{"id":180205,"date":"2018-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/180205\/the-red-bin-brigade-honours-their-word-to-rest-a-while\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T13:27:29","slug":"the-red-bin-brigade-honours-their-word-to-rest-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/06\/11\/the-red-bin-brigade-honours-their-word-to-rest-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Bin Brigade honours their word to Rest-A-While"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Bin Brigade held a Cansa Shavathon earlier this year, in partnership with Rest-a-While Service Centre for the Elderly who hosted a market day on the same day to raise funds for those affected by cancer.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Hennie van der Merwe and two other members from the Red Bin Brigade, Terry van der Merwe and Sonje Wheeler, remained true to their word when they visited Rest-A-While to hand over groceries purchased with the proceeds generated on the day.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173982\/community-comes-together-for-cansa-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community comes together for Cansa<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe work with Rest-A-While, Remme-Los Independent Living Centre, Elandsvallei Home for the Aged, Prim Villa Frail Care, and El-Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies and we ask what we can buy with the money donated instead of giving the homes physical cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve found that this helps them identify what they really need and we are able to provide that.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s handover was made possible by the raffle we ran at Rest-A-While, as well as the proceeds from the hot dogs and pancake stands,\u201d said Hennie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to working with the Red Bin Brigade on future projects and we appreciate their ongoing support,\u201d said Trudy Carreira, manager of Rest-A-While.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166173\/taylor-is-determined-to-make-a-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Taylor is determined to make a difference<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" 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