ABERDEEN NEWS - Back in March of this year, three friends who walked short distances together regularly for exercise took on the challenge of a 21km walk to raise money for charity.
Some of the money raised was earmarked for a clean-up campaign in Aberdeen and in March, 67 black bags full of rubbish were collected in just 3½ days.
This campaign is not over and last Wednesday a further 22 large bags were collected from the area coming into Aberdeen from the Graaff-Reinet side, at the entrance to the industrial area.
All this was achieved by one person, in just four hours!
Umelda van Rensburg, who is running this part of the project, is thrilled with how much has been achieved. Her little lime green Datsun 1200 bakkie, which is almost 40-years-old, has certainly earned its keep and repaid several times over the R6 000 she paid for it 20 years ago.
A familiar sight outside her Superstore business for many years, the bakkie has been officially “pensioned off”, but is still pressed into service for this worthy cause.
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