The Randburg Sun Newspaper

Mini-report from Wendy :

A few weeks back I called the local newspaper - the
Randburg Sun - and asked whether they would send a reporter to come a see what Knit-a-Square does.  Joni came through and although she took many photos, she chose to use this mug shot of Ronda and I. 

But, imagine our surprise when KAS was not only featured in the newspaper, but made front page news.  The Editor just loved what we do.  The best part of this is that even though it is a local, Randburg based newspaper, the article is sent to the newspapers within that media group and we may get publicity further afield. 

We have already had a few call as a result of the article being published and the best part is that we ask people to visit the website to contact us, so we may have new recruits to the Forum too!

Wendy Hardy and Ronda Lowrie run the international charity organisation Knit-a-Square in Ferndale, Randburg.

THE ARTICLE

Children in Soweto receive Knit-a-Square blankets on Mandela Day last year.

When Ferndale resident Ronda Lowrie began her knitting project called ‘Knit-a-Square’ in 2008, she had no idea how the project would go viral – leading up to thousands of contributions from all over the world.

“When we started, we thought it would be ‘just a wee knitting project!’ and that it might result in just a few hundred squares,” says Lowrie, Knit-a-Square co-founder.

Her aim was to get knitters to knit colourful squares, which would then be combined and sewn together into blankets for the less fortunate. “It was always difficult for me to see people suffer in the cold, harsh winter. Especially the children, it broke my heart.”

The project has since grown exponentially thanks to the internet, and contributions from countries including UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Italy, Malaysia, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Netherlands, China, Saudi Arabia, Norway and many more.

Today, Knit-a-Square has collected more than 700 000 squares and distributed more than 30 000 blankets to the needy in Soweto, Diepsloot, Zandspruit, Cosmo City, Alexandra, Tembisa, Katlehong and in and around Bloemfontein, Cape Town, White River, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle and Ladysmith.

Details: www.knit-a-square.com

 

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  • Congratulations!!  Wendy, you have to start a clippings album to show at your corporate presentations.  

  • Front page! That's fantastic! Way to go, Wendy!

    • Yay that is really amazing ! Great article.

  • Three cheers for Wendy Hardy for picking up that phone and inviting the paper to visit KAS.  So happy to see that you are getting some of the publicity that you deserve!

    A great day for KAS!!!

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