{"id":84848,"date":"2023-07-26T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T06:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/spreading-some-winter-warmth-20230725-7-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:39:08","slug":"spreading-some-winter-warmth-20230725-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/spreading-some-winter-warmth-20230725-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading some winter warmth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6a7bfbfe\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8895\/444a590acf804bb4acf74d0daa9de8c6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d47ea92e698042ee855c98b164408bbe.jpg\" title=\"Bettie Daniels and Ida Presents.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Bettie Daniels and Ida Presents.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8895\/3e35d3302a004145b34a78b7a8737741.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/160d492cc25b414dbcd4dc63d5f7bc9d.jpg\" title=\"Ida Presents, Ren\u00e9 Snyders and Marilyn Daniels.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Ida Presents, Ren\u00e9 Snyders and Marilyn Daniels.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful Mandela Day initiative was started in 2019 by Helderberg Hospice, where beautiful handmade blankets received from the warm-hearted Helderberg community were distributed to patients in Macassar. 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