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CONTRIBUTED BY THE VICTORIA POINT SHARKS
It was towards the end of last year that our General Manager, Rhys Faint, decided to open up our Friday and Sunday meat tray raffles to the broader community to help support a wider variety of local non-profit community groups and sporting organisations. The number of applications we received was overwhelming, with dates booking up very quickly.
Since our community raffles began in November, we have had over 17 non-profit sporting clubs and community groups join us for the weekend raffles, and they have collectively raised over $15,500. This year’s schedule has many more of our local clubs joining us for the first time, and many that have locked in regular bookings. As a result, this year is also booking up quickly, with very limited spots still available.
Our meat tray fundraising raffles are held every Friday night (5:00pm-7:30pm) and Sunday afternoon (2:00pm-4:30pm). We encourage any local non-profit community group seeking fundraising ideas to visit our webpage, sharksclub.com.au, to apply. We donate the meat trays (worth $640, every weekend), and the clubs simply need to bring along their volunteers. The harder they sell, the more money they make, with 100% of all ticket sales going to their respective clubs.
As a non-profit community club, Victoria Point Sharks is committed to supporting our local community. We aim to make a positive difference to not-for-profit clubs, education and health providers, charity groups, sporting and community groups, and individuals by funding specific projects with community benefit. We have found that our meat tray fundraising raffles have provided some incredibly positive results for our smaller community clubs, which is an example of the power of what can be achieved when the community comes together.
