GEORGE NEWS - With compassion as their compass, Junior Mayor Mia Mengel and 1 800 fellow learners turned kindness into action, collecting clothing to warm hearts and lives. 

Through the George Junior City Council (JCC) outreach, communities in need, including fire-affected families, feel the power of youth-driven hope.

Mia Mengel, a learner of Hoërskool Outeniqua, is part of a team of learners who coordinated a food donation and collection project. 

Approximately 1 800 learners from across George donated clothing items, with the purpose of helping those in need.  The JCC adopted this programme with the purpose of improving the quality of lives of citizens in need.  

The collected items will be distributed to Carpe Diem School, as per their need, and warm winter clothing are being donated during the Project Hope winter drive of the George Municipality, as well as to those families that the Municipality assists and families affected by fire incidents.

Estelle Fredericks, Auxiliary Social Worker and Coordinator of Project Hope (left) with Matthew Taylor, Xanyé Janse van Rensburg and Mia Mengel (al three from Hoërskool Outeniqua), Jonel Kerspuy, Coordinator of the George Municipality Youth Office and Mastoerah Davids of York High, with some of the collected clothing. George Junior Council Members and some of the donations that were collected. 
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