As planned the 3rd woman at work ladies networking event was held at Thaba Ya Batswana Eco Lodge & Spa.  What a fun event this was…  The power and word of mouth of this ladies networking event really amazes me…. At every function there just seems to be more and more ladies! It started off with 60 ladies atttending the first ever woman at work get-together at the Rietvlei Zoo Farm in December. Then it doubled at the second event held at Adega in Glenvista and at this third event a staggering 160 women attended this great initiative.  Thaba Ya Batswana’s marketing department assured us that this was their biggest ladies only event that they have ever hosted.  They also kindly invited anyone who might be interested in having a conference, function or team building event there to set up an appointment and come through to have a tour of this lovely wedding venue based in the South of Johannesburg.

At the function last night the co-owner of Sinzinani Day Spa, Tanya Dimas, also announced that their Spa will be moving to the beautiful and serene environment of Thaba Ya Batswana. What a great opportunity for both of these companies and I can assure you that their combined Spa experience will leave your body rejuvenated and your soul re-awakened.

The theme for the evening was: “Your health is your wealth!” and so fittingly Beverley Joshua from Herbalife was the speaker.  She spoke about how important it is for you to eat healthily.  Let’s take a small example like what you have for breakfast every morning.  This will be the deciding factor on how the rest of your day will go.  For instance if you have toast for breakfast (carbohydrates) they will make your blood sugar spike (so you feel ok) your body then has to produce insulin to balance your sugar levels, which makes you feel like you’re on a low and you start craving more of what you had just to feel better.  This rollercoaster could be avoided just by eating healthily every morning.  Herbalife also has a range of products to supplement your diet and help you to be a better you.

The ladies from the Breast Cancer Awareness program also made for great entertainment.  They have been invited by the Guinness book of world records to try and beat Cypress’s record of collecting more than 14 900   bra’s which will then be given to less privileged women who’ll also attend a brief lecture about breast cancer.  Their slogan is: “TAKE-IT-OFF” and one of their representatives (who is absolutely brilliant at marketing their cause) actually sang for 20 seconds and then she said take it off, and removed her bra and threw it into the collection box.  All of a sudden Toni had to run around with this big pink box and collect bra’s being thrown into the box like basketballs.  It’s great to know there are so many women out there who really support worthy causes like this Breast Cancer Awareness program.

As usual there were loads of prizes to be won, like a Family Photoshoot Gift voucher from us at Louise Diesel Photography, a Jewellery hamper from the ladies at Gllitzeratti (there were so many ladies who offered to sing for this prize that we had to hold our own little mini idols), two office stationery hampers from The Stationery People and much more.

The chosen charity at this event was Hope Ministries in Jesus Christ.  It’s made up of a few great individuals who realised that crime is escalating because these homeless men and their families had no food.  They work on the principle  ‘don’t give a man a fish, but teach him to fish’.  This initiative takes the homeless people and beggars from the street and feed them and their families but they’re also creating jobs for these unskilled people.  Like cleaning up the area, reporting crime, potholes and broken traffic lights. 

All in all this evening was a teriffic success and I can’t wait for the next woman at work event which will be taking place on the 1st of April at the Boma Barnyard in Alberton.  See you there!!

Riani