Dear Friends

Welcome to a new year full of challenges. From Zululand Hospice we wish you all 2021 filled with good wishes – and of course Stay Safe.

Thank you to all our Sponsors and the Community for all the caring and support that we received in 2020.  “Together we do make a difference “

After a difficult year – with full PPE attire on dusty roads come heat or rain and throughout all levels of Lockdown, the Clinical staff and the support teams delivered palliative care to all Hospice patients.

It was necessary to say thank you and acknowledge their dedication with a yearend get together masks and all – to our sponsors and Saffron and K&K Curries that supplied us with a delicious meal and cold drinks.

Although we had minimal opportunities to fundraise, we had our regular donors that made contributions local and abroad – Erma, Gail, and Ruth from Rochester as always, our support Hospice family with their Africa market days.

Golf day on 28^th November 2020 at the Richards Bay Country Club was very well supported and enjoyed by all. Wow! What a great turn out and lovely weather and lovely people that warmed our hearts.


 

PPE’s and sanitizer -for our staff were donated by various companies as well as HPCA which we are very grateful for, and gave our staff a safe option to visit and care for the patients.

We had some youngsters from Trelique Models who raised funds and made donations to Zululand Hospice – Guiliana Wright donated Morvite Peanut butter and clothes, and Sarah Westbrook that did fundraising for us – Sarah baked Rice treats and sold it to the value of R1500.00, incredible!

The Peanut butter, Morvite, and Nappies Drive for our patients continue – if you are able to help us with this please come drop off at either Empangeni or Richards Bay house.

Charity Shop – this is our only continuous income and with all Covid -19 precautions in place your donations are welcome – come visit us for a bargain or two. We had some Hotel groups donating linen which we are extremely grateful for, our Library is stocked with books for everyone’s delight.

Tree of lights – This year had to be a virtual event and the Live stream on Facebook where Neena Bezuidenhout our Hospice Ambassador was seen promoting the remembrance candle and was viewed by 409 friends.  You can view the replay of the Live event here.

New Normal – that is what we hear – mask up, social distancing, stay home, don’t visit friends and family and restrict gatherings — what is so normal about it – NOTHING. We don’t like this – we rebel -but then we see friends and family get sick and some don’t survive – we get quiet we do introspection and we find New Normal means – reach out, be kind, care for one another as every day is special and nothing is more important than living in the NOW.

So, let’s do it NOW – if you have always wanted to reach out or to give or support a charity then NOW is the time.

What is a wishlist?

It’s a collection of critical items we need in order to keep operational.

If you or your organisation is able to assist us with financial support in the way of a grant, we look forward to receiving your invitation to submit our proposal.  Please indicate if you wish to support a specific aspect or if you are willing to support our MISSION, including running costs.

Any unspecified donations will be applied towards running costs.

Full Wishlist Here.

If you know of an individual or organisation who might be able to assist, please forward this email to them.