The Westport Club is excited to announce our Great Together fundraising event during the month of October!
Our vision is to make a significant contribution to the quality of community life, and for our club this means looking for opportunities within our community in Port Macquarie to support projects that we can bring to life that wouldn’t otherwise happen. In previous years we have supported programs like Library Regeneration with Dymocks Children’s Charities, Kindness Curriculum for primary schools in the Hastings Region, and important equipment like the Sherlock Machine at Mid North Coast Cancer Institute. We also support several sub and affiliate clubs on an ongoing basis, ensuring they are able to connect as a community and enjoy likeminded activities.
Great Together to us, is one of these special projects that encompasses our very vision. It’s about bringing our community together and making life just that little bit greater even when circumstances and life are tough. The Great Together campaign is in partnership with the Mid North Coast Cancer Institute, at Port Macquarie Base Hospital. After a previous project was delivered last year with MNCCI, we looked to further opportunities and ideas they wanted to bring to life to support the wellbeing of their local patients – and most importantly, ensure that money donated to this local campaign is given directly to this local resource.
The MNCCI is an integrated centre with expert teams of medical, nursing, allied health and administrative support staff who provide comprehensive support and services to meet the needs of patients being treated for all cancers. A service used by so many people within our community, and their families and support teams, during times of great uncertainty, stress, and fear for what is next. The Great Together campaign is aimed at lightening the heavy load experienced during these challenging times and creating wellness garden spaces at the MNCCI centre that allow patients, families and support people to escape the sterile hospital walls and connect in a tranquil relaxing space. We will also be including a yarning circle in the wellness garden project plans, creating a unique and culturally important place of connectedness for Indigenous Australians.
Our plans are ambitious, but we hope that with the exciting fundraising plans we have for October, we can be bringing the wellness garden spaces to life for the MNCCI very soon! Think luscious native plants, plenty of greenery, relaxing seating areas, and tranquil water fountains. These spaces will be used by so many, and we are looking forward to seeing the project progress.
To support our fundraising efforts for the campaign we are hosting several events at The Westport Club where all proceeds go directly to our MNCCI project. We begin October with a Charity Bowls Day on Saturday 5th. Get together a team of three and wear your best pink outfit – it will be an afternoon filled with plenty of fun and competition (no prior bowling experience needed!). On October 19th we are holding a Paint & Sip night in partnership with The Seed Art School, with nibbles, a glass of bubbles, and your painting essentials all included in the ticket price. We then close out the month with a Major Raffle on October 27th, with $6,000+ worth of prizes kindly donated by local businesses and organised by The Port Macquarie Bridge Club. Tickets will be on sale from the beginning of October. We also are partnering with several of our local schools who we previously supported in funding the Kindness Curriculum, and holding a pink themed coloured clothes day where all donations are also driven back to the campaign fundraiser.
More details on each event will be revealed very soon – keep an eye on our socials and stay tuned for a feature on each event in next month’s Focus magazine. We also have an exciting Great Together video to celebrate this project and share some more on the important people who inspire our vision.