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Volunteer: Have Fun Whilst Helping Knysna’s Kids

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“You will never stand taller than when you kneel to help a child,” is a grand quote of sacrifice and community that we should all live by. However, when you become a volunteer at Love Knysna Projects, your only goal in kneeling is so that you can see children smile… and they can see you do the same. Volunteering has never been easier. We don’t expect money donations, just your your time and your positive attitude. The goal is to have fun whilst taking children on excursions to fun places … Read the full article…

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Nov 7: Rocking the Lake Picnic Concert

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Join Lakeside Lodge & Spa for our first amphitheater concert, Rocking the Lake on Saturday, 7 November 2015. The event promises to be a music lover’s delight as Sedgefield’s local rock heroes, The Cloud 9 Band, will be performing their own special take on classic 60s, 70s and 80s Rock n Roll. Their set list includes tributes to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Kinks, Eagles, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Status Quo, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd and many more. This is a festive, picnic concert (admittance included in price): … Read the full article…

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Slow Festival Picnic Fun for Charity

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Have we lost the art of picnics? The Victorians used to pack the most wonderful picnics! Nowadays we are all into food the fast way and picking up packaged sandwiches! Picnic, or pique-nique, is of French origin, formed from ‘piquer’, the French for “to pick at food”, and ‘nique’ meaning something small of no value. However later in the Oxford English Dictionary it became, “An occasion when a packed meal is eaten outdoors, especially during an outing to the countryside.” Once only reserved for wealthy hunters and country people out … Read the full article…

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