67 Things To Do For Mandela Day In Hermanus
What to do on Mandela Day?
Nelson Mandela spent 67 years fighting for the rights of others and making the world a better place. By dedicating 67 minutes of your time, one minute for every year that he devoted to the nation and the world.
It can all seem a bit much, with plenty of ideas spread across the internet a person can be left feeling frustrated and without a clue on how to spend your 67 minutes.
We have come up with 67 things to do locally, here in Hermanus…
- Spend 67 minutes helping out at the Hermanus Animal Welfare Society
- Take a shelter dog for a walk on the beach for 67 minutes.
- Give blood
- Become and organ donor
- Learn first aid
- Cook a warm meal and hand it over the Hermanus Staan Saam
- Make a big pot of soup and hand it over to the Hermanus soup kitchen
- Help to serve those in need at the Hermanus soup kitchen
- Donate all unwanted clothes to charity
- Round up your friends and donate 67 cans of food to the homeless shelter
- Collect 67 cans or bags of pet food – get your friends, family and work place involved
- Provide any extra bedding to the homeless shelter
- Donate unwanted towels and linen to the animal welfare
- Bake cupcakes for the children at the Hermanus Child Welfare
- Donate any extra books to disadvantaged schools in the area
- Read a story to children at a school
- Donate your old computer to a school
- Bake a cake for the elderly care centre in town
- Offer to collect their medication for them or run errands for them
- Knit a scarf for a disadvantaged child
- Plant a tree in a park
- Collect rubbish in the streets and throw it away
- Gather up rubbish along any one of the beaches in Hermanus
- Donate R67 to a charity of your choice
- Bake cookies, cakes or cupcakes for the night staff at the traffic or police department
- Hand out cookies to the car guards in town
- Donate your old magazines to old age homes in the area
- Help clear dead and over grown vegetation along the cliff paths
- Make sandwiches and hand them out to the homeless
- Make sandwiches for the kids at crèches in the settlements
- Make somebody’s day by saying thank you
- Hire a local person to help you out in the garden or house for the day
- Remember to smile at every one you meet on the street
- Pick up 67 pieces of litter
- Buy a gift for your domestic worker to say thank you for all her hard work
- Sponsor a guide dog by paying for the puppy training: www.guidedog.org.za or call 011 705 3512.
- Donate old toys to local schools in need
- Hand out soft toys in the children’s ward at the public hospital
- Buy eco-friendly shopping bags, you’ll be giving back to the environment for years to come, goodbye plastic!
- Phone someone that you haven’t spoken to in a while
- Tell everyone close to you that you love them
- Give somebody a lift
- Think positively, say only good and nice things about people
- Do a neighbourhood clean-up armed with plastic gloves and black bags.
- Adopt a pet from the animal shelter
- Knit a blanket for someone in need
- Offer your skills to a business or charity in need (finance, marketing, customer service, etc.)
- Sign up for MySchool and donate to your favourite organisations every time you purchase something at Woolworths
- Set up a recycling system for your home
- Don’t use social media for a day, make an effort to get to know people who you wouldn’t ordinarily speak to, you might be surprised at how much you have in common
- Help fulfil an organisation’s wishlist
- Donate a soccer ball to a local sports team who doesn’t have the fund to buy new equipment.
- Donate R100 towards Mandela school diaries. The homework diaries, which cost about R25, are handed out to township pupils. Go to nelsonmandelajournals.com
- Use your shopper points by buying a gift card and give it to someone who cannot afford to buy food
- Place a money tin in the kitchen and collect coins for the following Mandela Day in 2015. The money you collect can go towards a charity of your choice
- Buy a pack of nappies when you do your shopping, donate these items to a new mom in need
- Drop off old baby clothes at the maternity ward in the public hospital
- Instead of eating out, use the money to buy groceries for a family in need
- SMS the key word MANDELA to 38018. Each SMS costs R25. Proceeds will go to the National Council of SPCAs
- Spend an hour with an elderly person in your area, listen to their stories of hardships and joy
- Shop and buy local
- To the poorest of the poor, shoes can be a luxury. Don’t hoard them if you don’t wear them, pass them on to those who don’t have shoes!
- If you’re a builder, help build or improve someone’s home
- Build a website for someone who needs one, or for a cause you think needs the support
- Help someone get a job, help them put together a CV and help them with their interview skills
- Take someone you know, who can’t afford it, to get their eyes tested or their teeth checked
- Have a HAPPY MANDELA DAY!
Here is to you making a difference!
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