{"id":267436,"date":"2025-07-15T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=267436"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T08:58:49","slug":"lotus-river-resident-leads-sanitary-pad-drive-to-help-less-fortunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lotus-river-resident-leads-sanitary-pad-drive-to-help-less-fortunate\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus River resident leads sanitary pad drive to help less fortunate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lotus River community is encouraged to donate sanitary pads for those less fortunate this month. The founder of this annual sanitary pad drive is Lotus River resident and Ottery Neighbourhood Watch Member, Stanford James (65), who says he is currently raising funds and collecting enough pads before he organises the hand overs. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"267438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/lotus-river-resident-leads-sanitary-pad-drive-to-help-less-fortunate\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" 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=\"2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Venue, located in Lotus River on Klip road, is where the handovers of the sanitary pads will take place at the end of this month.  Photo: supplied.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Venue, located in Lotus River on Klip road, is where the handovers of the sanitary pads will take place at the end of this month.  Photo: supplied.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Pads\" class=\"wp-image-267438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2323594a-6c3d-48c2-a_65042.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Venue, located in Lotus River on Klip road, is where the handovers of the sanitary pads will take place at the end of this month.  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