{"id":214348,"date":"2019-08-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214348\/local-students-make-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-animals\/"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:29:20","slug":"local-students-make-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/12\/local-students-make-a-difference-in-the-lives-of-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Local students make a difference in the lives of animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of Mandela Month, the students and facilitators of Design@50 Commercial Jewellery Design Centre, based at Rand Refinery precinct, showed their support for the Alberton SPCA.<\/p>\n

The Design@50 team sponsored a kennel at the SPCA for a year, which will provide food, shelter and primary health care to animals in need.<\/p>

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Determined to make even more of a difference in the lives of animals in need, the team hosted a fund-raising boot camp event at Movement Crew Crossfit in Alberton recently.<\/p>\n

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The students and facilitators of Design@50 Commercial Jewellery Design Centre raised funds for the Alberton SPCA, for Mandela Month, with a boot camp event at Movement Crew Crossfit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Individuals and businesses were invited to support the event by making contributions to the SPCA.<\/p>

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The additional funds, raised by students, allowed the team to donate much-needed dry pet food to the SPCA.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Mandela Month fund-raiser created a strong sense of community and proved to be so much more than just raising money for a good cause,\u201d said Edna de Bruyn, project head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enthusiasm and energy generated by the students during the event created a sense of belonging, of supporting each other and a sense of pride from working together to make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn true Mandela spirit, the Design@50 students stood up and made an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Omphile Sibanda (a student) said after the event, \u201cThis was a fun project full of activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is amazing that everybody has the power to change the world they live in and to make an impact by helping in any way they can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another student, Isabel Bothma, commented, \u201cWe spent time at the SPCA playing with the animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish we could have done more, but the little we could offer made a difference to the SPCA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were delighted by our contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zoea Alberts (a student) said, \u201cRaising funds for the SPCA for Mandela Month was such a positive experience for all of us.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boot camp was very challenging, but we had a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe highlight of the event was definitely taking the donations to the SPCA and spending time with the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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