Dated: 2010-06-01
Beauty with a purpose
Written by Jandre Bakker
The battle for the coveted title of Mr and Miss Boland College has started with the crowning of the Campus finalists. “It is easy to crown the pretty people, as most organizations do,” said Morné Meyer, Marketer for Events Management and Community Liaison, “but to make sure that those finalists are true ambassadors for a college is whole different ball game.”
Campus finalists form groups that have to identify a project they can become involved with. The aim of this intervention is to establish which individuals are not afraid to get their hands dirty in serving the community, something ultimately the College does as well.
The project identified must address a specific need in the community the campus is situated in and must yield provable results. Sustainability of the project is taken into consideration and must contribute in placing the college as a corporate citizen. These projects are then judged by a panel of judges consisting of members of the media, private and entertainment sector and from Boland College.
Projects this year include:
- Anna Foundation that assists previously disadvantaged schools through academic, social en environmental support to farm children,
- Pebbles Project that works with 11 wine farms, 9 creches and after-school clubs in Lwandle and Kayamandi (approximately 500 children) and the peadiatric ward of the Paarl Provincial Hospital to name but three.
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