The Ladies of PetroSA opened their hearts and got together 23 Gift Packs that PetroSA donated to the "Ups For Downs" School in Blanco George. Star Riders adopted the "Ups For Downs" School as their local charity in 2011 and decided to spoil the kids afflicted with the Downs Syndrome, Santa arrived at the School on the 6th December bearing the Gift Packs donated by PetroSA. George Yamaha donated R500 and two other members of the Star Riders MC matched that donation and an envelope with R1500 was handed to the Principal of the school. The other members of Star Riders MC donated toiletries and other toys to augment the Gift Packs supplied by PetroSA. To make the day even more enjoyable for the kids, Star Riders MC got snack platters to feed the kids during break time. The joy on the kids faces were evident and we were greeted with much gusto and excitement, the bikes were admired and Santa was grilled with a lot of questions of what happened to his sleigh and reindeer. It was explained to them that the motorcycles were magical and had 1700 horses in that little engine that makes so much noise and that Santa can make time drag in the different countries so that he can reach all the kids in time for Christmas. The love that these kids exhibited was amazing and an experience we will never forget. I would like to extend my thanks to PetroSA management and the ladies that got the Gift Packs together on such short notice as well as George Yamaha and the rest of the crew from Star Riders. To my wife, thanks for being my Elf that day and handing me the right gift for each kid. To the Staff of the "Ups for Downs" School I want to say what a wonderful job you women are doing and all our love and respect for doing such a wonderful job with the Down Syndrome Kids in our region. We are looking forward to assist you in the future with more fund raisers and am proud to be one of your ambassadors.
Merry Christmas and my the Lord bless all of you and the school in this coming year and the years ahead.
From the pictures to the left and right you can see the joy we brought to the Kids and it was a privilege to be able to share the day with them.
