Mandela day - 10 year remembrance - 18 july 2023

1. 1. HELP THE KINGSTON FROST PARK COMMITTEE
   Pick up a bag of rubbish with us this Tuesday, 18 July, between 17:00 and 17:30. Meet at the Kingston Frost Park tennis courts, corner Chiswick and Putney Rds. Bring gloves, black bags, litter pickers if you have them - if you don’t, just pitch up and pitch in! Cost? 30 mins of your time.
   

• Contribute money to the community gardeners that work at Kingston Frost Park. Chat to Marie +27 83 424 2457 for details. Cost? $-$$$ - every cent makes a difference!
  
  Donate cleaning supplies and or toilet paper for the public toilets at Kingston Frost Park. Contact Sophia 083 272 2117 or email brixtoncommunity@gmail.com Cost: $-$$
  

1. 2. SAVE LIVES
   Give blood, save up to three lives with each donation! Closest SANBS Blood Donor is in Braamfontein at 33 Hoofd Street. More info www.sanbs.org.za or call ​​011 767 9900 Cost? 30-45 minutes of your time
   
   
   
2. 3. HELP US CREATE THE BRIXTON LIGHT FESTIVAL 2023
   To sign up for volunteering jobs from simple sewing projects to on-the-day marshaling, or find out how you can make a contribution to the Brixton Light Festival by lighting up your house, please email brixtonlightfestival@gmail.com or WhatsApp Sophia 083 272 2117. There is loads to do! Cost: time, varies. For more info please attend the community meet up on 15 July from 2-5PM at the tennis courts.
   

• Donate to the Brixton Light Festival. Email brixtonlightfestival@gmail.com or call Sophia 083 272 2117. Cost: $-$$$
  
  4. MAKE BRIXTON BEAUTIFUL
  Donate paint to the Brixton Beautiful project. Contact Sophia 083 272 2117 or email brixtoncommunity@gmail.com
  

• Encourage or thank someone who is doing a lot for the community by sending them a short note or WhatsApp. Cost: a few seconds of your time.
  
• Volunteer some time to help the Brixton Beautiful project. Jobs include: social media creation, fundraising, åplanting and weeding pavement gardens, watering pavement gardens, picking up litter, preparing and painting walls. Contact 083 272 2117 or brixtoncommunity@gmail.com if you can help. Cost: varying amounts of time.
  
• Contribute compost or succulents for our Brixton Beautiful pavement gardens. Cost: free or $
  
• Own a bakkie? Please help us by taking rubbish bags to the dump when we do a cleanup. Contact Sophia 083 272 2117 or brixtoncommunity@gmail.com if you can assist. Cost: a few blocks of petrol and 30 mins of time.
  

1. 5. SUPPORT OUR KIDS
   Make a meal for the 25-35 kids at Shade for their Saturday art class (or just buy the ingredients for a meal and give them to Lucy). Lucy: 078 083 7881 Cost? $$ and time
   

• Donate to the Shade youth art programme here via their Backabuddy campaign. Cost: $-$$$ - every cent makes a difference
  
• Read a book to kids in the park. Cost: 30 mins of your time.
  
• Donate to Yola Minnaar in Fietas who feeds so many people, including kids. Contact Yola on 083 781 5222.
  
  6. GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND MAKE BRIXTON SAFER
  Share a meal with your immediate neighbours, because when we know each other, Brixton is safer. Cost: $
  

• Organise a Brixton Block Bring and Braai for the houses on your block. Email brixtoncommunity@gmail.com if you would like assistance on how to plan it. Cost: a bring and braai and time to organise it.
  
• Make some tea or a snack and give it to your reclaimer on a Tuesday morning. Cost: $ 
  
• Organise or join a community walk through Brixton. Cost: 45 mins of time.
  
• Love movies? Help us organise the next Brixton Bioscope at the tennis courts. You’ll need a team of about 5 people to do this. We have the popcorn machine, projector, screen and a dodgy sound system. Contact Sophia or 083 272 2117 if you’re keen to do this. Cost: about 5 hours of time for each movie night.
  

1. 7. RECYCLE AND SUPPORT OUR RECLAIMERS
   Separate your recyclables for the reclaimers to collect. Leave them in a box or clear bag next to your bin so that they don’t have to sort through your household waste. Cost: free.
   

• Donate to the amazing Bekezela creche - run for and by the reclaimers at Bekezela, and supported by a volunteer team that includes Mimosa School in Auckland Park. Donate via their Backabuddy campaign. Cost: $-$$$
  

1. 8. SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS
   Support students at UJ by donating to these campaigns.Cost: $-$$$
   
   Support students at UJ by donating here. Cost: $-$$$
   
   
   

1. 9. CLEAN UP AT BRAAMFONTEIN CEMETERY
   Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries in collaboration with the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and JoburgParks is commemorating Mandela Day with a clean-up at Braamfontein Cemetery. You will need to bring along gardening gloves, secateurs and black bags, if possible.  The meeting point is Braamfontein Cemetery, Graf Street, at 10.30 on the 18th of July and people are free to leave when they wish. A memorial tree will also be planted in memory of all those whose ash niches have been vandalised over the past few months. For more information, please email cemeteries@joburgheritage.org.za. Cost: a few hours of time.
   
   
   
2. 10. SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS
   Buy magwenyas from Aunty Jeanette, get some fruit and veggies from Gladys corner Fulham and Esher, get a coffee at Breezeblock, buy some delicious shortbread biscuits or beskuit from Agnes, get Mike to fix that broken window, order gas from Omen - you see where this is going… If you need recommendations, ask on the community WhatsApp groups.