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| Tuesday, 25 August 2009 | ||||||
| AFIF Charity Golf Day 2009 raises $18,000 for Alzheimer's Australia NSW | ||||||
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Thank you to all of our participants and sponsors of the Annual Charity Golf Day 2009. AFIF has again raised more than $18,000 for the Charity beneficiary, this year being Alzheimer's Australia NSW. The Golf Day was held on Thursday 13 August 2009 at the Macquarie Links Golf Club in Sydney, NSW, and was attended by 144 Freight forwarding industry members, sponsors, celebrities and guests. The outstanding amount was raised through the sale of Raffle tickets, Auction items and games on course during the day. Congratulations to the 3 Major Raffle, Prize Winners:
Max "Tangles" Walker, former Australian cricketer, TV presenter and now author, was the MC for the day and helped to get the bids going in the Auction. Max also had all of the guests roaring with laughter as he retold stories from his great cricketing days. Tahir, one of Australia's busiest comedians and star of the Fat Pizza series was also able to attend the day. Tahir played golf with some of the industry members during the day and come evening had the audience crying with laughter with his comedic skills at the dinner and presentation. AGS took out the Golf competition, winning first place and again being thanked for their generous contributions of 2 TV's for this year's raffle and Auction. The sponsor of the year, Maltacourt, organised a Hole in One game with a $10,000 jackpot prize for everyone who was able to land the tricky shot. Sadly, there were no winners, except Alzheimer's Australia-NSW, whose total went up another $750 thanks to donations at this hole. Brian Daniels of Alzheimer's Australia NSW, who attended the day to speak about the growing concerns of this disease, suggests that we "exercise our mind" not only our bodies as we head into old age. Alzheimer's Australia NSW provides leadership in the awareness, advocacy and understanding of Dementia. "We will continue to host this great day as long as we continue to receive the support. Despite our concerns about the effects of the GFC, it's great to see that companies are still willing to be generous to charity, even in such difficult financial times.' States Brian Lovell. Please see this link for photos and details : http://www.afif.asn.au/events_afif2009_GolfDay_photoGallery.asp LAST MINUTE PRIZE DONATION! Air Pacific have donated a last minute prize. 2 return Air tickets to FIJI We have the 2 Industry fares on sale for $800.00! A bargain price for the beautiful destination of Nadi, Fiji. Please contact AFIF for the ticket details and terms and conditions. Anyone in the Freight Forwarding or Airline Industry can buy the tickets! Please pass this to all office staff! This great donation and the additional moneys earned from it will bring the total close to $19,000! Thank you for supporting your industry! Emma Lovell |