{"id":47951,"date":"2013-11-08T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/47951\/casual-day-ambassador-raises-r10-000orr10-000-for-the-sunshine-association-early-learning-centre\/"},"modified":"2013-11-08T08:58:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T06:58:19","slug":"casual-day-ambassador-raises-r10-000orr10-000-for-the-sunshine-association-early-learning-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2013\/11\/08\/casual-day-ambassador-raises-r10-000orr10-000-for-the-sunshine-association-early-learning-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Casual Day ambassador raises R10 000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Casual Day ambassador Nicole Laxton recently handed over a donation of R10 000 to the Sunshine Association Early Learning Centre, in Elsburg.<\/p>\n

Laxton managed this by organising a fund-raiser at the Bedfordview branch of S.W.E.A.T 1000, on Casual Day.<\/p>

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Paul Rothschild, owner of the S.W.E.A.T franchises countrywide, extended the fund-raiser to all the branches in South Africa, and the donations just poured in as members exercised and generated a lot of sweat at the events.<\/p>\n

Co-ordinator of the Elsburg Sunshine Association Early Learning Centre Michael Ngobeni said: “I express our heartfelt gratitude towards Laxton and Rothschild and the members of the gym for their generous contributions towards our centre.<\/p>

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“We highly appreciate their support.<\/p>\n

“These donations will make it possible for us to continue rendering much-needed early intervention services to our children with special needs.<\/p>\n

“We can never thank them enough.”<\/p>\n

The Sunshine Association partners with business organisations and community groups to grow the capacity of emerging projects for children with disabilities.<\/p>\n

These projects are rolled out over two to three years.<\/p>\n

The Casual Day funds will go towards the operational costs of these projects.<\/p>\n

If the community would like to donate to the centre, contact Ngobeni on 011 827-1738.<\/p>\n

The centre is located in Du Toit Street and appreciates all the assistance it receives from the community.<\/p>\n

As a Casual Day ambassador, Laxton organised fund-raisers, visited early learning centres for children with disabilities, took part in media interviews and used her personal networks to raise awareness of the day.<\/p>\n

Project leader Celeste Vinassa said: “Casual Day is a success, because we have a network of volunteers who contribute their time, energy, enthusiasm and experience to the project.<\/p>\n

“Laxton is committed to being of service to her community and uses her influence and status as a celebrity to do good.<\/p>\n

“It is also important that she speaks from experience when she does her work for Casual Day.”<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old’s empathy for people with disabilities is partly as a result of being diagnosed with absence epilepsy when she was nine years old, and she is also a youth ambassador for Epilepsy SA.<\/p>\n

Laxton is constantly reminded by something that Desmond Tutu once said: “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”<\/p>\n

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