Rotary Club of Parnell achieves $1 million of cumulative donations to Alzheimer’s Auckland

Three hundred golfers helped the Rotary Club of Parnell and Countdown achieve their goal of raising $150 000 for Alzheimers Auckland at the annual Countdown Charity Golf tournament at Titirangi Golf Club.  The achievement brings the total raised for Alzheimers Auckland to $1.1 million .

Parnell Club’s 38 members turned up at 5.45am on the day to start preparing the course and then run the tournament. Most worked until early evening and some did not leave until 10.30pm. Behind the scenes, and for months leading up to the tournament, a small committee of the club had worked closely with Countdown and Alzheimers to make the event so successful.

 

Countdown management and its suppliers sponsor holes, donate food and prizes, set up food and beverage stations around the course and enter corporate teams to play on the day. The first round tees off at 7.15am and the second tees off early afternoon. The 300 players are provided with branded player shirts, caps and goodie bags and following their round of golf they return to the club house for lunch (or dinner) and to participate in an auction. Every player receives a prize but the winners get the biggest ones

Alzheimer’s Auckland supports dementia sufferers and their families across the wider Auckland region.  There are already approximately 48 000 people living in New Zealand with dementia, and the number is expected to double over the next twenty years.  The $150 000 from the tournament goes towards the society’s operating costs