World Aids Day Benefit Concert

Northridge Ladies Circle is once again hosting the World AIDS Day Benefit Concert. This year we are raising money for Hugh's Haven in Yeoville. Help spread the word and make a difference in the kid's lives. The concert will take place on World AIDS Day on December 1, 2011 at 7pm to December 2 at 3am. Jet Nightclub, Next to Coca Cola Dome; corner Olievenhout and Northumberland, The Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg.

More than eight of SA's top bands: Evolver One, Lonehill Estate, Easy Tiger and Mantis Moon, to name a few have confirmed to be part of the fundraiser, we will keep updating this events page with details of bands, a wish list, corporate sponsorship and much more. If you are interested in knowing more about Hugh's Haven, please e-mail Sofia at: sofiav75@yahoo.co.uk

Tickets will be available through Computicket from the 1st of November at R150 per person. VIP Booths is available at R250 per person. For more info on the booths please e-mail adrian@myjet.co.za.
If you would like to get involved in sponsorship, donations or participation, please contact us.

In the meantime, put the date in your diaries, invite all your friends and help make this year's event even bigger than last year's.

Northridge Ladies Circle
Northridge Ladies Circle chartered 22 years ago. We do side-by-side projects with Agora which is an organisation for ladies from the age of 42 years and older. Many of the ladies who have been involved in Circle then move to Agora, still giving them an opportunity of helping their community.

We have on-going projects and fundraisers which help us make a difference in our community. Annually we have an event called Black Bra. This is an event for 350 ladies (many Breast Cancer sufferers or survivors) and we make donations to Bosom Buddies, Reach for Recovery and this year we also made a donation to Pink Drive.

Currently we are providing lunch for a primary school girl and pay for her school fees. We are also helping raise funds for the school fees of a child in high school (who resides at Hugh’s Haven). In June we hosted a comedy evening to raise funds for a 24 year old who was involved in a terrible car accident and who only had hospital cover.

He will require many months of out-of-hospital rehabilitation. On an annual basis we run the sweet stall at Firlands Children’s Home in Linden. On Mandela Day this year we donated food and blankets to FORA (Friends Of Rescued Animals).

Some of the fundraisers that we host are:
Black Bra
Quiz night
Donkey Derby
World AIDS Day Benefit Concert
Comedy Night

Some of our current projects are:
Buy a Lunch Box (Lunch for Angel)
Let’s Walk (Getting people mobile again)
Belle of the Ball (We donate dresses, underwear and jewellery, get a make-up school to do make-up and help make matriculants who can’t afford outfits for their matric dance feel like a princess for a day)
Paws Cause (Animals)
Another Brick in the Wall (Paying for School Fees)

We have a good working relationship with Northridge and Roodepoort Round Tables. We are also working side by side with Golden East Round Table on a project in Benoni.

All members give of their time to the organisation on a volunteer basis. In order for us to continue our work, as a local circle as well as a national circle, we take 15% of profits made from fundraisers. 10% stays within the circle and 5% is given to national.

LC7’s portion is then used to cover expenses (e.g. engraving, our AGM expenses) and can also be used to fund our smaller projects like our Buy a Lunch Box Project and our Brick in the Wall Fund. If cash donations are received at a fundraiser, we do not take a 15% admin fee, the full amount is allocated over to the individual/organisation.

See the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=221051844625025