A clean jar and a few non-perishable food items are all it takes to help fill a hungry tummy.
Residents of Rand Aid’s Thornhill Manor Retirement Village embraced the Jar of Hope initiative. This outreach project has been adopted by numerous organisations that get volunteers to put non-perishable ingredients into a clean glass jar for distribution to people in need of hunger relief. The contents are emptied into a pot, water is added, and within an hour or so, a nourishing meal that can serve around four people is ready to be enjoyed.
Thornhill Manor’s jars went to the Germiston Association for the Aged (GAFA), a non-governmental organisation in Germiston that delivers services to older persons in need of care.
“Hope is defined as a universal human experience and powerful life force that we hold; it holds the promise that things can and will get better, enabling us to face and overcome challenges,” says Thornhill Manor social worker Karen Griessel.
“Thank you to the Thornhill Manor residents and the Thornhill Chapel and Catholic committees for their donations and support. We were able to make 85 Jars of Hope,” says Karen.
She adds that Ani Venter, the general manager of GAFA, is grateful for the care, support and donation, which will go a long way during these winter days.
Karen Griessel (Thornhill Manor social worker) and Ani Venter (general manager of GAFA).
Some of Thornhill Manor’s Jars of Hope.
