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Woodlands Dairy launches ‘rubbish’ billboard

Woodlands Dairy has partnered with the  Colours of You SA (COYSA) collective to turn trash into a piece of art to communicate and highlight the beauty which comes from cleaning up your hood for good.

Launching today, January 22nd, the artwork forms part of a billboard on the R303 as motorists leave the N2 and enter Humansdorp, and is part the dairy’s Clean up your ‘hood for good campaign.

“We wanted to involve local creatives to help us drive awareness about the benefits of cleaning up their neighbourhood,” remarks Woodlands Dairy/First Choice GM: Sales and Marketing, Tinus Pretorius. “We need to get the public’s attention when it comes to littering, and what better way they to use the rubbish that’s thrown away. It also gives people a taste of the amazing work from the Port Elizabeth arts community.”

The billboard forms a visual representation of how much beauty we can add to our surroundings if we just gave it a little care. Woodlands Dairy and COYSA hope that the public can become more environmentally aware and be inspired to do their part in cleaning up their hood for good; whether through recycling or getting creative.

Gerard Addison (art director/graphic designer) and Zinzi May (art director/graphic designer) from COYSA spearheaded the project and partnered with some of Nelson Mandela Bay’s most creative minds: Jonathan van der Walt (sculptor) and Sarah Walmsley (sculptor) who both specialise in figurative sculptures using bronze, resin and glass and Robyn Munnick (fine artist) who creates multi-model paintings that form an installation.

The COYSA collective said of the project: “Thanks to the vast size of the billboard we were able to experiment with the recognisable aesthetic of rubbish and use its texture, colour and scale. We’re grateful to have been given this opportunity and its great to be part of a campaign to prevent future pollution as well as providing us with creative ammunition to convey this powerful message and demonstrate the environmental frustration that exists.

“The team is fascinated at how it all came together, layer by layer, working as a solid creative unit while adding our unique touches. We hope that it will be well received and bring about great awareness.”

Watch this space, and look forward to more initiatives and incentives to ‘Clean Up Your Hood For Good.’

First Choice: Walking the Daisies 2017 headline sponsor

Inspiring people to #move4goodness is part of a campaign created for First Choice by Boomtown to encourage people to live a better, more healthy life. And the partnership with Walking the Daisies ties in perfectly with the campaign.

“#move4goodness is all about getting people to upload videos of themselves dancing,” remarks Jess Massyn who manages the First Choice account for Boomtown. “Every video uploaded to the #move4goodness microsite www.itisallgooddairy.com or on social using the hashtag #move4goondess will earn a R100 donation. The goal is to reach R120,000 so that First Choice can donate R120 000 worth of dairy products to FoodForward SA, who will distribute to those in need around South Africa.”

Walking the Daisies in association with Rocking the Daisies, is an annual two-day, 48-kilometre hike that starts in Cape Town on October 4th and finishes at the festival in Darling, Western Cape. “Walking the Daisies supplements the festival’s aim to create and promote positive environmental action, and raise awareness about the social and environmental challenges we face today,” remarks First Choice’s GM Sales and Marketing, Tinus Pretorius “This ties in perfectly with our wider corporate approach to responsible and sustainable farming and manufacture practice.”

During the live-streamed hike, there will be a team wearing eye-catching cow onesies to promote the brand and campaign as well as get people excited and involved in the fun initiative to do their part of ‘doing good’. Brent Lindique from www.thegoodthingsguy.com, and who’s also currently on My Kitchen Rules SA will also be present and supporting the First Choice initiative.

People can get involved and upload their #move4goodness videos from Rocking the Daisies, or anywhere else by using the hashtag #move4goodness and tagging @firstchoiceSA.

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