At Cape Town SUP we are always consciously aware of those less fortunate than ourselves, hence our total support to this worthy cause. Let's face it - Winter is cold! The Twitter Blanket Drive (TBD) is a uniquely South African, community-driven response to the needs of the poor during the winter months of the year. The Twitter Blanket Drive (TBD) started with a single tweet in 2010. Founder, Melanie Minnaar, contemplating the cold winter ahead, tweeted “what if each person on Twitter donated a blanket”. Since then, the TBD movement has grown in leaps and bounds. Just as the genesis of the idea started with a single tweet, so all efforts on promoting the national drive focus on Twitter. In 2012, 13 000 blankets were collected by the Twitter Blanket Drive and donated to needy organizations. All beneficiary organizations are Non-Profit Organizations (NPO’s), registered with the Department of Social Development. The Twitter Blanket Drive has injected a true sense of community into the South African Twittersphere, as Twitter users across the country join in to help disadvantaged communities keep warm during the winter months. #TWITTERBLANKETDRIVE is happening in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, at the moment. The hashtag is #TBD2014. The photos below were all taken last year at the Fire & Ice Hotel and at one of the blanket handout drives in Melkbosplaas, near Melkbosstrand. I went out with the Tippy Toes Foundation to document the event. This year's blanket handover event to selected charities will take place simultaneously in these 3 cities and other venues in George, Somerset West and possibly Hermanus on Thursday 29 May at diffirent venues, from 6pm. Our charity in Cape Town is Operation Shoebox. They represent 15 charities and thousands of children. For information about the Cape Town event, tweet @merentia or e-mail [email protected] Alternatively: visit: www.facebook.com/twitterblanketdrive Watch the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8S2t1tmDwA Here is a list with the official drop off zones for 2014: ** Blankets can be dropped off from now already until Thursday 29 May at 6pm. Cape Town CBD: @FireAndIceCT (additionally @ProteaHotels) - The Fire and Ice Hotel (200 Bree Street, Cape Town is the main drop-off point, and where the official handover of all blankets will be done on 29 May.) @CapeTownTourism has availed 4 of its biggest offices. – CTT in Burg Street, CTT in Muizenberg, CTT in Blaauwberg & CTT in Somerset West Northern Suburbs, Belville: @TygerBurger offices in the Bloemhof Building, c/o Bloemhof and Edward Streets, Bellville Athlone: @Metamorphasize (alternatively contact @shaqct) in Asar Mini Mall, Belgravia Road in Athlone Helderberg, Somerset West: @GrowthSpace on the 2nd Floor, Oudehuis Centre, 122 Main Road, Somerset West Media material about the drive in Cape Town: Cape Town Tourism blog http://www.capetown.travel/blog/entry/spread-some-winter-warming-magic-with-the-tbd2014-blanket-drive TygerBurger blog http://www.tygerburger.co.za/articles/articledetails.aspx?id=142668 YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8S2t1tmDwA To RSVP for the Thursday 29 May event: http://twtvite.com/hgr68nspkxy43aw For information in Cape Town: Tweet @merentia e-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 083 299 6585
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