{"id":194133,"date":"2018-12-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194133\/primrose-community-showered-with-festive-season-magic\/"},"modified":"2018-12-26T19:49:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T17:49:45","slug":"primrose-community-showered-with-festive-season-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/28\/primrose-community-showered-with-festive-season-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Primrose community showered with festive season magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Primrose community enjoyed a lovely Christmas drive, courtesy of Mamba Security recently.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Mamba Christmas Drive featured the company\u2019s staff, Red Bin Brigade members, Emer-G-Med (Pty) Ltd and Primrose SAPS staff along with a number of community members.<\/p>

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Clad in fun costumes resembling fictional character, the guests gave out sweets to the children at various schools.<\/p>\n

The festivities rolled in with a bang in Primrose, before heading to Edenvale, Bedfordview and Boksburg, with the drive sharing some magic with over 50 schools this year.<\/p>

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Little Eden, Kayla Veretnik (Miss Edenvale 2018), local celebrity Jacques Blignaut, the Edenvale City Improvement District and Hang Up Pictures, joined in all the fun.<\/p>\n

Accompanied by blaring sirens, the group showed up at Totus Tuus Independent School, Little Fishes Nursery, Sparrow\u2019s Nest, Lynn\u2019s Pre-School, Laerskool Die President and Smiley Kids Primrose.<\/p>\n

The organisers thanked Jods Hire Service for their sponsorship of 30 costumes and Promenade Costume Hire for sponsoring four costumes.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s Mamba Christmas Drive brought animated characters to life when they visited over 50 schools in Germiston and surrounding areas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They also thanked the following organisations for their generous donations and sponsorships:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cartoon Candy sponsored lollipops and chips.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Flyerz.co.za for sponsoring 7 000 brochures.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Morpha Dezign for sponsoring stickers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cansa East Rand for their Tok Tokki Mascot.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Digital Rapture for sponsoring raffle tickets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Venter Trailers for sponsoring two trailers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SPAR Karaglen for sponsoring boerewors rolls.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Smoke House for sponsoring viennas and rolls.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harris Motors for sponsoring 2 000 petrol vouchers, 150 cold drinks, 150 packets of chips and 10 bags of ice.<\/p>\n

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Sgt Styles Maome (communications officer for the Primrose police) enjoying the Christmas Drive festivities, surrounded by children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The following companies sponsored red bins:<\/p>\n

Mamba also thanked, Metabo Power Tools SA, GWP Plastics CC, NuLaw Group, Edenvale Methodist Church, FSK Electronics, Regal Distributors, Shermanit, Elvey Security Technologies and Fi Tyres.<\/p>\n

The sponsors totalled an amount of R25 000 raised for the Red Bin Brigade.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of bins, filled with toys, clothing, blankets and food were collected.<\/p>\n

Mamba also thanked everyone for purchasing a raffle ticket.<\/p>\n

The ticket which cost only R10 put participants in line to win one year of free armed response, and an alarm kit, CCTV and many more awesome prizes.<\/p>\n

To make a contribution towards the Red Bin Brigade, SMS \u201cDonation\u201d to 083 300 2975.<\/p>\n