{"id":297050,"date":"2026-02-18T07:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=297050"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:00:13","slug":"thanksgiving-for-every-step-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/thanksgiving-for-every-step-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving for every step taken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Boland Islamic Council Women&#8217;s League (BICWL) hosted a thanksgiving event to show appreciation and gratitude to all the organisations, teams, volunteers, individuals and businesses who supported their very successful Pink Walk for Cancer, which was held on Sunday 8 February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thanksgiving event was held at the Charles Morkel Stadium in Strand last Wednesday (11 February), where guests shared their experience behind the scenes and were also treated to a scrumptious lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"297051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/thanksgiving-for-every-step-taken\/img_0893_77181\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pictured are the ladies of BICWL with some of the essential volunteers and sponsors. Photo: Yaseen Gaffar\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pictured are the ladies of BICWL with some of the essential volunteers and sponsors. Photo: Yaseen Gaffar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; Pictured are the ladies of BICWL with some of the essential volunteers and sponsors. Photo: Yaseen Gaffar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured are the ladies of BICWL with some of the essential volunteers and sponsors. Photo: Yaseen Gaffar\" class=\"wp-image-297051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0893_77181.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Pictured are the ladies of BICWL with some of the essential volunteers and sponsors. 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