Take a look at what has happened over the past 16 years
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1995 The project starts! SA are introduced to the concept of dressing casually on the first Friday of September. We raised R413 000 as a start. |
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1996 A dramatic increase in the number of people participating with funds increasing to R1,2 million. |
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1997 The project grew in popularity and stature. Our mascot ‘Able’ was born and helped the project walk home with R2,1 million. |
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1998 We pulled out all the stops and received great support from SA. |
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1999 Although Able looked relaxed, he encouraged the country to join Casual Day. The R4,8 million raised was a new record! |
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2000 Able went roller-skating for a good cause. He rolled in with R5,5 million and astonished us all. |
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2001 For the first time in history, the income of the project hit a rocky spot on the road and we raised R5,2 million. |
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2002 A vigorous campaign sees exceptional growth once again. Able got carried away and lifted the project to record heights of R5,8 million. |
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2003 We introduced a fabulous theme 'be a sport' on Casual Day. We raised |
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2004 It was a year of great excitement as we celebrated 10 years of service. We increased the sticker price to R10 and raised R8,3 million! |
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2005 A reminder to wear your heart on your sleeve. While being in the theme of LOVE, we raised R10,1 million. |
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2006 "Superheroes" was our theme and we asked you to be a hero to somebody with a disability. More than 1,2 million people unleashed the power of donating R10 and we raised R12 million!! |
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2007 Be a star and shine your light in the life of someone with a disability. |
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2008 South Africa "Woke Up" for the needs around them and helped us to raise R15.6 million! |
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2009 Everyone decided to "Join the team" and helped us to raise a goal scoring |
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2010 We dressed for laughs and wore our frowns upside down. We raised a show stopping R18 million! |
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2011 South Africa is rocking around the clock for persons with disabilities! Watch this space! |
