{"id":194144,"date":"2018-12-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194144\/babies-benefit-from-charitable-deeds\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T11:51:48","slug":"babies-benefit-from-charitable-deeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/12\/14\/babies-benefit-from-charitable-deeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Babies benefit from charitable deeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the true spirit of giving, Wadeville Office National and Wadeville Mica made a stop at El-Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies and Place of Safety on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The two companies donated baby necessities ranging from toiletries to clothes, food and common cleaning agents.<\/p>

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Maryna Druckenbacher, Modiegi Leshilo, Jackie Van Wyk, Sally Pillay, Rina Pellow and Brandon Strydom from Wadeville Office National participated in donating much needed items to El-Shamm h Home for Abandoned Babies and Place of Safety.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Meryse Felix from Mica, who is passionate about the well-being of children, said it was vital to invest in children because they truly are our future leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI live in the area and noticed their sign one day,\u201d said Meryse.<\/p>

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\u201cI felt the need to get involved and help in any way I could when I got home that day. I found their website and got my company involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in children and strongly believe we have to play a part in helping babies and children, on behalf of those who cannot do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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El-Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies and Place of Safety accepts much-needed donations from Wdeville Office National and Wadeville Mica. Maryna Druckenbacher from Wadeville Office National (centre) handed the gifts to managers of the home, Allistair Scholtz and his wife, Merencia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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To make the home\u2019s office a little more efficient, an office solution box containing binders, a shredder and other stationery, was donated.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been in the service of children for 15 years, in the form of community and church projects,\u201d said Maryna Druckenbacher, a sales representative at Office National.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy team at Office National and I love giving back to various homes in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time of the year as we celebrate Christmas, being able to participate in offering donations to those in need, especially babies, warms our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The home\u2019s managers thanked the companies for their donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have companies within our community, and in neighbouring communities, helping us lift the financial burden by taking money from their own pockets to bless our home is heart-warming,\u201d said Merencia Scholtz.<\/p>\n

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