By JOLENE OGLE
THE swing of a golf club was all it took for five local clubs to band together and raise over $25,000 for five Sunshine Coast charities.
The annual Smile for a Child John Piercy Memorial Golf Day is held at Noosa Golf Club every September, and helps raise funds for locals in need, with more than $270,000 raised since the first event in 2007.
The golf day is the initiative of five local clubs: Sunshine Beach Surf Club, Noosa Heads Surf Club, Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club, Tewantin Noosa RSL and the Noosa Golf Club, who joined together once again to deliver cheques to five local community groups on Friday.
This year’s recipients were the Starlight Foundation, Sunshine Butterflies, Sunny Kids, the Hear and Say Centre and locals Jack and Petra Gietl, who each received a cheque for at least $5000.
Sunshine Butterflies founder Leanne Walsh said it was an honour to have such support from local clubs and the community.
Tewantin Noosa Golf Club bar manager and Smile for a Child organiser Glenn “Puck“ Puckeridge said the funds raised were used to help local charities provide services to the community.
