The wonderful food preparers at St Augustine’s Holiday Camp in Lotus River[/caption] Thanks to the generous support of our donors, PSFA is providing over 10 500 hungry children at 62 sites in the Western Cape with a daily healthy warm meal during the cold July school holidays. Our director, Petrina Pakoe and fundraising manager, Charles Grey visited three of the Holiday Club sites namely St Augustine’s in Lotus River, St Mark’s in Lavendar Hill and Christ the Reconciler in Tafelsig. It was heartwarming to see so many happy faces enjoying our meals.

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Food Security: By providing much needed meals, strain on families to provide additional nutritious food is reduced.

Nutrition: Eating at school is shown to increase the nutritional status of young children.

Education: School feeding helps improve children’s educational profile by increasing school attendance and marks. It is shown to decrease drop-out rates and improves cognitive abilities, concentration and achievements.

Health: A child that eats a balanced meal is less likely to suffer from illness related to malnutrition and this takes strain off the health system and the tax payer.

Gender Equality: Studies show in certain cases, girls have to help with household chores and care work. School feeding takes strain off the household and allows them to stay in school.

Strengthening our Economy: By feeding children and keeping them in school, it improves the chances of them entering the tertiary educational system which in turn feeds the job market and strengthens our economy.

Nurturing futures: By nurturing children though school feeding, it not only helps to build children from a physiological point of view, but it helps to build them up in life emotionally and psychologically.

The entry fee for Blisters for Bread this year is R50 which will feed 25 hungry school children for an entire day. Entries are now open and are limited to 12 000 walkers. Enter online or download a copy of the entry form on the PSFA website. Entry forms can also be collected and dropped off at the Top Events offices (7 Koeberg rd, Maitland) or from the following Sportsmans Warehouse branches: Rondebosch, Sea Point, Tyger Valley and Canal Walk. If you are unable to walk Blisters for Bread this year, then PSFA encourages both Cape Town locals and the rest South Africa’s public, and businesses and schools to consider making a monetary contribution. This can be done by logging onto their website www.psfa.org.za.dedi817.jnb1.host-h.net. All donations will be used solely for school feeding and are tax-deductible. Hospitality packages are available for schools and corporates. For enquiries, contact Charles Grey at PSFA on 021 447 6020.]]>

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SABC 3’s new Top Billing presenter, Jade Hubner spent th morning assisting our volunteers at St Michael’s Primary School in Khayelitsha, serving lunch to the hungry learners on our feeding programme. To the delight of the children, Jade also found time to socialise and have some fun with all of them. Jade has selected PSFA as her charity of choice for the Mellins i-Style Change the way you see the world campaign. Please vote for her by visiting www.mellins.co.za and follow the instructions. If she receives the most votes for the month of June, PSFA will receive R100 000! This will enable us to provide over 253 children with a nutritious cooked breakfast and lunch for an entire year. Please vote for her now!

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