{"id":50915,"date":"2021-04-29T12:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/businesses-unite-to-donate-school-shoes-20210428-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:22:03","slug":"businesses-unite-to-donate-school-shoes-20210428-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/businesses-unite-to-donate-school-shoes-20210428-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses unite to donate school shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_10ea493a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8330\/befd4efec1d9432ab6a27c85eced3de3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8331\/279a2655bc8d4712b9ed565cddfaf32e.jpg\" title=\"More than 200 pairs of shoes were donated by Woodlands Dairy and SPAR to learners in Humansdorp. At the back from left are Charlette Taks (St Patrick\u2019s Primary School), Nicolette Williams (Child Welfare), Carmelia Miles and Marlon de Klerk (Woodlands Dairy). In front are Erna Vermaak (Child Welfare) and Enock Dickson (SUPERSPAR Village on Main).     Photo: Supplied\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">More than 200 pairs of shoes were donated by Woodlands Dairy and SPAR to learners in Humansdorp. At the back from left are Charlette Taks (St Patrick\u2019s Primary School), Nicolette Williams (Child Welfare), Carmelia Miles and Marlon de Klerk (Woodlands Dairy). In front are Erna Vermaak (Child Welfare) and Enock Dickson (SUPERSPAR Village on Main).     Photo: Supplied<\/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<p>LOCAL businesses, SPAR Eastern Cape and dairy processor, Woodlands Dairy, recently joined forces to supply 227 pairs of school shoes to primary school learners in Humansdorp.<\/p>\n<p>The donation forms part of Woodlands Dairy\u2019s annual support to Child Welfare Humansdorp, in support of families who were unable to provide basic needs to their children, orphans and foster parents who struggled to make ends meet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of last year, SPAR ran a national loyalty campaign where Bata shoes were available for purchase at R40 a pair. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign was hugely successful and highlighted the crying need to support people who are unable to afford these very basic needs,\u201d said Alan Stapleton, sponsorship and events manager at SPAR Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be able to partner with suppliers like Woodlands Dairy is special in showing that we, in the retail business, do care about our communities. It is not just about food.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Carmelia Miles, CSI and marketing coordinator at Woodlands Dairy, said the gift of a pair of school shoes to a child in need was their way of giving children a good start to their new school year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want learners to go to school with pride and confidence and have one less barrier to learning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Woodlands Dairy, which is actively involved in community upliftment, also partnered with female-owned shoe manufacturer in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), RV Footwear, to have just over 50% of the shoes handmade at their factory in Korsten. <\/p>\n<p>RV Footwear was established as a female partnership between sisters, Roxane Titus and Vida-Ann Smith in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>The business was a family legacy which stemmed from their father having been a cobbler and working in the footwear industry for over 50 years \u2013 from making shoes to training new apprentices. <\/p>\n<p>Titus and Smith have a passion for making quality 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