Cape Town South Africa

One of the Western Cape’s exclusive Golf Courses, the Atlantic Beach Golf Estate is the venue and Tygerburger our Media Sponsor for this Golf Day Extravaganza in aid of South African Guide Dogs Association, which guarantees you to be spoilt to the Tee!
 

The South African Guide-Dogs Association was founded by Gladys Evans in 1953, after a visit to the “Seeing Eye”, convinced her that with her failing eye-sight, a Seeing Eye dog was the answer.  Gladys was trained with her famous “Sheena” at The G.D.B.A. Training Centre in Leamington Spa, U.K. And on her return the South Africa Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind (SAGA) was born.

Over the years SAGA has gradually grown from training the first dog, Pluto, in 1955 to the point where they currently train 50 dogs per annum.

Each disabled person graduating with a dog is charged a nominal fee of only R5.00 for the dog and R100.00 for accommodation whilst in training and all equipment. To train any one of these dogs costs SAGA in excess of R10 000.00.

The Western Cape has been the recipient of a generous donation to acquire property for our very own breeding and training facility, however, this  centre will need to be maintained with running costs and we depend on public support to be sustainable.

SAGA will be proud to be associated with the leaders in the corporate world and we therefore attach detailed information on our Golf Day Extravaganza for your company’s consideration. Please do not miss out on the opportunity to promote your company at this event.

SAGA is a fully constituted welfare organisation registered with The Director of Fundraising at the Department of Social Development, and is approved as a Public Benefit Organisation in terms of Section 30 of the Income Tax Act, and the receipts and accruals are exempt from Income Tax in terms of section 10(1)(cN) of the Act. Donations are exempt from donations tax in terms of section 56(1)(h) of the Act, and a tax certificate will be issued on request. The organisation receives no government subsidies and, therefore, relies entirely on public and corporate financial support.

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