Danie and Alsabe Erasmus, from Heather Park, George, were the lucky winner's of the two nights accommodation at the Protea Hotel Franschhoek. The Garden Route's Life Boat Circle ran a competition for new member enrolments, entry forms were published in the George Herald, and the competition also promoted at all the talks and presentations given in the Garden Route by Debbie Olivier, LBC's Bequest Officer in the area.On visiting the Erasmus's last week, Debbie said that Danie and Alsabe were very surprised to hear that they had been the lucky winners, and commented that they had 'never been lucky enough to win anything before'!! They have children who live in Stellenbosch so will co-inside their winning 2 night voucher with a visit to their children!
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