Wynberg Girls reach out to support Percy, Peter and Pamela

Plans were made by the Environment Club for learners to go to the SANCCOB warehouses in Salt River on Saturday 22 July. Shelly Van Dyk, Taryn Van Dyk, Mandy Smit, Melissa Richards, Lourie Badenhorst, Toni Waywell, Kelly Young, Eva Nossek, Karina Stavridis, Martina Wlez, Monique Willis were amongst those who went to clean and feed the penguins.

Everyone went blindly, not knowing what they would be assigned to do. The duties ranged from being handlers (holding the penguins, while the cleaning took place), the cleaning of runways (the area that the penguins use to 'run' to the water), the cleaning of the chick's pens and the transporting of the penguins to other warehouses.

Not even being dressed in yellow slickers and black wellington boots prevented us from getting guana smeared on ourselves. At one stage there were screams of disgust, when it was found out that Mandy Smit had guana plastered in a strip across her face. Karina Stavridis managed to get bitten on the nose by a less-than-friendly penguin. While carrying three penguins in a box, we were often met by a little face that had popped out to say hello, or a little beak, which nipped people on the fingers.

Regardless of the smelly and definitely not picturesque surroundings, it was wonderful to be able to help and know that we were making a difference

Penguin Fundraiser