Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
  • Cue Media
    • Cue online
    • Cue Archives
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Gutters for the rain
  • Concern and condemnation of recent attacks on Grocott’s journalist
  • Bekushiyana OoMama ukondla kwi tumente yamagqiyazana
  • Makana’s crime spirals out of control
  • Makana Municipality still unresponsive over sewage spill: family
  • ‘We want our jobs back’
  • Explore Makhanda’s great outdoors
  • Grahamstown Cricket Board awards finest players
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
  • Cue Media
    • Cue online
    • Cue Archives
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Keeping dignity alive
Uncategorized

Keeping dignity alive

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailSeptember 10, 20091 Comment2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Roxbury Cinema is screening My Sister’s Keeper this week and there will be special screening over the weekend which will raise funds for a donation to be made to Grahamstown Hospice.

Roxbury Cinema is screening My Sister’s Keeper this week and there will be special screening over the weekend which will raise funds for a donation to be made to Grahamstown Hospice.

The special screenings are on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September at 5.30pm.

My Sister’s Keeper is a film about a family struggling to cope with the fact that their little girl has been diagnosed with cancer, based on the best selling novel by Jodi Picoult. Johnny Kluivers, the owner of Roxbury cinema, has a similar story to tell. Kluivers lost his sister Theresa to cancer 10 years ago and his family received substantial support from the local Hospice branch which is why he has decided to make this donation.

Hospice is a free facility that cares for anyone who has limited life expextancy due to incurable illnesses such as cancer, Aids and motor neurone diseases regardless of their race, religion or ability to pay. The Grahamstown Hospice is currently caring for 64 patients and is funded by the Department of Social Development, the Department of Health and local businesses.  The director of the Grahamstown Hospice, David Barker said the Hospice staff visits patients in their homes to provide home based care such as providing food, clothing and organising grants for patients. "We are there to improve the quality of life for patients and their families where a cure is realistic," he says. Barker says that the donation by Roxbury cinema will be indispensable in assisting them in caring for their patients.  

                                                                           

Previous ArticleArson suspected in Eluxolweni fire
Next Article A scoop for Grocott’s Mail Online
Grocott's Mail

    Comments are closed.

    Tweets by Grocotts
    Newsletter



    Listen

    The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

    Humans of Makhanda

    Humans of Makhanda

    Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

    © 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.