Casual Day, which celebrates its 21st birthday on September 4, has raised R222m for people with disabilities since its inception. This year you can support Grahamstown organisations caring for people with physical disabilities.
Casual Day, which celebrates its 21st birthday on September 4, has raised R222m for people with disabilities since its inception. This year you can support Grahamstown organisations caring for people with physical disabilities.
Casual Day is owned by the National Council of Persons with Physical Disabilities and is run in partnership with its national beneficiaries, all members of the South African Disability Alliance.
In Grahamstown, Casual Day stickers are available at R10 each from Francine Mwepu, the Social Worker at the Association for People with Physical Disabilities (Telephone 046 622 5359 or apdgrahamstown@yahoo.com, or from Catherine Letcher (073 613 9114).
Meanwhile, all over the country South Africans are planning their outfits for the day.
Says project leader Vanessa du Plessis: “Use your imagination and surprise us with your ingenuity in interpreting the theme, Spring into Action.
"Our target it to get 3-million South Africans to donate R10 for their stickers.”
Leading retail group Edcon is Casual Day’s main financial sponsor.
The council offers these 10 reasons to dress up on casual day:
1. Casual Day gives communities the chance to come together to raise funds for organisations in your area that render services to people with disabilities.
2. It gives you the opportunity to be creative and organise a fun event at your office that will boost morale and contribute to teambuilding.
3. You can step out in the theme of the year, which is Spring into Action. Or just wear a lot of stickers.
4. Casual Day supports the right of people with disabilities to education, housing, training, accessibility, employment. In other words, full inclusion into society.
5. It is fun, entertaining and valuable to society.
6. It’s so easy and convenient to participate – all promotional material is supplied free of charge.
7. Casual Day allows you to make a big difference in the world by getting your community and office colleagues to do a small thing – wear the official Casual Day sticker.
8. You can rest assured that funds raised from sticker donations provide material relief to people with disabilities.
9. Casual Day demonstrates community spirit in action.
10. R10 is a small donation to make, especially when you know it will really make a difference.
Stickers are available at all Edcon stores, which include Edgars, Jet, JetMart, Boardmans, CNA, Red Square and Legit. Stickers will also be available at Absa, Game and DionWired stores, Shoprite and Checkers.
