Graaff-Reinet – Town of the Year Winner – Eastern Cape
A letter from the organizing committee:
We have, through the efforts of many, been voted the best small town in the Eastern Cape and now we are entering the final stage of this competition and we are in for some tough opposition from the other eight finalists.
This competition is more than just Tourism; it gives Graaff-Reinet an enormous amount of media exposure. Rapport and Kwela have a budget of R1 mil to spend to promote the winning town.
We need only to look back at events such as the Under 13 Craven week, the Harley Weekend, the Dolphin Rally and many more to see just what an impact visitors make to the economic well being of our town, imagine what winning this competition will do to place us firmly on the calendar as – the one place that must be visited!
The “Dorp van die Jaar” / “Town of the Year” committee has come up with some innovative ways to encourage all our town folk to participate in making us the winning town.
Some of the items being arranged is a street parade with drum majorettes, collection cans for donations towards the cost of sms’s, free coffee at some of the coffee shops and all we ask is that the person enjoying the coffee send 4 SMS’s (at only R1.50 per SMS), a telethon day at the Tourism Office, the old folk at Huis de Graaf will receive air time and participate in the Seniors SMS day and much more.
This is why we need your help and participation. The competition limits the number of sms’s per cell phone to 100, which means we need large numbers of cell phones to orchestrate the campaign. To do this, we need funds so that we can buy air time which we can then supply free of charge to any person who is willing and able to help by spending time sending 100 SMS’s.
So we ask you to please help by making a donation to buy air time. How much do we need? Well 100 SMS’s cost R150.00, so if you can see your way clear then multiples of R150.00 would be greatly appreciated.
If you wish you can encourage your staff to send the sms’s and your contribution will then be to donate the time to them.
Please help us – and if you have made any form of contribution please let us know, because we are placing a barometer if sms’s sent in The Advertiser so that all who have participated can see just how the campaign has and is going.
Voting will run from Sunday, 18 July 2010 and closes on Sunday, 31 July 2010, so please try and vote as much as you can over the next two weeks. The number to SMS is 33157 and each SMS costs R1,50.
A letter from the organizing committee:
We have, through the efforts of many, been voted the best small town in the Eastern Cape and now we are entering the final stage of this competition and we are in for some tough opposition from the other eight finalists.
This competition is more than just Tourism; it gives Graaff-Reinet an enormous amount of media exposure. Rapport and Kwela have a budget of R1 mil to spend to promote the winning town.
We need only to look back at events such as the Under 13 Craven week, the Harley Weekend, the Dolphin Rally and many more to see just what an impact visitors make to the economic well being of our town, imagine what winning this competition will do to place us firmly on the calendar as – the one place that must be visited!
The “Dorp van die Jaar” / “Town of the Year” committee has come up with some innovative ways to encourage all our town folk to participate in making us the winning town.
Some of the items being arranged is a street parade with drum majorettes, collection cans for donations towards the cost of sms’s, free coffee at some of the coffee shops and all we ask is that the person enjoying the coffee send 4 SMS’s (at only R1.50 per SMS), a telethon day at the Tourism Office, the old folk at Huis de Graaf will receive air time and participate in the Seniors SMS day and much more.
This is why we need your help and participation. The competition limits the number of sms’s per cell phone to 100, which means we need large numbers of cell phones to orchestrate the campaign. To do this, we need funds so that we can buy air time which we can then supply free of charge to any person who is willing and able to help by spending time sending 100 SMS’s.
So we ask you to please help by making a donation to buy air time. How much do we need? Well 100 SMS’s cost R150.00, so if you can see your way clear then multiples of R150.00 would be greatly appreciated.
If you wish you can encourage your staff to send the sms’s and your contribution will then be to donate the time to them.
Please help us – and if you have made any form of contribution please let us know, because we are placing a barometer if sms’s sent in The Advertiser so that all who have participated can see just how the campaign has and is going.
Voting will run from Sunday, 18 July 2010 and closes on Sunday, 31 July 2010, so please try and vote as much as you can over the next two weeks. The number to SMS is 33157 and each SMS costs R1,50.
The contact details are as follows:
Organiser : Chantelle Marais
info@camdeboocottages.co.za - Mobile: 071 670 4747
Bank Details:
Dorp van die Jaar
ABSA Bank
Acc No: 9244827019
Branch Code: 334216