Graceland serves the poorer farming community in the outskirts of Stellenbosh by providing a preschool to stimulate over 60 children who might otherwise be left at home alone or on the streets.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

August News

Mandela Day celebration!
On the 18th of July, Graceland Pre-school had three different sets of visitors, with the same goal in-mind. The goal was to make sure that all the little Gracelanders were spoilt in honour of Grandpa Nelson Mandela’s birthday. 


Diane, Isabel, Grant with Gracelanders.
Our first group of visitors, were 3 colleagues from Nedbank who have committed to giving milk and oats to Graceland monthly. They came with 60 cupcakes for the children and staff to decorate. The children loved it! Once each one of us had decorated our cupcakes with different coloured icing and toppings, we sang happy birthday to Madiba and gobbled up every last drop.



Local Stellenboschers with Gracelanders.
Our second group of visitors, were Rayner Van Wyk (from Stellenbosch360), Abigail (from Abuzz Marketing), Tiaan Langenegger (a local celebrity chef), Hilmari (Tiaan’s friend), Mathilda Venter (from Chef & Broomstix), Janine (from ColdGold Ice Cream) and Lea, Justine and Tobie (from Brenaissance). These are all local Stellenboschers wanting to up-lift the community. They treated our children and staff with hotdogs, juice, sweets, chips and most importantly, they spent some time with us. 

Our third and final group of visitors, were from IMPERIAL Managed Logistics. They donate second-hand clothes, toys, none-perishable food products, sweets for the children (that were kept for the next dayJ) and they also spend some time with our little Gracelanders. We were able to send every child home that day with a none-perishable food item of their choice.

It was a day filled with fun and indulgence. Our little ones probably wish it is Grandpa Madiba’s birthday EVERY DAY, after the day we had at Graceland.
We are so privileged to have the support and adoration of the local Stellenbosch community. Thank you to each person who gave in kind and took the time to come to Graceland and spend the day with us. Our hope is that one day our children would be the ones coming back to Graceland to do what you have done, to give and spend time with the most vulnerable human beings of all, our little Gracelanders.