IMPERIAL Logistics recently set time aside during its busiest time of year to volunteer and give back to the community by hosting a holiday party for needy children and educating schools on road safety. On 20 November, over 50 IMPERIAL Logistics employees travelled to Orange Farm to host a ‘Christmas Fun Day’ for the Grade R pupils of Rekgutlile Primary, Finetown Primary School, and Tshepana Primary.  Almost 300 students were able to participate in a day filled with games, jumping castles and face painting. The children were also treated to an exciting drumming session and a gift from Santa himself! Each child received a photograph of themselves with Santa as a personal memento of the special event.

In addition to all the events of the party, IMPERIAL Logistics volunteers were able to cover almost 10560 school books for these deserving kids.  The success of the event was made possible in partnership with IMPERIAL Ukhamba Trust, Izon Photography and Rapid Pro Lab.  On 23 November the junior phase of Primrose Primary had the opportunity to experience a fun and interactive road safety event hosted by IMPERIAL Logistics and facilitated by the IMPERIAL I-Pledge and Active Education teams. A similar event was held on 30 November for the senior phase of Primrose Primary in order to teach the youngsters about road safety. At the event each of them was provided with a T-shirt in their school colours and a drawstring bag filled with snacks and fruit.

At both schools, zebra crossings were repainted and road signs placed to warn motorists that they were entering a school zone.  The senior phase scholar patrol members were kitted out with brand new visibility vests, stop signs, and traffic cones. The I-Pledge road safety school drive is ongoing and schools will be revisited, crossings repainted, and scholar patrol members educated on an ongoing basis. To date, the I-Pledge initiative has educated over 52,000 scholars on road safety, and their schools made safer with new road signs and repainted zebra crossings.