Girl guides and their families from various group met at Pinelands Guide Hall on Saturday where they helped to fill more than 2300 jars, called Jars of Hope, with pre-mixed soup ingredients for the needy in honour of Mandela Day.

Organiser Tanya Prinsloo said they beat their goal of filling 1 670 jars with goods donated by members of the public, churches, friends and family.

Two former girl guides, Marion Berrill and Merle Milne, raised R2 000 by sewing on race numbers for Edgemead Running Club members.

Jars would be distributed to Local Helping Locals in Bothasig, Where Rainbows Meet in Vrygrond, Founders Educare in Kommetjie, the City's Disaster Risk Management, and churches and soup kitchens in Mitchell’s Plain, said Ms Prinsloo.

“We wish to once again thank all our members and every single person who helped make Mandela Day a success this year.”

For more information about girl guides call 021 531 1872 or 073 376 9922.

Tyler Galant, of 1st Steenberg Girl Guide Company, and Reese Barnes, from Athlone, collect jars to fill.

Zhantavia Poggenpoel, of 1st Rondebosch Ranger Grew, and Maxine Barnard, from 1st Monte Vista Girl Guide Company, label the jars.

Katelynn Lutzke, of 1st Monte Vista Girl Guide Company, pours rice into one of the Jars of Hope. In the background is Jean Lewis, from Sonstraal and De Grendel Trefoil Guild.

Gia Lutzke, 5, of 1st Monte Vista Teddy Den, and Lecazmah Appels, 9, from 1st Steenberg Brownie Pack, add salt.

Clockwise, from left, are Reese Barnes, from Athlone; Margaret Mycroft and her granddaughter, Hailey Mycroft, 13, from 1st Monte Vista Girl Guide Company; Kim Oaker and her daughter, Celine Meyer, from 1st Steenberg Girl Guide Company; 1st Edgemead Brown Owl Selena Docking; and 1st Monte Vista brownies Rachael Theunissen and Sofia Delva.

Rebecca Theunissen, from 1st Monte Vista Brownie Pack, and Ruth Brown, from Three Rivers Girl Guide District, in Rondebosch, add lentils to the soup mix.

Katelynn Lutzke and Micah Daniels, both from Monte Vista Girl Guide Company.

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Girl guides give back for Mandela Day