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of fresh fish and seafoods associated with our fishing village. These were extremely

popular and the proceeds raised were substantial.

Fund-raising

Government funds were received for secretarial work, stationery was issued free of charge,

and franking was free. “On His Majesty’s Service" was available. This helped the wheels
of administration. But the Street Collection Section provided the lifeblood of S.A.W.A.S.

and, under the organization of Mrs. Davis Maggs, Kalk Bay’s uniformed S.A.W.A.S.

auxiliaries were regularly seen each Saturday morning outside the Kalk Bay, St. James and
Muizenberg Post Offices collecting money from train commuters, residents and visitors, all

of whom gave generously. Nearly £25 000 was collected for the S.A.W.A.S. fund from all

22 branches in the Cape Peninsula during the war years.

Other street collections which our Kalk Bay S.A.W.A.S. auxiliaries helped with were the
Governor-General’s National War Fund and, after the fall of Tobruk, our Prisoner-of-War

Food Parcel Fund. Kalk Bay S.A.W.A.S. was also called upon to hold many fund-raising
fetes which helped swell the funds for the upkeep of the S.A.W.A.S. movement. One of the

most popular funds in which Kalk Bay S.A.W.A.S. and other branches were involved was

the “Merchant Seamen’s Fund” for the relief of merchant seamen and their families. The
Kalk Bay community has always been linked to the dangers and hazards of the sea and this

fund, organised by Mrs. A. M. Campbell and supported by local shipping companies, had a
special appeal to the residents of Kalk Bay.

At the end of the war our Kalk Bay S.A.W.A.S. auxiliaries participated in one of the

biggest street collections which was for the “Thank you Britain” Fund which raised money

for food and clothing for the British people devastated by war.

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