Trading: Thankfully, the ubiquitous second term public holidays mostly fell on other weekdays and allowed us to trade three times in April. A few close calls with the weather followed, but we were not deterred and neither were the kids. When we are going to be closed on any given Monday, and try to accommodate…
So far this year, there have been 8 trading days at JBay Recycling Project and 1,289 kids have seized the opportunity to turn 12,5 tonnes of trash into treasure. We turned 8! The year started off with a “hip hip hooray” as JBay Recycling Project celebrated it’s 8th birthday in January. Green Earth Landscaping created…
On Tuesday the18th September, amidst much excitement and assistance from the community, we took delivery of our very first container. Donated and delivered by Jeffreys Bay SuperSpar and Build-It. We can not thank you both enough for this very generous donation. And then on Monday 15th October, a second 2,4 x 6m container was delivered…
The third annual Art Exhibition held in aid of the JBAY Recycling Project was a huge success. With 70 artists contributing a 114 art works the evening raised R31 700.00. This is R12 000.00 more than last year! The quality of the art was really high this year, and the enthusiasm of the contributing artists…
The Sunshine Group is a registered NPO with the purpose of encouraging pensioners to recognize their own worth and offering them the opportunity to take part in activities such as sewing, gardening, socializing and even playing soccer. They are the lease holders of the Sunshine Service Centre, where the weekly trading of the JBay Recycling…
Come and visit our stall at this year’s Jeffreys Bay Winterfest! The JBay Recycling Project will have a stand in Pepper Street at the Corona Open JBay from the 2nd of July to the 17th of July. Our stand will not only be showcasing the project to all visitors, but there will be a whole…
It is time to invite artists, both local and international to participate in out third annual art exhibition. This year the theme is HOMAGE TO HERITAGE. The exhibition is open to all artists, any medium or size is accepted. The artwork will be sold by blind auction at JBay Bru Co on Friday 14 September.…
With the Easter Holidays come and gone, the first quarter of the year has been busy as far as trading at the JBay Recycling project goes. So far this year the children have brought in 20 tonnes of recyclables to trade for goods in the “swop shop”! This brings up our grand total to 570…
This year we want to focus on giving more people the opportunity to volunteer at the project. Besides the fact that we always need volunteers, we find that the volunteers gain much from the interaction with the children and being part of the empowerment of the community through recycling. We would like to invite local…
Highlights of 2017 January: On the first trading day the kids delivered 4,5T. Monica’s designer dresses in stock. February: Huge group of Ticket to Ride volunteers, plus lots of Norwegian visitors. March: Clothing sale earned around R3,000. Visitors who hadn’t even see the project donated stock and are collecting more. Food Lovers commit to R2,000’s…
The last term of 2017 started off with a bang on Monday the 9th October with lots of things happening. The people of Hotspots2c donated 3 boxes of shoes to the project.. Thank you so much, Check them out they offer really nice adventures in the area. We had a visit from the…
You are invited to participate in the second Annual Art exhibition in aid of JBay Recycling Project, to be held on 22 Sept 2017. Last year the exhibition raised more than R15000.00, and we hope to better that this year. The theme this year is “THE FOURTH R” We are very excited about this theme,…
