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,…
On Monday 8 May 2017 the JBRP celebrated 500 tonnes of recyclables collected by the children of the Recycling Project. To commemorate the occasion, a tree (Ekebergia capensis), donated by The Supertubes Foundation, was planted by the special guest of honour, the Mayor of the Kouga region, Mrs Elza van Lingen. This was Mrs van…
The first quarter of the year is done, and it has been busy at the JBay Recycling Project. A lot of new friends were made, records broken, old friends re-visited, new stock was tried, designer dresses were sold, and many happy customers brought in tonnes of recyclables. Some highlights were: Book donation from…
The children who participate in the JBay Recycling Project (JBRP), are now able to “buy” (exchange recyclables) dresses designed and made by Monica Zipper, fashion designer and twice winner of the British Designer of the Year award. This is something they have in common with the Princess Royal and Margaret Thatcher. Monica has been involved…
On the 16th of January the JBay Recycling Project had their first trading day of the year. On this first trading day of 2017, 298 children brought in a massive 4.5 tonnes of recyclables. The children have been collecting recyclables over the holiday period, and they could buy a lot of their school supplies with…
