Reagola, we love you

We've heard from one of our mystery R20 000 donors: it's Mr John Murray of Reagola Print and Mail. Their name means "we are growing" and their website promises real, human contact (rather than scripted support and IVR lines) so it's great to see they put their money where their mouth is - because to us, this kind of generosity definitely falls under "the human touch"!

We are so grateful. Thank you.

Now at R130 000...

I am officially out of words. We are waiting for CapeTalk to confirm the names of two more donors who gave us R20 000 each this afternoon. Hopefully by then I will no longer be speechless.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We heard that Suzanne Ackerman-Berman had donated. What we had not yet seen was this:

Dear Marelise

Thank you for taking the initiative to try and save the centre.

My husband and I would like to offer R50 000 towards this fundraiser and I challenge other family foundations to equal or better our contribution!

Kind regards,

Suzanne Ackerman-Berman

There were some tears, and I'm afraid I sent her a reply with a great deal of exclamation marks in it. This is UNBELIEVABLE. Thank you so much to Mrs Ackerman-Berman and Mr Berman. We are absolutely overwhelmed.

 

Pick 'n Pay can, so can you

We got a donation today from Suzanne Ackerman-Berman (Transformation Director at Pick 'n Pay) and husband Paul Berman following an interview on CapeTalk. Nice!

Great to see corporate representatives living their social responsibility values in a personal capacity as well.

R40 000, here we come

We are almost halfway! Thanks to some fantastic exposure on Voice of the Cape and The Big Issue, we climbed past R35 000 yesterday. Onwards and upwards to 40 000!

It's starting to look possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone's generosity.

We LOVE CapeTalk listeners

Wow! Within five minutes of being on Cape Talk, our inbox was flooded with responses from people who want to help. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We've just passed the R32 000 mark - we'll keep you posted.

Remember - if you want to just make a quick visit to our site, you'll find the banking details here.

Moody Tuesday?

Time is ticking - it's 3:15 and only three pledges today. If you've already pledged, please bug a friend or family member to match your donation. If everyone does that, we can double what we've collected and make it to R50 000 before the week is out.

In the meantime, we have two radio interviews today and one tomorrow, so hopefully that will bring some reaction. Keep spreading the word!

And thank you, today, to the following donors:

Susan Power
David Power
Shamim Allie

...Together, you've kept a family safe for 18 days.