 A ‘Cops-4-Cancer’ project was initiated by Captain Beryl Adami of the Uitenhage SAPS, in 2009 after the decision was made to support the fight against cancer. The project was well supported by the police and the local community.
On 20th August, 2010, a 5km fun walk / run and a mini Carnival was organised. CANSA was invited to conduct a shavathon, together with the Bloodbank, who held a blood donation drive. Amongst the carnival events was a tea garden, where people paid an amount of R20 for tea and cake.
All this activity and fundraising culminated in an amount of R13 000 being raised, and The Sunflower Fund are the grateful recipients of this donation this year. Captain Adami was ecstatic about the amount of money that had been raised. “It was good to see the camaraderie between the different departments. The event was well supported by the SAPS and this support is indicative of how this disease affects both the victims and their families alike. Due to its success, we hope to make this event an annual one”, said Capt. Adami. |
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Fine Dining and Wine Tasting |
 Butcher Boys in Hillcrest and VDP (distributors of fine wines and coffees) are hosting an evening of dining and wine tasting in association with Post House Wine Estate. The event takes place on Tuesday, 27th July at 7.00pm at Butcher Boys in the Heritage Market. Tickets are R230 per person and include a delicious three course meal and wine tasting. Thirty percent of the proceeds from the wine sales will be donated to The Sunflower Fund to help them recruit and tissue type potential bone marrow stem cell donors for inclusion on the South African Bone Marrow Registry.
The Sunflower Fund’s Tricia Jelliman with Jan-Nico Coetzee of VDP and Guy Cluver of Butcher Boys Hillcrest. |
This fabulous event, also sponsored by Milady’s and Baby City, takes place on Friday, 3rd September between 8.00am and 12noon and all 420 tickets have been sold out! We are however still looking for goodie bag items and prizes. Please contact Stephanie on
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or 078 207 9041 should you be able to help out.
Getting into the Pink Princess theme for the 5th Annual Mum's Mail High Tea in Association with The Sunflower Fund are Tenley Cummings and Stephanie Berry of The Sunflower Fund with sponsors Cindene Smith of La Lucia Mall, Helet Byron of Sanlam and editor of the Mum's Mail, Alice Leah. |
 Buy a Lexus from Lexus Gateway between now and the 31st August 2010 and R1000, from every car sold, will be donated to The Sunflower Fund. This R1000 will be used to pay for the tissue typing of a potential bone marrow stem cell donor for inclusion on The South African Bone Marrow Registry. The more donors on the Registry, the more hope leukaemia sufferers have of finding their life saving donor match. For more information contact Jaco van Buuren on 031 580 4100 or 082 564 7559. Make sure you quote ‘Sunflower’. Lexus Gateway will in addition contribute R15 for every test drive during this period. Ts&Cs apply.
Celebrating The Lexus Sunflower Fund Winter Special are Claire Needle and Jaco van Buuren from Lexus Gateway with Stephanie Berry of The Sunflower Fund. |
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GIVE BACK YOUR 67 MINUTES IN SUPPORT OF MANDELA DAY
BRIGHTWATER COMMONS SUNDAY 18TH JULY JOHANNESBURG
Mandela Day is an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual ability to make an imprint and change the world around them.
The Sunflower Fund and it’s partner South African National Blood Services (SANBS) unequivocally support Mandela Day (July 18) and have joined hands with numerous charities to make it easy for YOU to give back.
Mandela Day has been recognised as an annual international “Day of Humanitarian Action” to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy. We call on anyone in Johannesburg to join us at Brightwater Commons and give back your 67 minutes in some way on the day.
Donate blood if you meet the criteria, Visit The Sunflower Fund staff and find out how simple it is to become a bone marrow stem cell donor and be the hope in the life of a young leukaemia patient. We will also be recruiting a small number of donors on the day.
The other participating charities are:
- Little Eden
- Organ Donor Foundation
- 4PAWS
- DBV SPCA
- Baby Moses Baby Sanctuary
- Jo’berg Child Welfare
Mandela Day is not a holiday – it is a day for all of us to opt in and show that we can all make an impact. |
 Beautifully created and carefully crafted quilts, made by quilters from Creative Quilters, the Goodhope Quilter’s Guild and the Table Mountain Quilters, were delivered to the office of The Sunflower Fund in Westlake Lifestyle Centre recently. Since October 2009, when The Sunflower Fund’s ‘Rope of Hope’ campaign came to a close, ladies from these quilting guilds have been hard at work , stitching together the most amazing quilts and duvet covers. Schools throughout the peninsula donated back Bandanas, and these were collected, tied together into a rope, in excess of 4 kilometres! This was displayed at The V & A Waterfront. The inspiration of last year’s Bandana design – ‘Circles of Life’ – provided the perfect answer to The Sunflower Fund, as to what to do with these wonderful creations. Children’s Homes, caring for orphanages and abandoned children, hospices and hospitals were contacted, and there have been many happy recipients of these colourful quilts and duvet covers. The Sunflower Fund is indebted to these quilters, who share their passion – ‘Share a Little, to Save a Life’. Seen proudly displaying the fruits of their creative endeavours, are Elizabeth Davey, Karen Nicole and Ann van der Riet of the Table Mountain Quilters. |
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Sunflower duvets for Red Cross Hospital |
 Red Cross Hospital staff showing off their Sunflower Bandana duvets created by Alison Price, are Sister Michael, Professor Wendy Spearman, Dr Peter Nourse and Sister Pieters.
Alison Price spent many hours in ward E2 of the Red Cross Hospital when her little girl Lara was in need of a liver transplant. Sadly Lara did not make it but Alison will never forget the love and dedication of the hospital staff.
Alison contacted The Sunflower Fund in KZN and was sent the bandanas from their ‘Rope of Hope’. She has since created sixty duvets for the hospital which really brighten up the ward and lift the spirits of the young patients.
Our vision for the ‘Rope of Hope’ is that the bandanas give hope to those in need on a daily basis and not just on National Bandana Day. “Thank you Alison for fulfilling this vision”.
Should you wish to participate in the KZN ‘Rope of Hope’ at SUNCOAST on Sunday, 19th September please email
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 Seen at the launch of Eat and Art @ Nourish on Kensington is John and Maureen Brewis with Martin McHale.
The popular Nourish on Kensington situated just off the corner of Kensington Drive (Adelaide Tambo) and Northway (Swapo Road) in Durban North is hosting a series of fabulous art exhibitions with local artists having an eight week period to showcase their work.
Artist Tanya Wetteland Reid kicked off the ‘Eat and Art’ concept and will be followed by local photographer Samantha Maber who will be displaying a series or photos entitled ‘iSpy’.
Ten percent of all proceeds from the art sold goes to The Sunflower Fund so pop in and check it out.
For more information contact Tracey on 031 5643126. |
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Shop SA Fundraising Charity Golf Day |
 Stephanie Berry from The Sunflower Fund receives a cheque for R5000 from Des Curtin and James Killoran of Shop SA.
Shop SA host an annual fundraising golf day at Umkomaas Country Club and this year they raised a total of R25 000 which has been distributed to a number of deserving charities. |
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Sunflower Quilts for Children - Fikelela's Children's Centre |
 Sunflower Fund Bandanas, which were collected in the 2009 ‘Rope of Hope campaign’ were made into quilts by the Cape Quilters Guild, and brought to the offices of The Sunflower Fund, for donation to a worthwhile cause. Fikekela home – for abandoned and orphaned children – was identified to be the recipients of the donation, by Nontobeko Mpeqeka, Donor Liasion Officer at The Sunflower Fund.
Fikelela Children’s Centre, situated in Makhaya, Khayelitsha, looks after 36 children from birth to 8 years old. Care and medication is given to the children by a dedicated staff, managed by Posiza Matoti, who was thrilled with the colourful quilts.
The Sunflower Fund is encouraging people of all ethnic groups to come forward to become donors on the South African Bone Marrow Registry, and give people diagnosed with leukaemia and other life-threatening blood disorders, another chance of life. 75 % of people diagnosed with leukaemia are under the age of 25 yrs. |
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