GUESTS at the Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise’s annual golf day charity donations breakfast early this month heard about $38,000 was raised for local good causes.
More than 60 people, including charity beneficiaries, gathered at the International Motel on Nepean Highway on Wednesday 3 May to hear the club’s annual golf day held on 17 March, St Patrick’s Day, at the Long Island Golf Club continues to be a success in its 20th year.
The money raised this year as a result of the work of David McKenzie and the Sunrise team means more than $250,000 has been given out to charities since the golf day’s inception.
Frankston mayor Cr Brian Cunial was on hand to announce Blackwood Special School ($5000), Community Support Frankston ($5000), Wallara ($5000), PenCOF ($5000), Wheelchairs for Kids ($5000), Orphans of Ghana ($3500) and The Frankston Rotaract Club ($3000) were among this year’s recipients of monies raised.
Next year’s Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise’s golf day will be held on 16 March at the National Long Island Golf Club.
