A DREAM COME TRUE WITH THE REACH FOR A DREAM FOUNDATION AND HIRSCH’S

The Reach For A Dream Foundation and Hirsch’s visited Greys Hospital to help fulfil the dreams of 8 year old Peet Barnard. It has been Peet’s dream to own his own Playstation and together the Reach for a Dream Foundation and Hirsch’s ensured that he received his playstation 3 and TV which Hirsch staff connected for him so he could have some fun from his hospital bed. Hirsch MD, Richard Hirsch is dedicated to the foundation and assists where he can. The foundation does an amazing job fulfilling the dreams of thousands of children with life threatening illnesses all across South Africa. For more information on the foundation, and how you can help fulfil a child’s dream,  contact Denise Towell on 031 566 2220.

In the Picture: Reach for a dream volunteer Gail Booysen, Hirsch PRO Victoria Laubscher, Peet Barnard, Brand Manager Phil Hodgson, Sales Consultant Riven Moodley

2013 SANLAM ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR LIFE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IS AWARDED TO MARGARET HIRSCH

The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank was the venue for the annual 2013 Sanlam Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Awards this year and one of the top awards,  the 2013 Life Time Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship went to  Margaret  Hirsch, Chief Operations Officer and a founding partner of the Hirsch Group – the largest independently owned appliance and electronics retail company in South Africa.

This award comes in the wake of her winning the Top Women Entrepreneur of the Year and Best Women Empowered Community Programme Award.  She was also BWASA’s Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012 and has received several other awards over the last few years for achievements in the business sector.

Other finalists were: Andrew Brown – “The Daily Buzz”, who won Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year;  Jonathan Pepler – “ Silverline Group”, who won Emerging Business Entrepreneur of the Year; Tommy Makhatho – “ Bibi Cash and Carry”, who won Job Creator of the Year and 2013 Sanlam Entrepreneur of the Year went to Paul Kent – “ SureSwipe” Anton Rossouw and Mariaan Du Plessis – “Life Path Health”,  won Innovator of the Year Award

The Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® awards aims to honour, benefit and uplift South African SMEs. The competition celebrates excellence in entrepreneurship, serving as an inspiration to others to succeed in the world of business.

 

HIRSCH’S CELEBRATE ARBOUR WEEK

Hirsch's recognize the importance of educating their customers and youths about the benefits of keeping our environment as green as possible by planting a lemon tree at their branch in Pietermaritzburg.

National Arbor Week in South Africa is a time when South Africans of all ages are able to celebrate the beauty and importance of trees. People from all aspects of the community are urged to get involved and thousands are educated and made aware of the benefits of the many different aspects of forestry.

In Photo:      Assistant Manager Lloyd Hardman, Hirsch Gardener Mr Nxele, Brand Manager Phil Hodgson, Hirsch PA Joslyn Dabi, Store Manager Nasreen Mohammed and Hirsch PRO Victoria Laubscher

MARGARET HIRSCH INSPIRES AT CHURCH BUSINESS SEMINAR

Topco and BWASA Business women of the year (entrepreneur), Margaret Hirsch was one of the guest speakers at the Truvine Community Church business seminar this weekend in Pietermaritzburg. Hirsch inspired the delegates with her life story as a young girl at Russell High to co-founder of a billion rand company. She stressed the importance of hard work and dedication as the only road to success in any business. She also stressed the importance of the role that women play in any business and finished off her talk by saying that South Africa is a land of abundance and wealth and citizens should not be discouraged. 

RED HOT & SIZZLING AT HIRSCHS

There was great excitement at the Hirsch Store in Chatterton street this weekend when the fire engine arrived at the store. This was arranged by Public Relations Officer, Victoria Laubscher to highlight the Red Hot Prices for the weekend. Hirsch’s would like to give a huge shout out and thank the unsung heroes of the fire department for all they do for our community on the roads and in our homes. The brave firemen and women often are faced with very traumatic scenes but they get the job done and save many lives in the process.