The annual campaign encourages people to drop off items that they do not use at home such as any unwanted books, clothes, toys and non-perishable items at their nearest Stor-Age store where they are safely stored. These are then distributed to various charities in need across the country by the The Round Table.
A massive 100m2 of goods were collected at Stor-Age stores in the 2012 Create Happiness Drive which were donated to organisations such as the Maranatha Care Centre in Pretoria, which was devastated by a fire earlier this year, and to Sister Betty Glover, an 83-year-old ordained minister who runs a soup kitchen and chapel from her home in Noordgesig in Soweto. Stor-Age hopes to surpass the amount of goods collected last year and is confident they can reach at least 150m2 of goods with the help of the public.
"We are immensely proud of the Create Happiness Drive and how it has grown over the years," said Chris Oosthuizen, national marketing manager at Stor-Age. "It is a passion project of ours and one that offers us the opportunity to give back to our community. There is no donation too small, and it goes a long way to creating some happiness in the lives of those less fortunate than us."
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