Toys for Boys (And Girls)

A huge thank you to Renette Ellis and her family for donating three MASSIVE boxes of toys. These will be delivered to the Malaika Orphanage Center in Johannesburg.

Santa Shoeboxes - Progress So Far

I am sure most of you want to know how far we are with the Santa Shoebox Project as we have been working on this for a while. 

Now you can keep track of what we have done already and what we still need to complete our first 50 boxes.

We have already collected:

50 x Soap

50 x Wash Cloth

50 x Toothbrush

50 x Toothpaste

100 x Soft Balls

50 x Boxes of Crayons

26 x Colouring Books

22 x Packs of Marshmallows

26 x Outfits

10 x Bubbles

10 x Small Toys

250 x Lollipops

We are still working on:

24 x Colouring Books

28 x Packs Marshmallows

24 x Outfits

40 x Bubbles

40 x Small Toys

Thank You - Santa Shoebox Project

A special thank you to each and every single one of you who helped with the Santa Shoebox Project so far!!! We couldn't have done it without you!!!

Aandre Wessels

Albertus Botha

Alex Vorster

Angy Portolan

Antoinette Uys

Antony Newton

Anzelle Odendaal

Becky Duk
Carrie-Anne Lai

Carla de Beer

Chantal Pontes

Charneel du Preez
Chris Mathew

Christelle Breet

Derisha Newton

Dwayne Labuschagne
Fawzia Mohamed

Gert de Wet

Heleen Botha

Jackie Serrao

Joanie de Lange

Lauren Joanne Smith

Letitia Bornman

Liezl Louw

Nadia Engelbrecht

Nicole Moore

Nicolene Jonker

Nikita Pontes

Nikki de Wet

Sune van der Merwe

Suzanne Sterley

Yolandi Brophy

Yolandi Brough

The Painting Process - Santa Shoebox Project

We FINALLY started painting the Santa Shoeboxes and they look amazing!!

Chantal did not help much. She only painted on box lid. She is lazy like that.

The Call

The unexpected phone call. A grown man asking for help. He is hungry and so is his family. His last coins were used to buy airtime to make the call. The pain in his voice is clear. I cannot imagine how much courage it took to make the call. I know he is not taking chances. He is a hard worker and an honest man. Life just dealt him a bad hand. He does not ask for money because he knows he will not be able to pay it back. At least not anytime soon. He is willing to work and earn it. If only I allow him the opportunity to do so. I will do my best to help him because I know him. I have seen his struggles with my own eyes. It would have been so easy to turn a blind eye. And we often do. But I can’t. Not today.

Ask yourself how many times do you turn a blind eye when someone asks for help. How many times do you let the phone go to voice mail because you are not in the mood, or too busy, or too selfish? And ask yourself how you can live guilt free knowing that someone’s last bit of airtime was quite possibly wasted on you.

Orphanage Dance Competition

Dear Gangsters

Below the details for the orphanage dance competition!

If you don’t want to give money happy to take any offers of help on the day or any other help and donations (hotdogs, rolls etc.)

I am Pleased announce that once again this year I will be hosting the annual Xstatic Dance Inter-studio competition and of course it wouldn’t be the same without making sure our the Kids of the Malaika orphanage where I teach also got to participate!!

This year will be slightly different in that I will have to have a separate dance competition for my actual studios and then the Orphanage will actually have their very own competition. The reason for this is that I have been blesses with THREE studios now: Kyalami, Fourways and Floracliffe which have all grownJ,  but sadly so have the numbers at the orphanage. Doing it all together would make the day very long and seen I have mostly kids I don’t want them getting tired.

The proposed date is Saturday the 18^th October and it will be held at My fourways studio which has a big Hall I can rent as well.  

The sponsorship will include the following: R180

Transport for all the orphans: There is +- 55/60 of them at the moment

Entry into the competition: Which includes, trophies and medals , paying judges and paying for renting the hall

Food and drinks on the day: Hot dog , juice and sweets

If you or your company are interested in sponsoring please let me know and I will send you an official invoice with all the details J

I am also happy to write any Thank you letters for any corporates that need them

Some pictures of the last class I did at the orphanage so special, they really are my most enthusiastic students: 

Please forward to any potential sponsors - I look forward to your positive response.

Lin xx

Yours in Dance and Entertainment

Lindy Liebmann

Dance Director and Teacher

079 497 2680

FloraCliffe. Douglasdale.Kyalami

www.xstaticdance.co.za

“More Than Feeling” 

Make a Toy for Shelter Animals

Hi Everyone!!!

So, we have decided to support Kitty and Puppy Haven by making toys for all our animal friends in shelters.

Below is more information and a list of items we will need.

At the moment we are only collecting the material. 

More information on how to actually make these toys will follow soon!!

If you can donate any of the items on the list below, please contact me.