{"id":97495,"date":"2015-08-27T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97495\/youngsters-show-how-much-they-care\/"},"modified":"2015-08-27T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T08:22:59","slug":"youngsters-show-how-much-they-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/08\/27\/youngsters-show-how-much-they-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngsters show how much they care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sinbad Nursery School and Cr\u00e8che celebrated Mandela Day recently, in a very different way.<\/p>\n

They collaborated with a church on a project called \u201cBlessing in a Bag\u201d.<\/p>

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The aim of the project was to fill brown paper bags with any necessities, as indicated on the bag (for example, oil, soup, canned food, etc.).<\/p>\n

The project was started by Word and Life Church in Sunward Park, Boksburg, to help collect daily necessities for the less fortunate.<\/p>

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The church collects, sorts and distributes these brown paper bags to people who live in extreme poverty.<\/p>\n

The Germiston-based school\u2019s children and parents came together to make the project a success and collected goods between July 27 and August 6.<\/p>\n

Each child was given a brown paper bag to fill.<\/p>\n

The staff and teachers also participated in the project and all the bags came back filled.<\/p>\n

The school collected 94 full bags in total, which were delivered to the church on August 14, by the Grade R pupils.<\/p>\n

Chalene Steenkamp, the marketing coordinator, for the school said: \u201cWe regard Mandela Day as not only doing good on a specific day, but doing good things every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much need in our world today, and we have the responsibility to teach our children the value of caring and giving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe challenge other business to do something good for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n