Bandana day celebrated

Back row, from left, are Lara Evans, Matthew Randall, Levi van Zyl, Max Bluhm, Lydia van Tonder, Violet Brown, Jonathan Webb, Allie Harington, James Milford and Riley Blignaut. In the front are Elle Mostert, Rebecca Walsh, Emma Hattingh, Ivy Brown, Joshua Fourie, Ally Retief, Raighan Dewey and Fia Marais. Joshua Fourie, in the front middle, underwent a stem cell transplant the year before last in his fight against leukemia. His sister was his donor. Picture: Wendy June

Farthing Wood Nursery School in Somerset West celebrated 19 years of supporting The Sunflower Fund’s National Bandana Day, on Friday September 20, with all the children dressed up wearing their topes. The Sunflower Fund raises awareness to help patients needing a blood stem cell transplant, for life-threatening blood diseases such as leukaemia.