Request to support Create Happiness campaign

Sister Betty Glover with Tshepo Mofokeng from Stor-Age Constantia Kloof

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.

A passion project

"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."

Drop off points

• Western Cape - Edgemead, City Vault, Maitland, Sea Point, Tokai, Pinehurst, Gardens, Bellville, and Table View
  
• Gauteng - Boksburg, Constantia Kloof, West Rand, Midrand, JHB City and Kempton Park
  
• Pretoria - Centurion, Grootfontein, Hennopspark, Irene, Lyttelton, Mnandi, Mooikloof, Zandfontein and Zwartkop
  
• Free State - Bloemfontein
  
• PE - Greenbushes