Jessica’s Story
Jessica - Recycler & Volunteer at the Recycle Swop Shop
Jessica is a volunteer at the Recycle Swop Shop. She is 20 years old, has a 17 months old boy and has been living in Du Noon for 15 years. She started bringing recycling to the Swop Shop in June this year and on average brings about 22 bags a week, which she collects from neighbours and friends in her street.
At the moment she doesn’t have work and bringing recycling has provided her with the opportunity to buy clothes and food for her family. This week she bought rice, sunlight powder, mealie meal, sugar, toothpaste, tin of pilchards, peanut butter, soap & bread. She is looking for clothes for her niece (age 12) & nephew (age 6), but we don’t have any of those sizes at the moment. If you have 2nd hand children’s clothes that you would like to donate, please contact us on 072 0574869.
Jessica just naturally started to help us on Tuesdays and she soon became part of our team. She is hard working, takes the initiative and always has a smile on her face. We love her!
We reward our local volunteers with tokens to spend at the Swop Shop. We rely on volunteers to help us and are growing a local team of people, as well as volunteers from outside of the community, who come and freely give their time and efforts. Thank you to all 10 volunteers that made yesterday a great success!
Here’s our stats from the Recycle Swop Shop Du Noon…
Cardboard & Paper = 1573 kg
Plastic = 1073 kg
Glass = 570 kg
Tin = 86 kg
Grand Total = 3872 kg!
Total Bags = 1417
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