Locations and dates where to find 67 Blankets For Nelson Mandela revealed

 Local Blankets is Lekka tour!

By CityLIfe Arts Writer

It’s going to be bright, it’s going to be colourful, and it’s going to be local and across the country!

This year Local is Lekka for 67 Blankets. Regardless of where you are you can enjoy these incredible displays. Since the inception of 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day in January 2014 “KnitWits for Madiba” have been knitting squares, making blankets and involving fellow South Africans ahead of their many events, wrapping up South Africans in the warmth of this project. However every year the 67 Blankets ambassadors and volunteers pack up the enormous contributions and send them off for the annual big record-breaking reveals.

This year there will be eight big reveals with a 67 Blankets team travelling around the country on the Local Blankets is Lekka tour! In every region local ambassadors are galvanising their ‘KnitWits’ to bring in their squares, their blankets and their love in what is to be a celebration of community, open-hearted giving and the desire to make a positive difference.

In the spirit of light competition every 67 Blankets ambassador and ‘KnitWit’ community is pulling out all the stops to amass a big, beautiful display of blankets that highlights the hard work and commitment of local volunteers.

Visitors can enjoy the display of blankets, local entertainers and musicians and good food and drink. If you are slow off the mark and haven’t yet got knitting or crocheting for this good cause, there will be many people, needles in hand, to help you start your first square and even blanket. Or even better why not join a group in your area that is already meeting to work those needles and hooks.

Kicking off on 22 April in Cape Town,  a 67 Blankets team will visit eight different cities and towns over the next two months. Every stop will be a showcase of hope and the power of the possibility. Following the events, all blankets will be collected and distributed to those in need, through the 67 Blankets partnerships.

“I am really excited about the Local Blankets is Lekka tour. Our ambassadors are the heart and soul that keep 67 Blankets turning and this tour is going to be a wonderful way to celebrate their unwavering commitment to the project. I am really looking forward to meeting our extended 67 Blankets family in their home towns and seeing what they have been able to achieve over the last year. It is all going to be a huge surprise”, says Carolyn Steyn founder of 67 Blankets.

Local Blankets is Lekka Dates and Venues:

• Cape Town: April 22, 2023 – 11am at the Hellenic Club, Bay Road, Mouille Point.
• Mossel Bay: May 13th, 2023 – 10am at the Mossel Bay Town Hall.
• Bloemfontein: May 20, 2023 – 11am at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum.
• Daantjie: May 26, 2023 – 1pm Mtfophi Primary School
• White River: May 27, 2023 – All blankets handed in at the Sabie Valley Coffee Shop, Casterbridge.
• Johannesburg: June 3, 2023 – 11am at Jeppe High School for Girls.
• Durban: June 10, 2023 – 11am at the Holy Family College, Glenmore.
• Gqeberha: June 15, 2023 – 9am at the Theodor Herzl High School.