{"id":174529,"date":"2018-03-12T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174529\/recycling-project-to-help-get-needy-wheelchairs\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T21:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T19:00:34","slug":"recycling-project-to-help-get-needy-wheelchairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/03\/12\/recycling-project-to-help-get-needy-wheelchairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling project to help get needy wheelchairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rest-a-While Service Centre for the Elderly thanks MG Bag in Fishers\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Hill for donating some woven bags to the centre.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The bags will be used to store the bread tags and bottle tops the centre collects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bags will make it so much easier to pack and transport the bottle tops and bread tags,\u201d said Trudy Carreira, manager of Rest-a-While.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Rest-a-While Service Centre for the Elderly is now a national drop off point for the Sweethearts Foundation which collects all the plastic bottle tops and bread tags to be recycled in order to donate wheelchairs to needy people.<\/p>\n<p>You can visit www.sweetheartsfoundation.org or contact Trudy on 082 366 4010 for more information regarding the recycling project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173569\/rest-a-while-bids-a-fond-farewell-to-couple\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rest-a-While bids a fond farewell to couple<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/172330\/rest-a-while-sends-water-to-the-cape\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rest-a-While sends water to the Cape<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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