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Walk and barbecue Sunday 10 July 2011 view Walk Ad View BBQ Ad 10-mile walk – start 10.45; pub lunch stop; 1.5 mile walk – start 3 pm. Both walks finish at Ferndale, Albury View, Tiddington, with light refreshments. Optional barbecue 4.30 – 8 pm. Tickets £10, children under 10 half price. Food and soft drinks provided; beer and wine & other items to buy. All profits will go to fund preschool places (to see details Click here) News Thembisa’s new patron - Janet Suzman A tribute to Sybil Parry: 1922 – 2010
Sybil was an invaluable source of wisdom, a huge encourager, and had a vibrant interest in each and every project. As a pensioner she lived frugally, saving her pension for those in need. Whatever Sybil could do in support of Thembisa she did. Help with teas were always on her agenda and she enjoyed them too! She was there to help with anything going, including mailings and
proofing some of the Trust’s documents. Please send cheques by post to The Thembisa Trust, 34 Trinity Road, Oxford OX3 8LQ, indicating that they are for the Sybil Parry Fund. Remember to gift aid them if you are a UK taxpayer (a donations form can be found here).
Thembisa’s Fundraising Braai on World Cup Final Day – 11 July 2010 Perfect weather on the day welcomed both old and new members, kids included. South African fare enjoyed in the lovely setting of the Bowleys’ garden helped to generate a total of more than £800 - enough to support eight very needy young children in a preschool place for a year, through the Pre-school places project (to see details click here). The exciting final watched on the big screen concluded a perfect Thembisa day. Avid reader Charles (former Trust Administrator) and Cecilie Swaisland of Kennington, Oxford, won first prize - £60 book tokens. Janet Meacham, Tiddington, won a meal for two at The Thatch, Thame. Thank you to all who attended, sent donations, or bought raffle tickets! Thembisa charity walk and tea 2009 Once again we had lovely weather for our two walks on 6 September 2009. We raised nearly £1000 to add to the funds for The Haven. Fundraising for The Alexandria Haven (Orphanage in South Africa) (To see details of the Alexandria Haven Click here) Thembisa 21st Celebratory week-end: Charity dinner and Charity cricket day, 23 and 25 May 2009, both with Gary Kirsten The Charity Dinner was enjoyed from start to finish. We had wonderful weather and a great cricket day at Tiddington cricket club. For a copy of the programme click here. Between the Charity Dinner, the Twenty20 cricket event, and many generous donors, we collected over £5000. On top of this, motivated by one Thembisa supporter, a school in Perth, Western Australia (John Septimus Roe Anglican Community) raised more than £9,000 through their annual Runathon. Fantastic! The total of over £14,000 far exceeds the target of £10,000. A huge thank you to Maggie Dunnill and everyone involved in Perth and to scores of people in the UK, and of course Gary and Deborah Kirsten. Does this mean we have raised more than The Alexandra Haven needs? Oh no! Too much is a long way off. Here are the facts. This orphanage houses 40-50 kids in a 3 bedroom bungalow. The aim is to build, as soon as possible, at least 6 chalets each housing 6 children and an adult - estimated cost is £5500 per chalet. Also levelling the ground for building, and a sports field will cost another £3500 or so. SO, Thembisa continues to raise more! Our next planned event is on 6 September 2009. (click here to download the poster). Do join us. Then two boys at Oxford's Cherwell school ARE making plans to help Thembisa fundraise, also in September. CAN YOU HELP? If YOU have any way of adding more please contact the Trust office. We, and The Alexandria Haven will be delighted. ‘Lifelines’ Multimedia Performance, 29 November 2009 Chris Mann, a South African poet, and Janet Suzman, the well known South African actress, introduced our 21st celebration year (2008-2009) by performing a work entitled ‘Lifelines’ on Saturday 29 November at St John’s College in Oxford. The performance dealt with the lifelines of animals and the biosphere of the planet, with Chris singing some of his poems to guitar music, and Janet reciting others, all to a backdrop of magnificent projected illustrations by Julia Skeen (Chris’s wife). This was an uplifting evening, giving us all a renewed appreciation for the wonders of creation and the need to cherish and care for the environment and living things. Afterwards there was the chance to mingle and chat with Chris and Janet over drinks and snacks. If you want to buy copies of Chris’s book ‘Lifelines’, phone Eurospan Publishers at 01767-604-972. Thembisa charity walk and tea 2008 Thank you very much to all who walked, sent donations, or bought
raffle tickets. £670 was raised. Thembisa charity walk and tea 2007
We had two very successful walks (long and short) and a delicious tea on Sunday 2 September 2007, and raised about £1000 for two of our projects – Eluxolweni street children’s shelter in Grahamstown and the Bonginkosi Blanket Project in Edendale. Thank you to all who came, bought raffle tickets or sent donations. |
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In 1988 when Stephen and Tonia Bowley prepared to set up a Trust to support grassroots projects in South Africa, Sybil was one of the people they consulted in detail. As one of Thembisa’s first members she was from the outset a great friend.
We miss Sybil greatly but more than that we move forwards on the strength of her inspiration, compassion, humour and loyalty. To remember and honour Sybil we invite you to send a special contribution to Thembisa for The Sybil Parry Fund.
This will go towards the last project she actively supported (