Love, Love & more Love! That was the overwhelming spirit of another very successful Love to Live campaign that was held from the 16th to 18th May at the Protea Sports Centre. The response from the public was unbelievable. Thirty-five local schools enthusiastically embraced the event by participating in various talent contests, in which a strong message on suicide prevention, HIV/Aids and drug awareness was sent out to the community. The Glamorous Gran, inter-school Sari Contest and Baby Contest catered for the whole family.
The campaign recorded the highest number of entries in all categories. Over 2500 submissions each were received for the essay and poster competitions. Several schools competed for the Crerars cheque of R2000 for the school that submitted the most number of entries for the educational aspect of the campaign, which was won by Northlands Primary School with more than 60 children participating.
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Sobantu Secondary School entered for the rst time and scooped several awards including 2nd position in the Sketch contest, 1st position in the poster competition and 2nd and
3rd position in the fun run Sunday. Some 7000 entrants participated in the fun run on Sunday, 18th May. Proceeds from the fun run reached an unbelievable R300, 000. Schools were presented with up to 90% of funds raised at the Love to Live Awards Evening which was held on 8th June at the Eddels Sports Club.
