As the chill of winter begins to creep in, Good Hope FM, Cape Town\u2019s Original, in partnership with Community Chest, is once again calling on Capetonians to jump in and save lives, by rallying behind its long-standing winter CSI campaign, Keep Cape Town Warm \u2013 #GoodHopeFMKCTW25.<\/p>\n
The campaign was officially launched during a live broadcast of S3 Expresso this morning.<\/p>\n
For the past 15 years, this initiative has been a growing beacon of hope for the vulnerable, collecting thousands of blankets and non-perishable food items annually to support those living in the cold. This year, with Community Chest contributing a generous R97,000 to the campaign and Good Hope FM expanding its reach into previously unvisited areas, the station is more committed than ever to making a meaningful impact across Cape Town. In 2024, Capetonians donated over 5 000 non-perishable food items, 1 400 single blankets and 47 bags of second-hand clothing.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s targets are even bigger: 6 000+ food items, 2 000 blankets, and a significant increase in monetary donations to help to punch a proper hole in the cold. All donations will be distributed weekly via Community Chest\u2019s network of trusted NGOs to ensure swift, direct support where it\u2019s needed most. Monetary donations can be made safely through the Community Chest\u2019s online portal.<\/p>\n
Donations of new blankets and non-perishable food items can be dropped off at the Good Hope FM studios at 209 Beach Road, Sea Point, or at any of the following outside broadcasts, where you\u2019ll not only get to hang out with Good Hope FM presenters like the Roger Goode Breakfast gang, but also be part of something truly powerful:<\/p>\n
\u25aa Wednesday, 30 April 2025 06:00 \u2013 09:00 Constantia Waldorf School, Spaanschemat River Road, Constantia
\n\u25aa Wednesday, 7 May 2025 06:00 \u2013 09:00 Kronendal Primary School, 10 Andrews Road, Hout Bay<\/p>\n
\u25aa Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 06:00 \u2013 09:00 Koos Sadie Primary School, Dingle Road, Vaco Estate, Goodwood
\n\u25aa Thursday, 22 May 2025 06:00 \u2013 09:00 Blouberg Ridge Primary School, Table View
\n\u25aa Wednesday, 28 May 2025 06:00 \u2013 09:00 Temperance Town Primary School, Gordons Bay
\n\u25aa Wednesday, 4 June 2025 06:00 \u2013 09:00 La Rochelle Girls’ Primary, Paarl
\n\u25aa Saturday, 21 June 2025 09:00 \u2013 12:00 Community Chest Offices, 892 Bree Street<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us at Good Hope FM, this is personal. We\u2019re not just sending hopeful thoughts and wishes, we\u2019re doing something practical and saving lives,\u201d says Masi Mdingane, Business Manager for Good Hope FM and 5FM. \u201cThese are our listeners, our communities. We\u2019re showing up where it matters most – on the ground, in the cold, for the people who need us. We urge individuals, families, schools, businesses and celebrity friends of the station to show up too \u2013 even challenging others on social media. Donate what you can. Every blanket, every tin of food, every rand counts\u201d, he concludes.<\/p>\n
Community Chest CEO, Peter Heeger, says, \u201cWe are grateful to continue as the official distribution partner of Good Hope FM Keep Cape Town Warm Campaign for the 15th consecutive year. We are especially excited to be working with Roger Goode, the breakfast team and the new Good Hope FM line-up. Following the incredible success of the 2024 campaign, where we helped 41-NGOs across the Western Cape, we are eager to build on this momentum. This year, we look forward to surpassing these achievements and setting new records.\u201d<\/p>\n
Capetonians are encouraged to donate, share, and challenge friends, family, and co\u0002workers to match or beat their contributions using the hashtag #GoodHopeFMKCTW25.<\/p>\n
Together, we can keep Cape Town warm \u2014 one blanket, one meal, one donation, one life saved at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the chill of winter begins to creep in, Good Hope FM, Cape Town\u2019s Original, in partnership with Community Chest, is once again calling on Capetonians to jump in and save lives, by rallying behind its long-standing winter CSI campaign, Keep Cape Town Warm \u2013 #GoodHopeFMKCTW25. The campaign was officially launched during a live broadcast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodhopefm.co.za\/goodhopefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}