Home Channel is where the heart is

Johannesburg opened its heart to its children at the first design and décor morning hosted by The Home Channel, DStv 55, at Summer Place in Hyde Park, when nearly R50 000 was raised for the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society.

The money poured in when well-heeled guests bid for a two hour consultation with each of four design, styling, food and gardening gurus who enthralled with their presentations earlier in the day - Stephen Falcke, Sharon Glass, Gideon du Plessis and Keith Kirsten.

The Heart of the Home Channel was the new channel's first corporate social responsibility event since its launch on DStv channel 55 in May this year. The channel, which flights on weekends, concentrates on South Africa's burgeoning design and decor industry. It was the brain-child of Edith Venter to invite more than 200 society players to a charity event to experience the latest trends for 2006 first-hand.