Love a Little Local: HOGS bikers donate big to Hermanus Night Shelter

Love a Little Local: HOGS bikers donate big to Hermanus Night Shelter

PHOTOS: Sue Raven

The peace and quiet of Mt Pleasant was shattered on Sunday morning, 28 February when approximately 35 Harley Davidson motor bikes roared into the area on a mission – to visit the Night Shelter under construction in Malva Street, which they had been supporting for the past four years, and to hand over a cheque for the proceeds of the November 2020 Cape Seal Rally held in Hermanus.

When the Directors of the Harley Owners Group (HOGS) approached the then Mayor, the late Cllr Rudolph Smith, with a request to become involved with a local charity, he suggested the Hermanus Night Shelter as his charity of choice. This is where the relationship started with the HOGS, who then used their annual Cape Seal Rallies to generate funds to support the construction of the shelter for the homeless.

By means of fundraising activities, donations, auctions etc., they raised funds each year so that by 2019 they had already donated R110 000. But this was before the big reveal of the amount raised by their 2020 fundraising initiative – a whopping cheque

for R65 000 which took everyone by surprise, especially in view of the current economic downturn due to Covid-19!

The building and completion of the Night Shelter is totally dependent upon the availability of funding and to date the total capital expenditure on the project is in excess of R2.5 million.

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