-needed maintenance on some of the welfare vehicles,\u201d said Bouwer.<\/p>

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Some of the companies, organisations and schools involved in the project were;<\/p>\n

q Run\/Walk for Life – Edenvale held a morning walk last Friday in support of Tekkie Tax day, which saw more than 50 people walking between 4km and 10km their Tekkie Tax laces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to Belinda Forman and Dolores Gilmour for organising the initiative,\u201d said Bouwer.<\/p>\n