{"id":90121,"date":"2015-05-24T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/90121\/support-tekkie-tax-2\/"},"modified":"2015-05-24T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T11:54:16","slug":"support-tekkie-tax-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/05\/24\/support-tekkie-tax-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Tekkie Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Germiston Child and Family Welfare Society is in high spirits due to Tekkie Tax Day, which takes place on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tekkie Tax is a national fund-raising campaign for nearly 300 welfare organisations, which have joined forces for a big campaign with big impact.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are hoping to get as many local schools, companies, members of the community and anybody else who wants to support Tekkie Tax to get involved,\u201d said the director of Germiston Child Welfare, Barbara Bouwer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is nice about this campaign is that you are not supporting one organisation, but everybody benefits.<\/p>

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\u201cAll the charities that participate fall under the animal, children, basic family and care, education or disability categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you have five different sectors and, underneath all these, you have different organisations; for instance, the SPCA would fall under the animal sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bouwer explained that there are a number of ways in which you can show your support for Tekkie Tax.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the adults’ golf shirts, the children\u2019s T-shirts, shoe laces and the stickers representing the different welfare organisations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf corporates get involved they can have a team-building event at their offices on this day, in support of what we consider to be a very good fund-raising campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking at having an event on May 29 and are in talks with a certain corporates, but nothing has been confirmed yet; otherwise it is just fun for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bouwer also told the GCN that Justine Le Toit, a participant in the Miss Teen Commonwealth pageant (see GCN, April 10), is not the only youngster who has joined forces with Germiston Child Welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong the way we have youngsters who have decided to join and support us, and one of them is Deand\u00e9 Swart,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwart is the Face of KZN and was recently crowned the Face of South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of her pageant campaign participation, she needs to link to a charity or charities of her choice and raise funds for that organisation,” Bouwer explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough mutual contacts we have she was made aware of Tekkie Tax and is now supporting it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is also important for us is that children need to be able to learn to give back to the community and this is a nice way to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes our children are protected from what is happening out in the real world to other children of their age, in less fortunate situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other news, Germiston Child Welfare will have another fund-raising event tomorrow (May 28), at Rodizio Restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cRodizio is a Brazilian restaurant, in Bedfordview, where we will have an adult fund-raiser, and the theme of the day is \u2018Eat as much meat as you can,\u201d explained Bouwer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis also forms part of Child Protection Week, which started on Monday, so all the focus is on children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also selling tickets, if anybody is interested.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, or to participate in Tekkie Tax, contact Germiston Child Welfare on 011 825-3655, or Bouwer on 082 804 8376, or email to her on barbarabouwer@germistonchildwelfare.org.za.<\/p>\n