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Gift Wrapping Recipients 2023

Mall opens its heart to George community: Garden Route Mall shoppers who had their gift purchases wrapped by the mall during the festive season have made a much appreciated difference to the live of less fortunate people in George.

Last month representatives of the mall visited six Non-Government Organisations in George to assist them with funds raised from the gift wrapping initiative. The two gift wrapping stations at Pick n Pay and Woolworths had managed to generate R54 000 in six days. Spokespeople for the organisations mentioned that 2022 had been difficult year and that they had incurred extra expenses, so this donation would “assist immensely”.

Expressing the message of Garden Route Mall’s “We Share & We Care” campaign, the mall donated a total of R50 000 to the following six deserving organisations: R10 000 each to Phambili Refuge, Rosemoor Home for the Aged, Life Community, and Ithemba Lobomi, and R5 000 each to Ukuwela Programand Joey’s Babies. The mall’s marketing manager, Tumi Masango, said, “We would like to thank all the customers for supporting this cause and making a difference to our communities.”

Suzanne stark Ukuwela, Rion Olivier GRM and Tumi Masango GRM

Maryna De Vries Life Community, Rion Olivier GRM and Tumi Masango GRM

Sr. Charmaine Titus Rosemore old age home, Rion Oliver GRM, Tumi Masango GRM, Nivan Papier and Johan Mundey from Rosemore Old age home

Rion Olivier GRM, Coleen Stoffes Phambili refuge and Tumi Masango GRM

Tumi Masango GRM and Audrey Hendricks Joeys Babies

Tumi Masango GRM and Ayanda Mtyebi Ithemba Lobomi

Gift Wrapping Recipients 2022

On the 26th of January 2022 Garden Route Mall visited 8 NGO’s within George in aid to assist them financially from the gift wrapping donations we received in holiday season.

We had two gift wrapping stations situated at Pick ‘n Pay and Woolworths over 6 days and managed to raise R57 000.00.

The organisations mentioned that it has been difficult with Covid-19 and the extra expenses occurred and these donations will assist immensely.

We visited the following organisations and donated a total sum of R52 000.00 to Phambili (R6500), Rosemore Old Age home(R6500), JJ Watson(R6500), Life Community (R6500), SANCA (R6500), Kidstop (R6500), ACVV Moreson (R6500) and ACVV George (R6500) . We would like to thanks all the customers support in making a difference to our communities and their continuous generosity towards a good cause.

Gift Wrapping Recipients 2020

On the 16th of January 2020 we (Tumi Masango and Rion Olivier) visited 6 NGO’s within George in aid to assist them financially from the gift wrapping donations we received in holiday season.

We had two gift wrapping stations situated at Pick ‘n Pay and Woolworths over 6 days and manged to raise R49 000.00. Additionally added R11 000.00 from wheel clamping and had a total of R60 000.00 to donate.

We visited the following organisations and donated R10 000.00 to each. Phambili, Rosemore Old Age home, Kidstop centre, Zenzele aftercare, Life Community and Options. We would like to thanks all the customers support in making a difference to our community and changing people’s lifes.

Mandela Day 2019

Garden Route Mall hosted 50 kids from Phambili and Life Community to share a breakfast at Spur. The kids had a kiddies meal that was sponsored by Spur and the Garden Route Mall. Furthermore we requested a list of the organisations current needs and we organised a hamper to the value of R2000.00 each in which they took back to their respective organisations.

The list of needs varied from nappies to school stationery to basic toiletries. In support of our tenants we organised the hampers with Toys R Us, Clicks, Pick n pay and PEP.

GRM staff members assisted in serving the breakfast to our guests and they all contributed a well deserved 67 minutes. #MadibaMagic

2019 Festive Season

The holidays are over and when we look back it was a blissful season at the Garden Route Mall. We managed to raise R50 000 at our two gift wrapping stations and identified the following homes/NGO’s/centres donating R8 000 to five homes and one R10 000 to Life Community services.

We had pleasant visits as Dr. Stander from JJ Watson mentioned the need to buy a new trolley to store all residents medication and assist the nurses and it looks like 2019 is a year of great deeds.

Kaalvoet Mzanzi

Garden route mall joined hands with Kaalvoet Mzansi to support their initiative.

Kaalvoet Mzansi is dedicated to collect 400 pairs of shoes for underprivileged learners before their official handout date on the 31st of July 2018, we managed to contribute 11 pairs of school shoes. In addition to this project we invited Conville Primary for an early handout of school shoes, on the 27th of July 2018, and the number of shoes was 15 pairs. The kids enjoy being at the mall and Ackermans helped with the shopping and making sure every student had a perfect size. A total of 26 pairs of shoes has been donated from the Garden Route Mall.

In Addition to this initiative we have a donation station at Pick ‘n Pay court for the public to reach out. For anyone who wants to contribute towards this initiative is more than welcome to contact Anele Ngoyo : 0628944744, aengoyo@gmail.com or go to their Facebook page "Kaalvoet Mzansi Foundation", or go to our donation station as mentioned above.

The Schools who benefited from this initiative is Mzoxolo Primary, Heindandal Primary, & Conville Primary School. The other schools who will be benefiting from this initiative are Parkdene Primary, Rosemoor Primary, St Mary's.

Keep a Girl child in School

On the 7th December 2017, Garden Route Mall met with the organisers of Keep a Girl child in school to make a donation of R5000 in sanitary pads. We have partnered with the campaign for a year and will be running till 5 January 2017. The campaign has reached 8 schools as a total distribution. we wish the campaign great success.

From a Public Relations initiative We concluded the campaign by writing an editorial piece in the George Herald, which was published on the 15 December 2017.

Gift Wrapping Recipients 2021

On the 25th of January 2021 Garden Route Mall invited 5 NGO’s within George in aid to assist them financially from the gift wrapping donations received in holiday season.

We had two gift wrapping stations situated at Pick ‘n Pay and Woolworths over 6 days and manged to raise R47 000.00.

The organisations mentioned that it has been difficult with Covid-19 and the extra expenses and this donation will assist immensely.

The following organisations visited us and we donated a total sum of R45 000.00 to Phambili (10K), Rosemore Old Age home(10K), JJ Watson(10K), Life Community (10K) and Odin(5K). We would like to thank all the customers support in making a difference to our communities and their continuous generosity towards a good course.

Shark Tank Presents 2019 Winners

Garden Route Mall launch the campaign in January this year to find students with unique business ideas that can potentially benefit the Garden Route and become sustainable businesses. This year we partnered with Standard Bank and the George Chamber in order to reach maximum exposure within our reach. The Marketing Manager together with Standard Bank visited 12 local schools and reach 6632 scholars. The young minds were given two months to submit proposals, after which a panel of judges from centre management office went through all the proposals and chose the top three based on the entry criteria.

The top 10 were invited to the Shark Tank finale at Town Lodge on the 3rd of May to present their business proposal and after each presentation they were prompt with questions from the sharks panel that made them think on their toes and also empower their ideal plan.

Our Shark Tank panel consisted of the following members: Denise van den Berg from Seda, Tatenda Mapeto from George Chamber, Fuad Choonara from Standard Bank, Rion Oliver from Garden Route Mall, Ricky Wallis from Browns Jewellery and Tumi Masango from GRM.

Jesse Le Roux from Rundle College was the third place winner and received R5 000 for The Wooden Scoop idea. A convenient and environmental friendly way of shopping. Luke Stead from Mc Kinlay Reid was second place presenting ISANGQA which is a Xhosa word for circle. He makes hula hoops in different sizes to accommodates all types of people and the selling package includes instructions and games in a pamphlet. Emihle Tshangana from York High School took the winner's prize of R10 000 with The Water Bungy concept. The concept will assist water usage over winter and aims to benefits households within the Garden Route.

Garden Route Mall wishes all the top 10 young entrepreneurs and all that submitted the very best of luck in their future endeavors.

George Fire Brigade

GRM cares for all the Firefighters and pray for their safety. On the 26 of October we delivered water, energy bars, eye drops and lip balm to the Fire Brigade in George. Thank you for your service.

Gift Wrapping Recipients

On the 15th January 2018, Garden Route Mall distributed 5 cheques to 5 organisations. We managed to raise R25 000 at our two gift wrapping stations and using this money we identified five homes/NGO’s/centres to which we donated R5000 each.

RECIPIENTS:

JJ Watson Old Age Home | St Marys Children’s Home | Rosemore Old Age Home

Moréson Child and Youth Care Centre | Kidstop Centre For Children Living On The Street

OCC Schools Event

In support of the annual Outeniqua Wheelchair Challenge, Garden Route Mall together with the George Municipality and Nelson Mandela University (NMU) hosted the pre-race schools event on Friday, 16 February 2018. Over 500 children from 14 local schools enjoyed a day of fun filled activities which aimed to educate the youth on the challenges that disabled people face on a daily basis and just how many have not only succeeded in overcoming these challenges, but have gone on to become competitive athletes.

Loads of prizes were given out and thanks goes to the sponsors; Pick ‘n Pay Garden Route Mall, Spur Garden Route Mall, Wordsworth, Typo and Cum books.

Garden Route Mall takes 22 Moréson Children to Rugby match

On the 20th January 2018 Garden Route Mall sponsored 22 children to a Rugby match. The kids enjoyed the match and we received a lovely Thank You letter from the organisation.

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