Thank you to all of the golfers who joined Austen Morris Associates at the Silver Lakes Country Club in Pretoria, South Africa for the Parkinson’s Association of South Africa (PASA) Golf Challenge.
As 2% of South Africa’s population contracts Parkinson’s the PASA committee undertook to ensure that PASA never again becomes dependent on donations for at least 70% of its budget. They aim to fundraise 10 Million Rand over the next three years and to invest these monies so that the interest earned can provide for the bigger part of its activities.
This Sponsored day at Silver Lakes is the first of a number of other golf days that we be staged in all provinces as our 40 care taking groups are well spread throughout the RSA and this ‘rescue effort’ will be everyone’s affair. These days support the oragnasation to be a 70% financially self funded organisation and forever not reliant again on governmental funding. They will provide feedback on how and on what these donations were spent/invested. Our community’s sustainability is, for the future ahead, dependent on the extent with which we can mobilize ourselves to shape the environment we live in.
Silver Lakes Golf Club is one of South Africa’s best courses with its premium facilities for members and visitors and is located in the largest golf estate in South Africa. Participants of the tournament included Senior Partner Wade Dawson and Consultant Chris Slater-Jones who both played on a four ball on a team. AMA Team members including Sheena Van Rooijen and Warren Lewis manned the 8th hole sponsored by Austen Morris Associates. Our Champagne raffle was won by Adrian Booyen, another community minded golfer.
It was a lovely day for a great cause and the players seemed to have a great time. The Golf was a shotgun start so they players all came through very quickly to keep up the pace!
A wonderful day was had by all.
