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Welcome to the Lake Farm Centre Web site. Registered in terms of the Nonprofit Organisations Act, 1997. Registration number:033-544. Lake Farm is registered at SARS as a Public Benefit Organisation(PBO) exempted from incomes tax and thus can issue Tax certificates. Lake Farm Centre is a residential care facility registered for 90 intellectually and physically disabled adults.
Sponsored by National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund and subsidised by the Department of Social Development.
We thank the community of PE for their loyal support since the start of our organisation almost 50 years ago and now more than ever! Please support all our sponsors!!!
Services and Products Our services and products available to the public and community at our centre include the following:- Home for intellectually disabled adults, annual Charity Fun Run/Walk 25km 10km 5km, annual Open Day Fête, Coffee Shop and Craft Shop available for small group bookings and open to public on weekends mornings, recycling collection point for local community, tours to our workshops, short hiking trail on our farm, oppertunity for the community to do volunteer work and sponsorships.
50th Anniversary of Lake Farm Centre in 2010 Open Day FêTe on Saturday 28 August 2010
We are getting ready for our annual farm fête at the beginning of spring. Visit this webpage again for more information about this special day. Here below is information about last year's fête .
Playtime Charity Golf Day at Walmer Golf Club on 24 September 2010
On 16th June 2010 Playtime Team Zone organized a very succesfull golf day to raise funds for Lake Farm Centre. Over 40 players were brave enough to face the extreme cold weather and rain to support our charity. The Lake Farm Centre band played and gave a festive atmosphere to this social event. We thank Pierre and Charmain Robinson from Playtime Team Zone for organizing this event sponsored by various companies. If you are interested in our Charity Golf Day for the whole family on 24 September-please contact Pierre at 0729791181
MEDIA RELEASE Charity Run 2010
18 April 2010
For complete results and photo's follow link: http://www.pe.co.za/Sport/Sport_Index.htm
or Download the Results of 2010 Charity Run 25km or 10km in PDF-format:- Please follow the above link if you experience problems with the download on our website.
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR CHARITY RUN 17 April 2010
The Bukani Print adidas Lake Farm Charity Run in association with Bay fm took place in perfect, cool weather conditions on Saturday ensuring record times. George Ntshiliza of Nedbank RC won the 25km in record time in 1:20:06. Masixole Dlaku was fifteen seconds behind and Sanidle Ngunuza a mere four seconds thereafter. Temporary runner Mirjam Weerd won the ladies race in 1:52:07 with Terri-Lynn Penney from Run Walk for Life Grahamstown second in 1:53:03.
In the 10km event, Zolani Ngqaqa of Mr Price came first in 32:02 while Bulelini Niwa from PEAAC was second in 32:40. Close on his heels in third place was Xola Bongoza in 32:54.
The ladies 10km was won by Deliwe Nyanga of Nedbank RC in 39:02 with club mate Asanda Solani in second position followed by Noxola Marks.
The Charity Run is staged by Achilles in aid of the 90 mentally and physically challenged adults who live at Lake Farm Centre outside Port Elizabeth.
RELEASED BY CAROL-ANNE CASHMarketing & PR Specialist
On behalf of Achilles Amateur Athletic Association
Contact Carol-Anne on tel (041) 366 1090 / fax: 086 561 9169 /
cell: 084 502 3300 / e-mail: cash@axxess.co.za
Lake Farm Centre Coffee Craft Shop is open every weekend Saturdays and Sundays from 10 till 12:30. We sell fresh products from our bakery, home industry,workshops and farm. We are sponsored by Masterton's Coffee Retailer who supplies our fresh filtered coffee.
Thank you to all our volunteer helpers, visitors from the friendly City, sponsors and the PE media friends who made our PR and Fundraising programme so successful in 2009.
Despite the recession you have helped us to be successful with the Annual Charity Fun Run and Walk, Open Day FêTe, Sherwood Garden Fest, holiday programmes for our orphaned residents and services on the farm.
Local Nature Conservation-The smallest antelope in SA!
The Blue Duiker/Bloubokkie ( Cephalophus monticola) Did you know that we have the smallest antelope in South Africa also in our Lake Farm area? The last spotting of an adult Blue Duiker was on Thursday 11 March 2010 at about 5:30 pm at edge of the hilly Lake Side Road close to Chelsea Mountain near Old Seaview Road. Size and colour: The Blue Duiker/"Bloubokkie" is ±30 cm in height, lenght of ±60cm and weight of ±3 - 6 kg. It is the smallest of South African antelopes with very slender legs and short tail. Presenting a general slaty colouration, there is a tuft of hair on the head, and horns, ±4 - 7 cm long, are present in both sexes. It can live for about only 7 years. Diet: Forages at night on the edges of the thick bush or forests, browsing on leaves of shrubs(e.g. Olive wood and Spekboom), bushes and berries. Breeding: Usually a single fawn is born in the spring Fairly widely distributed in only the narrow coastal forest regions of the South-eastern Cape up to near Mozambique. It is rare near urban areas due to depredations of dogs and snares. (Mammals of the Cape Province) Please help us to protect the last remaining Blue Duikers in our area and report any illegal practices or hunting in our area.
Organic Farming and Sustainable Energy - BBC Movies Please contact us if you are interested in movies that explains why we all should start with activities that protect the environment, water, soil and use alternative energy resources. The movie helped us to gain a better understanding of why we should continue and improve on our current attempts such as our organic veggie garden, recycling water and waste and sewerage, solar geysers and alternative energy, nature conservation, earth worm farming(started recently), etc. If you need more information, please contact Pierre-Louis at 076190 6384 or our LFC office at 041-3791555 or 0713650221 after –hours. Pierre-Louis from the Renewable Energy Centre will present this special opportunity not to be missed.
Lake Farm's "go green" progress
How can you support us and help conserve nature?
Re-Cycling Project: Drop-off depot for all sorted waste material*
We started with a recycling project in April 2009 and almost 50% of our waste material gets re-cycled by the Waste Management Company.
We welcome friends and visitors to *deliver their dry and sorted plastic bags, all kinds of plastic bottles, glass, and carton, newspapers, magazines, tins and iron at Lake Farm Centre. We save money and protect and preserve nature and the earth.
Solar geysers:
We now replace damaged geysers with solar geysers and three have been installed the last year.
Compost and earth-worm farming:
Our vegetable garden has been making their own compost and we use our cattle dung in our gardens. Our vegetable garden uses very little insecticides and tries to farm organic as far as possible. We started recently with small scale earth-worm farming.
Lake and nature conservation:
We support and assist with the preservation and protection of our natural lake in co-operation with other land owners who contracted with Algoa Angling Club to manage the lake area for us.
Alien plants and water conservation:
We attempt to control alien invaders and poisonous trees but need the help of volunteers to really make an impact.
Rain water recycling:
We have a system that directs rain water into our dam and from there we irrigate our veggie garden.
Rain water tanks will help to conserve water and we would welcome a sponsor to help us with water tanks.
Sewerage:
Lake Farm Centre has it's own a sewerage plant independent from the municipality and pump all recycled sewerage water into our own dam to re-use on farm.
Admission Criteria and Procedure - New information "Alternatives..."
Please go to our webpage Programme for more information about the requirements to become a resident and the process to get a disabled person admitted to Lake Farm Centre. Unfortunately we have a long "waiting list" and we thus advise* all families who want to apply to please visit our *resource list and apply at other organisations also. We have now vacancy. *Please visit our webpage Resources where you will find a list of resources (to view) to assist you. *New: alternative services and facilities to explore that really exist and can bring a solution to desperate families and organisations. Please read this on webpage : "Resources" Lake Farm E-mail Newsletter Would you be interested to receive our monthly short newsletter of events and news? We limit the size of the e-mail and rarely send small attachments when really relevent and necessary. Please e-mail your request to be included in our e-mail address list to: lakefarm@mweb.co.za
Coffeee Shop and Craft Centre The Lake Farm shop is open every Saturday and Sunday in the morning from 10 to 12:30 .
We also take bookings for small groups during the week. Groups of about 20 to 36 visitors can arrange with our office at 041-3791555.
The special arrangement usually include a workshop tour after the coffee shop visit and promise to be an unforgetable and heart-warming experience of hospitality.
Thank you to all the churches, clubs, associations and special groups for your support for this new initiative.
Thank you to all volunteers, sponsors and organizers who have committed them to support the residents of Lake Farm. Please support all our sponsors!!!
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