Raphael Wolf
ROUND Table Peninsula 77 Club members wore skimpy sweaters and shorts, and not shiny armour, while braving Saturday’s cold weather to collect donated food, blankets, clothes and shoes from the public as part of their Winter Knights project.
Speaking as a steady stream of shoppers and passers-by stacked the donated items onto a small heap in the foyer of Montclare Place in Claremont, club member Thomas du Plooy said: “Today we collected three shopping trolleys full of food. There was also a car-load full of clothing and blankets, which one of our members took earlier this morning to the Haven Night Shelter.
“Winter Knights is part of a national project where we, as Round Table Southern Africa, take donations from the public to give to those who are in need, such as the homeless and impoverished people within our local communities.”
He said Round Table Southern Africa had thousands of members and that Round Table Peninsula 77 Club in Rondebosch had six members, who welcomed new recruits younger than 40 years old.
“We usually ask for clothing, blankets, canned food or other non-perishable food items and redistribute these annually during winter to Haven Night Shelters in Cape Town, Claremont and Wynberg.”
Du Plooy, who was assisted by colleagues Cronjé Fourie and Deon Augustyn on Saturday, said they also host their annual Noddy Charity Christmas party in November to December at their Rondebosch clubhouse for charity.
He said people interested in further donations could contact him at 072 212 9044 or his e-mail: tomdup@ hotmail.com. Donations can be dropped at the U-turn Ministries Charity in Kenilworth/Harfield.