The Swampies Social Golf Club has donated $2,000 to Central Coast Kids In Need, with a presentation held on March 14 at Everglades Country Club.
Central Coast Kids in Need Secretary Lorraine Churchill and Treasurer Rhonda Doyle accepted the cheque from Swampies President Rod Blake.
Swampies members heard about the work the charity does to help local families with accommodation costs to stay with their sick children while undergoing specialised treatment in Sydney or Newcastle hospitals.
Central Coast Kids in Need also helps with high cost prescription items, specialised formulas, quality of life equipment and travel expenses.
“Some children are in the hospitals for months on end and this can put enormous financial strain on families as they go down from two salaries to one but still having mortgage payments and facing cost-of-living pressures”, Churchill told members.
“We help by making direct payments to these families in times of need.”
All money raised goes directly to families as the charity is non-profit making, is staffed by volunteers and has no paid employees, overheads or other costs.
“We rely on the generosity of local community and sporting/social groups but our other methods of fundraising are from charity days, donations from businesses, raffles and we also apply for grants from Clubs NSW and Philanthropy Trusts,” Doyle said.
“Last financial year we assisted 278 families and our expenditure was $301,761.33.
“In this current financial year to date we are already assisting 295 families and have outlaid $258,583.41.”
Blake said the Swampies were pleased to help and praised the work the charity did in times of financial stress for local families.
Over the past 25 years or so the Swampies have donated more than $27,000 to local causes.
Most of the money has been donated to the Children’s Ward at Gosford Hospital for the purchase of specialised pieces of equipment to provide vital assistance to sick children, especially in the Cancer Ward.
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Media release, Mar 15
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