{"id":213979,"date":"2021-10-27T09:06:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T07:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=213979"},"modified":"2021-10-27T19:51:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T17:51:25","slug":"cape-town-community-roleplayers-recognised-with-2021-mayoral-civic-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/cape-town-community-roleplayers-recognised-with-2021-mayoral-civic-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Community roleplayers recognised with 2021 Mayoral Civic Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>In a City of Cape Town Subcouncil 16 Awards Ceremony held on Monday three Camps Bay residents were awarded Mayor\u2019s Civic Awards \u2018in recognition of dedicated and generous service to the community in Good Hope Subcouncil (16). Your commitment to service delivery is hereby acknowledged with gratitude\u2019.<\/i><\/p>\n

In total 14 residents received Civic Awards. I am extremely grateful to be one of the Award recipients.<\/p>\n

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Ward 54 Councillor (for Sea Point and Camps Bay) Nicola Jowell nominated the three recipients in her Ward, and presented each Award to:<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein<\/b> : for her Camps Bay Clean initiative in picking up litter in Camps Bay, \"\"<\/a>for encouraging Homeless persons to work with her, for hosting Community Beach cleans, and for reporting maintenance and security issues to Councillor Nicola. She heads up the Environment and Communications Portfolios on the Camps Bay Ratepayers Association.<\/p>\n

Theresa Massaglia<\/b>: her Community who Cares project encourages homeless persons to move into shelters and to be gainfully employed, the Camps Bay Community Stewards being a major project started a year ago. She heads up the Homeless Portfolio on the Camps Bay Ratepayer\u2019s Association.<\/p>\n

Alan Marsh<\/b>: Chairman of the Camps Bay Community Policing Forum, and working on Community who Cares with Theresa.<\/p>\n

Camps Bay Ratepayers\u2019 Association member Johan van Papendorp, renowned landscape architect, designed the De Waterkant Park, which was implemented by a De Waterkant Volunteer Resident Group.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Other recipients of the awards were<\/p>\n

#. \u00a0Niels Colesky<\/b>, whom I met in the lift going to the Award venue, and who entertained me during the ceremony, knowing that Gary Peterson and I are friends, and about my reputation as a controversial restaurant writer, for a De Waterkant Park created by a group of resident volunteers<\/p>\n

#. Andre Viljoen<\/b> of Woodstock Brewery, who started the Mother Soup Project to feed needy persons, he opening a permanent facility in Paarden Eiland soon (Photograph left)<\/p>\n

#. \u00a0Frank Solomon<\/b> from Hout Bay, who started a safe sea education program in Hout Bay<\/p>\n

#. \u00a0Stanley Dorman<\/b> for his contribution to Tourism in Hout Bay<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Ernest Ford<\/b>, Ward 57<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Simon Birch,<\/b> Ward 57<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Erefaan Ramjan,<\/b> working with the youth and pensioners in Bo-Kaap and District Six<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Jesse Laitinen<\/b> of Khulisa Streetscapes, working to empower street people, and creating urban food gardens<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Tasso Evangelinos<\/b> of the CCID, working with developers to look after the city centre and creating the largest CID in our city.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Zhogra Nordien<\/b> and the District Six Working Committee<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Mandy Pelser <\/b>and the Church of Scientology<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the 2021 Civic Award recipients.<\/p>\n

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Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein, My Cape Town Guide\/Mein Kapstadt Guide\u00a0Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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