Colour the course with the Algoa FM charity golf day

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

An education-focussed organisation has been selected by Algoa FM as the beneficiary of the annual Algoa FM Summer Charity Golf day, which will be taking place on Thursday, March 7 at the Humewood golf club in Port Elizabeth.
Funds raised by the charity event will go towards building a centre for those involved in early childhood education in the Gqebera (Walmer) township run by KICK.
EARLY INSPIRATION runs a training programme for under-equipped teachers, and is currently busy training the teachers in at least 30 poorly resourced early childhood education facilities in the township.
It is estimated that around 40 per cent of young children in South Africa have not mastered the foundational concepts of learning required before going to school, according to KICK president Ryan Hutton.
KICK’s chief executive officer Lauren Stretch, says “the conditions staff face daily in the centres is frightening - teachers work from unsafe, under-resourced structures which are often a health hazard.
“In most cases children are receiving only one meal a day, which is provided by the ECD Centre. Most teachers have 40 children in their care and not only need to teach these children foundational concepts of cognitive development, but also provide love, compassion, nutrition, support, discipline, structure and care for these children.
“KICK would like to provide schools with a safe, secure, well-resourced facility to enable only the best teaching for these young children”.
The Algoa FM Summer Charity Golf Day is being taken to a “new level,” in order to raise as much as possible for this worthy cause says managing director Dave Tiltmann.
The format will be a “fourball betterball,” and Algoa FM will be giving away R15 000 airtime to the corporate team that goes the extra mile at their sponsored tee or green, according to Tiltmann.
Fourball bookings for the corporate day are initially allocated to companies which sponsor tees/ greens or specified areas. Thereafter, fourballs are allocated according to the value of prizes or prize money or donations.
“This is both a worthy cause and an investment in the future of the youth and business in Nelson Mandela Bay,” says Tiltmann.
To take part in the Algoa FM charity golf day visit their web site www.algoafm.co.za, fill out the form and send your confirmation through before Friday, February 22.