The Cluny Animal Trust hosts a monthly charity shop which funds its diesel bill during loadshedding, they are asking the public for help with donations for the successful shop.
Kgubetswana, South Africa (05 May 2023) – Charity shops are a blessing for both the charity and those looking for a good deal. The Cluny Animal Trust charity shop opens once a month in Kgubetswana, Clarens and it’s a hit every single time! The shop is run by manager Joyce (photographed above) and the local community highly anticipates its opening.
As Kgubetswana is so far from big city life, often the charity shop will contain treasures that are not usually accessible. The Cluny team works hard to restock the shop with donated goods each month. This month, the shelves are a little bare. They are hoping to collect a few donations and sent out a social media plea for help.
The best part is that even though the shop is based in Clarens, they welcome donations to a Johannesburg drop-off point too. The funds raised through the shop currently fund the diesel expense for the clinic’s generator. So every cent raised through the shop helps the community in return!
“It makes us much needed money that right now is being spent on diesel to keep the generator on at our small clinic in Fouriesburg. During these long bouts of load-shedding, our fridges need to stay cool as many vaccines and medications require cold-storage and also the lights in our theatre have to operational…Dr Elsa needs to see what she is doing when she is operating!
But right now, our cupboards are quite bare, and we desperately need your unwanted items, anything that is clean and gently worn will be appreciated. We are looking for donations of clothing, shoes (preferably flat ones and takkies), underwear, socks, kids and baby clothes, toys, kitchen items especially cutlery, crockery, glasses, pots and pans, linen, duvets, blankets, pillows, and towels sell very well and are very sought after by our shoppers.
But on the flip side, there are some things that we don’t want. We know that sounds a little fussy but let us explain, if you donate items that are broken, cracked, damaged, dirty, smelly, scratched, worn-out, stained, torn, mouldy, rusty, frayed or disassembled, bug infested or incomplete, those items simply don’t sell. We are then forced to haul items like this to the dump and in the long run it actually costs us money to dispose of these types of item and that takes away from the money we are trying to raise!
So, if you are local, you can drop off your unwanted items at either of our clinic in Clarens or Fouriesburg. We also have a place where donations can be dropped off in JHB – for more information, please contact Imogen from the Cluny team.”
You can reach out to the team by accessing contact details here.
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