Tattersall’s Club Tattler Summer 2015 23 Gives Back T attersall’s Club continues its philanthropic efforts with a charity cheque presentation held on Monday 9 November. Club President Des Whybird and Chief Executive Dale St George, presented cheques to Youngcare, the National Jockey Trust and Downs and West Community Support in a small presentation held on the North Balcony. Representatives from each charity were present to receive the donations. Samantha Kennerley, Chief Executive Officer of Youngcare and Melissa Morrison, Operations Manager, were presented with a $7,000 cheque, raised from the Melbourne Cup raffle and coffee cart donations. The National Jockey Trust was represented by Pam O’Neil who received $3,645 and $1,100 was presented to Cate Mapstone and John Hollamby of Downs and West Community Support. Throughout the Club’s history it has played a significant philanthropic role to various not-for-profit organisations and will continue to do so. WHERE THE MONEY GOES Youngcare Tattersall’s Club and Youngcare have a long standing partnership and the recent donation of $7,000 will be directed towards their latest accommodation development in Albany Creek, specifically helping to fund one of the automatic door openers for a resident’s apartment. The automatic door opener is an essential piece of specialised equipment that ensures the safety of residents and allows them to travel freely to and from their apartments. To make a donation to Youngcare visit www.youngcare.com.au/donate/donate/ National Jockey Trust The National Jockey Trust supports jockeys, apprentice jockeys and their families in times of need. They provide funds and other benefits for the relief of financial difficulties as a result of serious injury, illness and sadly, sometimes death. They have helped over 200 jockeys and their families escape financial hardship and the money donated by Tattersall’s Club will assist with this. To make a donation to the National Jockey Trust visit www.njt.org.au/Donations.aspx Downs and West Community Support The Downs and West Community Support will use the money to assist with providing items on the ‘Christmas Wish List’ of different families. This could include leg of ham, clothing for country children where grandparents are the primary carers and families who have lost a parent in the past 12 months and comfortable pillows and money towards a good mattress for a farmer with a terminal illness. To make a donation to Downs and West Community Support visit www.downsandwestcommunitysupport.org/donate/
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