August 2014 | Now 4500 FREE copies per month
A community newsletter for the western Algarve
Charity golf to tee off kids campaign
By a staff writer
To kick off our fundraising we will be hosting a charity golf day at Espiche Golf on September 18th. The cost to enter will be €50 per player to include the golf, a BBQ with half the money going to the children’s home. Non players can join the BBQ for €25 which would include a charity donation. There will also be lots of fun fundraising activities throughout the day to raise as much as possible.
‘Tomorrow’ and Espiche Golf are launching an urgent appeal this month to raise 5,000 euros for the children’s home in Lagos. The home looks after some of the area’s most disadvantaged children. Some of them have been taken into care because they have been physically or sexually abused, others have been handed over because their families can’t afford to keep them and over the years a few have just been abandoned and left on the home’s doorstep. But the home itself is in need of urgent refurbishment. Last year we raised funds for building repairs after parts of the roof leaked, damaging the dining room and some bedrooms.
The home’s new manager Ana Leal says: “All the facilities, equipment and furnishings in all areas are very worn and desperately need replacement.” All the sofas, the curtains, the walls and general decor are urgently needing refurbishment. The money that ‘Tomorrow’ and Espiche Golf raises will be used to revamp the main social rooms - the main lounge area which is for both boys and girls and then also the girls and boys individual social rooms. If possible we would like to repaint and buy televisions and sofas for each of the three social rooms and the home also needs some laptop computers for the children.
Lagos Children’s Home looks after as many as 30 very vulnerable children who are under the care of social services. The youngest at the moment is seven and the oldest is 21. Although the children are under the care of the state the buildings they live in are not paid for by the Portuguese Government. It is down to the home to raise money which it does with the generous support of local charities and businesses. If you would like to take part in our charity golf day, please contact Pauline Binnie on 282 688 250 or email: paulinebinnie@espiche-golf.com. For more information see the golf day advert inside the newsletter on page 37. If you are a non golfer and would like to help the children’s home in any other way please call Tom Henshaw on: 919 918 733 or email: tom.henshaw@sapo.pt
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