Club helps at home for the aged

ON behalf of the management committee and residents of the Malabar Home for the Aged I wish to thank the Shamrocks Football Club for its magnanimous gesture.

Members of the club, past members and officials arrived at the home on Saturday February 17 with tea and cake for the residents.

Shamrocks, which is the oldest soccer club in the previously disadvantaged areas and the third oldest in the metro, is celebrating its centenary this year.

Instead of celebrating with a gala dinner for the haves – highranking soccer officials and dignitaries – the club has decided to celebrate by doing community service.

Shamrocks has pledged a donation of R500 a month over the next 10 months, with a possible extension, to the home.

I was informed that the club would be visiting other organisations similar to ours during the course of the year.

In addition members of the club who attended the tea offered to visit the home over weekends to help with minor maintenance work at the home.

Founded in 1988, the Malabar Home accepts residents from across the metro irrespective of race, colour, creed or religion.

As a non-profit organisation the home is managed by a voluntary committee and to a large extent depends on the public for funding.

Thank you once again, Shamrocks.

Mogan Segadavan, chairman, Malabar Home for the Aged, Port Elizabeth