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GreaterGood News
September 2009
Captains of industry heed the call
Business heavyweights across South Africa are championing the cause of volunteering by getting professionally - and personally - involved in Do It Day 2009 on 18th September. And it is helping to boost take up of employee volunteering as well as making sure this Do It Day is the biggest and most successful yet. More »
Diversity and complexity: our heritage
In terms of culture, history, language and even the natural environments it contains, South Africa is a country of tremendous diversity and complexity. Heritage Day was conceived as an occasion for all South Africans to reflect on and celebrate all the diverse things that make us South African, and is fittingly celebrated every year in spring. More »
Champion call
Become a Do It Day Champion by inviting your friends to volunteer with you on Do It Day and earn some fantastic rewards.
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View our new TV adverts here and here– produced very generously by Department Store pro bono.
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What a difference a day makes
This year, GreaterGood SA aims to attract 20,000 volunteers to give just one day to help make a difference to projects across the country on Do It Day. It is easy to think that one day is unlikely to make too much of a difference. But to understand the potential of Do It Day, it is worth reflecting on the difference that one person can make in one day. Take, for example, the story of Galia, who heads up a Cape Town-based charity. Read more »
Good connections
- Weed paddocks and clear stones at the Cart Horse Protection project between Somerset West and Gordon's Bay. Sign-up
- Paint the Children's Home at Ziphakamise in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. Sign-up
- Read to or play sport with under-privileged school children in Hammaskraal, Gauteng. Sign-up
- Help create eco-cities as part of Indalo Yethu, the National Environmental Campaign, in Mthatha, Eastern Cape. Sign-up
- Help renovate the shack that Tsholofelo Masego's Children Project works out of in Koster, North West. Sign-up
- Or find a Do It Day project near you
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