First-year Office Management and Technology students overdid themselves this year by donating R55 600 to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital Trust (RCCHT).
This is the most money CPUT students have ever donated to the RCCHT. Last year’s efforts saw them raise R54 000.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: First-year Office Management and Technology students sold various types of foods during this year’s Market Day on Cape Town and Wellington campuses to raise funds for the children’s hospital
For the past six years, first-year students in the Department of Office Management and Technology have been working together with the Trust, in a bid to make a positive impact on the lives of many children in South Africa.
Annually the students divide into groups, compile a business plan and set up stalls at the department’s Market Day.
The student groups on Cape Town and Wellington campuses were extremely innovative with their fundraising initiatives.
The products they sold were both tantalizing and delicious. A variety of products were on offer, from fruit salad for the health-conscious, to fast foods and decadent cakes and candy for those with a sweet tooth.
Not only did the RCCHT benefit from the Market Day, the products and ingredients which remained were donated to the Haven Night Shelter in Woodstock.
The overall winner was the Cape Town campus group Food-4-Thought, which raised the highest profit of R10 000.
By Kwanele Butana
Written by CPUT News
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