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FOURWAYS GARDENS’ WAITER WELFARE INITIATIVE

Fourways Gardens Residents rally to support the Clubhouse Restaurant Staff during COVID.

L- R: Kerryn Brews, prize sponsor Delaire Gra ; Winner of the second monthly ra e Lizelle Zeeman; Hayley Parry, Fundraising lead; Lauren Williamson, prize sponsor
Anthonij Rupert, Andrew Moabelo, prize sponsor, Simonsig. (Missing: Karen Booth, prize sponsor, RealFood4Sure.)
hat started as a small but passionate drive by
resident Lisa Miller and her book club to support
the waitering staff at the Fourways Gardens
WClubhouse at the beginning of lockdown,
developed a life of its own as residents realised that lockdown
levels prohibiting the opening of the restaurant were there to
stay for some time.

“The realisation that the waitering sta whom we see on a weekly

basis were unable to work, inde nitely, was heartbreaking,” says
Hayley Parry, the marketing lead of the residents sub-committee
that was established after the Director of the Fourways Gardens
Home Owners Association (HOA) Board, James Erasmus, put out a
call to residents who wanted to assist.

“For a number of reasons, the Clubhouse Restaurant sta were not L- R: Kerryn Brews, prize sponsor Delaire Gra ; Winner of the second monthly

assured payments from government relief e orts or UIF,” explains ra e and a non-resident member of the Fourways Road Runners, Devlin Lakay;
Erasmus. “And so, the HOA kicked o the relief e orts with a Hayley Parry, Fundraising lead.

donation of R19 800 and the residents rallied from there. It’s been
incredible to watch.” “I was constantly amazed by the generosity of the residents,
supporters and businesses who rallied to support our Waiter Welfare
According to Parry, the sub-committee committed to a fundraising drive,” says Parry. “After Lisa’s initial e ort raised R9 250, the formal

e ort for 3 months, hoping that they’d raise enough to give the 11 fundraising drive raised an additional R106 257, bringing our total
waiters and waitresses a weekly stipend until the end of August. In to just over R115 000. There were also two additional food parcel

order to help encourage residents to donate, a monthly ra e was donations to these waiters and waitresses – one by the same group
established with prizes kindly donated by resident Kerryn Brews of of book club ladies and another by resident Vanessa Valente who
Delaire Gra wine estate and, later, Lauren Williamson of Anthonij has tirelessly been collecting donations throughout the pandemic

Rupert, and Karen Booth of RealFood4Sure. Andrew Moabelo, a for various charities.”
brand manager from Simonsig who was roped into doing some
delayed deliveries after the alcohol ban was lifted, heard about This support was very gratefully received by the waitering staff.
the initiative and donated a case of bubbly on the spot too! Brian Fengu, a popular employee at the restaurant sent a video
Fourways Gardens • 10 • October 2020