TRUCKERS CHARITY CONVOYS BENEFITS KIDS WITH CANCER

TRUCKERS CHARITY CONVOYS BENEFITS KIDS WITH CANCER

The annual Truckers Charity Convoy, with more than 40 long-haul trucks and heavy-duty rescue vehicles escorted by dozens of motorcycles, rolled into Killarney International Raceway, engines rumbling and horns blaring, on Sunday 4 October, loaded with soft toys to be donated to the Cancer Association of South Africa’s campaign for toys for children with cancer.

The giants of the road were drawn up in two impressive columns on the back straight for temperature screening, hand sanitising and the completion of a health and safety questionnaire by their crews, before parking on the oval behind the Killarney Clubhouse. 

Killarney’s first major charity event since lockdown took effect on 27 March then became a celebration of family as parents chatted and relaxed in the shade while their children enjoyed the spring sunshine and the dedicated Kiddies Korner play area.

Level 1 health and safety protocols were strictly enforced, as were social distancing and the wearing of face masks – but no mask could hide the grins on the faces of the truckers and their children, and the Cansa volunteers, as they filled a one-ton bakkie to overflowing with soft toys which will go to brighten hospital wards and surgeries countrywide where children with cancer are treated.