Report from the Social Club Committee

PINK! Day...Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month –
14 October 2011

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. BDO Staff participated by wearing PINK!!! And supported people affected by the disease.

Secretary's/Administrative Professional's Day – 07 September 2011

Admin staff was treated by the Partners for a buffet breakfast at the Hilton Windhoek Hotel for Secretary's / Administrative Professional's Day. Everyone had a fantastic time. A BIG thank you to all the partners for allowing them to celebrate in style.

First Spring Friday – 02 September 2011

BDO staff celebrated the first Friday in Spring on 02 September 2011. The staff was allowed to wear casual wear, with a “springy” touch.

The best dressed person was rewarded with a voucher and flowers.

Well done to Varaidzo Chigumbu, she had a spring in her step and a sunshine smile for the day.

Mid-year Function – 23 July 2011

Our Mid-year function was the first of it's kind. A themed costume celebration of innocent debauchery, stolen glances, wild abandon, dancing, art, music, creativity and philosophical discourse. After much preparation, commitment and dedication our function took place at the Wanderes Sports Club on 23 July 2011, themed Le Moulin Rouge. This was truly something funny and witty but stunning. The function was also a very special opportunity to announce the 7th Partner for BDO Namibia, Mr. Johan de Vos.

Volleyball for All – 05 February 2011

Although it was a rainy day, the BDO staff participated in the Volleyball for All day. With the two teams, Mustangs & Trojans, everyone had loads of fun.

Year End Function – 18 December 2009

Our year-end function was not such a fancy affair as prior years. All staff got together at the NICE restaurant in Windhoek for a lunch. This was imitated throughout the other 2 offices in Walvis Bay and Oshakati, who also had a Christmas lunch.

Crackers, gifts, champagne and good food soon turned this lunch into a very nice social event. The last gift for the year was from the Partners, who took this opportunity to close the office for the year end break. Elated staff all over the country thoroughly enjoyed the last working day of the 2009 calendar year.

We all promised that 2010 was going to be a year in which we would ensure that we play just as hard as we work.

We started the year off with the new intake function, which was a great success, and after a few speeches we got the ball rolling with some good music a good old-fashioned braai.

In February the long anticipated Volleyball for All tournament was hosted at DTS fields in Windhoek. We entered a record 3 teams, which just shows how high the spirit, and camaraderie is in the office. Our teams did exceptionally well and we made a great success of a well-organized day.

We have started to open the social club every last Friday of the month to help all the employees blow off some steam and just relax after a hard month of crunching the numbers.

We are striving to provide everyone in BDO with a place where they can come and forget about work, but still forge a close bond with their colleagues.

There are still some great things to come this year, such as the Steak braai, potjiekos competition and the paintball day planned for later this year, We are also going for gold in this year's ICAN volleyball tournament.

We are truly blessed to have the social club, and we hope to make a great success of it in the future.