It was felt that through the annual Christmas Charity Drive Mamba was helping many, many children in our area and it would be so nice to be able to also do something for the more mature members in our community.

A ‘think tank’ was held and all agreed that it should be something that assisted both financially and intellectually. We found the perfect solution – the Red Bin Brigade – born in 2004!

The Red Bin Brigade is a Section 21, non profit organization, made up of a group of the more mature members of our community who assist Mamba with raising money for our local needy organizations and have also launched their own very successful events.

Amongst other things, members of the Red Bin Brigade help by collecting money and groceries at shopping centers to assist local food kitchens and feeding schemes.

Every year the Red Bin Brigade members also assist the employees of Mamba Strike Force to seek out and identify countless sponsors to ensure the success of our Edenvale Christmas Charity Drive.

Sponsors are required for so many needed items and also for the sponsorship of the Red Wheelie Bins used to collect all the goods from local schools and deliver them to the various benefactors. Companies are asked to sponsor bins at R500 each and may supply corporate stickers for ‘their’ bins. The money collected all goes to help local charity organizations.

The Red Bin Brigade has very successfully completed a third annual Edenvale Mini Oscar Awards, recognizing the efforts of local children in school plays, etc.

The most recent Edenvale Mini Oscar Awards was held at SterKinekor at Greenstone Shopping Mall. Approximately 25 schools competed for the coveted Oscar trophy’s, many generous suppliers made it possible to hand over large amounts of money to Edenvale Care Centre.

If you know of any more ‘mature’ members in our community who would be interested in making new friends, having fun, and supporting those in our community who are less fortunate than ourselves, and would like to receive their security service from Mamba at no charge – Get them to call Dominique at Mamba on (011) 609-0237 for more information.