Networking with Heilletjie

On Wednesday, 20 July, Kerry van der Spuy (of Kind Company) and I joined 10 other ladies at a fabulous networking event co-ordinated by Heilletije Hall (of Groenblare and Lekker Eet).

Heilletjie (on the left) is a vivacious and passionate woman clearly living her role as coordinator, facilitator, supporter, mentor, role model and every other amazing adjective you can think of – supporting all women. 

We met at Bolts and Odds, suppliers of industrial fasteners, hardware, Tjhoko paint and other arts and crafts goodies.  The space is used for various workshops (many of a creative nature) so was beautifully decorated.  Coffee was supplied by Myrtle van der Merwe (right), shop owner, and was absolutely delicious!  Refreshments were provided in snack boxes, prepared by Thandeka Mxunyelwa of Lekker Eet and beautifully decorated with hand-painted shells.  The theme for the morning was ONLY BELIEVE and Kerry and I left feeling so passionate and inspired and definitely believing!

Thandeka is incredibly inspiring and is the amazing woman behind the Girl Code Conversations (GCC) NPO; Cuppa Daisies recently facilitated a sanitary pad drive for GCC and were completely blown away by the amazing support of the drive.  And, we could see from the huge smile on Thandeka’s face, she was blown away too!

We met a range of beautiful women including:

• Candice Damon of Candyland Nails & Accessories (she’s mobile; so will come to you)
• Charlene Ryke of Eridanus Hair Salon
• Chrizinda Brandt of Future Designs (she is running a Canva workshop in August)
• Erika Muller who is so very passionate about accounting and tax, that I was inspired about what I thought was a boring and scary topic)
• Ester Human of Realtors, Durbanville (thank you for my prize, Ester)
• Sonja Levy of The Ultimate Experience (she sells Organo coffee – and is very convincing)
• Tracy Scott of Pristine Virtual Assistant (we have used her services and comes highly recommended)

We look forward to welcoming Heilletjie, Chrizinda and Tracy to our Networking Breakfast on 27 July; thank you for joining us!

Networking comes in so many different shapes and sizes and not every style is for everyone; but this event ticked all the boxes for me and I will definitely attend again. Thank you Heilletjie, Myrtle and Thandeka.

Michelle Longman

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