Market Day 2013!
Meet Rosaline Fortuin
(33), a teacher at Graceland Pre-primary. She started working for our preschool
in 2006 as a volunteer, helping out by preparing lunch for our little ones.
When another teacher was needed at Graceland we didn’t have to look very far.
Her good attitude, hard work, faithfulness to Graceland and her love for
children made her a good candidate. Rosaline has since completed a Level 4
course in Early Childhood Development (ECD) to qualify her as a preschool
practitioner. She loves her work now more than ever. She enjoyed Market Day and
wrote the following:
Our Market Day on the 3rd of October 2013 was
held at Graceland. What a successful and fun-filled day it was. The event started
at 3 o’clock but we had parents queuing to buy coupons from Samantha (our
administrator) long before. Excitement was in the air as the bustling began.
Elizabeth made her special homemade ginger beer and it was
sold out within minutes. My job on the day was selling jewellery and I was
assisted by volunteers made up of parents and friends. The lamb stew and chicken curry, made by Mrs.
Ruest (farm owner) and Mrs. Swart (Devon Valley Farm Owners Administration) was
fantastic.
If there had to be a highlight for the day, the children would
probably choose the scooter ride. They enjoyed every moment of it and were
willing to stand in a long queue to wait their turn. It was very a busy day and
everyone who volunteered was amazing.
Graceland raised R6280, 100% profit! With this said, we would like to thank every
farm owner who donated to us, especially Mrs Ruest and Gillian Swart. We would
also like to thank Scoot Café for generously giving of their time and the use
of a scooter at no cost and Nedbank for donating cupcakes and hosting the
fishing game. Finally, thank you to the parents, staff and all the volunteers
who supported and assisted us on the day.