StreetSmart SA raises R100,000 in Stellenbosch

StreetSmart South Africa raises R100 000 for
new beneficiary in Stellenbosch?

?	At a cocktail function held at Big Easy Restaurant in Stellenbosch, StreetSmart SA, dedicated to helping street children rebuild their lives through donations from restaurants handed over R100 000 to their new Stellenbosch beneficiary, Home from Home.?????????????

Home from Home provides supported and supervised foster care for abandoned and vulnerable children in small family homes in their own communities.
The money raised by StreetSmart will fund family reunification services, education and provide support to the foster mothers in Kayamandi and Cloetesville.?

"We are so grateful to find Stellenbosch so keen to run StreetSmart and to contribute something special to vulnerable children's lives. It is so much in the spirit of Christmas and ubuntu," says Margi Biggs, Chairperson of StreetSmart SA.

The first Stellenbosch restaurant that signed on in April 2009 was Rust en Vrede, with Chef David Higgs, who just won the 2010 Eat Out Top Restaurant, Service and Chef awards. Dornier Bodega Restaurant, Jordan Restaurant, Majeka House Restaurant, Morgenhof Restaurant, Overture @ Hidden Valley Wines, Restaurant Christophe, The Big Easy and Wedgeview Country House & SPA are the other eight StreetSmart ?supporting restaurants which each received a certificate of appreciation at a year-end function in Stellenbosch.

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Currently 65 restaurants have embraced StreetSmart?s vision to make a real difference to the lives of street children. Funds are raised by adding a R5 donation to each table's bill at the participating restaurants. This donation is voluntary and diners are able to contribute more if they wish to.
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StreetSmart SA is registered as a Public Benefit Organisation as well as a Non Profit Organisation and ensures that every cent donated by restaurant patrons goes towards social and educational upliftment projects for street children.

For more information or to make a donation contact StreetSmart at Tel: 021 418 0621, email or visit streetsmartsa.org.za.

Issued December 2010, on behalf of StreetSmart by:??GC Communications????
Tel: +27 (0) 21 4620520??Email:?