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As Rand Aid’s Inyoni Creek retirement village is full of artists and aspiring painters, an art and painting group has…
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More Rand Aid employees become Eden Associates
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Covid-19 vaccination station set up for Elphin Lodge and RSCC
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Art is fun at Thornhill Manor!
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Vera writes a beautiful poem for Rand Aid staff
Rand Aid Elphin Lodge retirement village resident Vera Oosthuizen (87) has written a beautiful poem to Rand Aid’s employees to…
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Knit and Natter’s heart-warming jersey donation
Thornhill Manor’s Knit and Natter group recently handed over 38 button-up and pullover jerseys to the Nederduitsch Hervormde Gemeente Hartebeeshoek…
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