Christmas cakes on sale for charity
What better way to support local charity work than enjoying a piece of fruit cake?
The Lions Club of Roodepoort Host has embarked on its project of selling 1 440 Christmas fruit cakes for charity this festive season.
In the Lions Gauteng district 23 000 such cakes are sold annually before the festive season; 60 000 are sold countrywide. The 1kg cakes are non-alcoholic and aren’t iced. Profit made from the cakes will fund the many projects each Lions club embarks on during the year. The cakes are baked and packaged in Pinetown from where it is distributed to the various clubs.
“A fresh batch of cakes came from the bakery today,” Robert McClarty of the Roodepoort Host Club said on Wednesday (28 October).
Last year at the Roodepoort Host club alone they raised R20 000, McClarty told the Record. The funds were utilised for numerous projects. They were able to supply spectacles to people visiting the Lions Eye Clinic in Florida and test the eyes of 70 residents at Gateway Village. They also made up food parcels and helped a new rehabilitation centre in Florida with R2 000 worth of food and toiletries.
“We reached out to a new informal settlement in Krugersdorp West and were also able to donate clothing to Dorah’s Ark and children’s clothing to Angel’s Place with the money,” Robert said.
“Who doesn’t like a hearty piece of Christmas cake during the festive season?” he asked.
Cakes are available at R80 each from the Lions Club of Roodepoort Host as well as other local Lions clubs. For further information contact Robert McClarty on 083 452 7419.
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