
Dear Stefan & Burk Stiftung,
First of all, thank you so much for the days you, Petra, Frank and Jutta spent visiting Options!
We are so happy that we could see you and we thank you for the special gifts you brought but most of all for your time with us.
We are thankful for the gift of R56 337.63 towards our running costs. The attached reconciliation gives us the specific figures for how we have spent your gift.
CLIENT CARE
The food parcels purchased were given to our neediest clients in January and February. This is essential for helping those who are vulnerable and don’t have enough food.
AMACICI
We purchased beads for the jewellery project and also printed packaging material. Our project leader has resigned but we are continuing the project with the help of another volunteer and the plan is to add new clients soon.
CARDS
We are very blessed for the card purchases you all made while visiting and you were a special encouragement to the “cardies”!
Your contribution has helped us give the women taxi money to come to Options. We plan to equip the ladies through Learn to Earn Workshop and Coaching so we can help them learn new skills
PREGNANCY COUNSELLING
Our crisis pregnancy clients are vulnerable and being able to see their counsellor and do pre-natal classes helps them prepare for their babies. This taxi money also assists those who are in late pregnancy who are picking up their parcel of baby clothes and toiletries.
SHINE
How fun it was for you to pack soya/rice with the Shine Group of young moms and their babies! Thank you for assisting with their food and transport money in February.
Their support group (“Shine”) means a lot to them!
YOUTH CARE
The Youth Group that meets on Friday afternoon at Kidstop is an exciting part of Options as we build relationships with teenagers in the youth club. Thank you for making a difference!
OTHER
The running costs are essential for Options!
Staff salaries makes up nearly 50% of our budget and your donation assisted us both in January and February. All of our ministry depends on the staff!
The Hexabyte (internet service), George Municipality, South Cape Security, Xerox (photo copy machine), XConnect, and the plumber all were expenses that help our office run smoothly.
We also printed business card, posters and flyers to assist us in marketing and we have a marketing outreach monthly that helps us market our services. Thank you for enabling us to reprint our materials!
The fuel purchased for our car helps the staff make trips to the hospital for clients, to Kidstop for the Youth Group and for School Workshop.
Finally we used your contribution to enable Jeanette and Nicolene to go to a First Aid Course which is required by law for our office. Both of them passed the course and we have already had to use Nicolene’s help with a young mom who had a distressed reaction to food she was eating and needed to get to the hospital.
We appreciate your support very much!
With love from
Laurie & the Options Team



