The CPF “Bowl Barefeet for Child Protection Week” event was+ held at Padstow Bowling Club on the 15 September 2024. It was not ideal weather conditions on the day, with blustery winds and cool temperatures, but those who attended had a fantastic time, the bowlers were out in force. Unfortunately, the windy conditions caused the cancellation of our jumping castle, much to the disappointment of most of the children and a few adults.
As always, the all-day chocolate wheel was a huge hit with dozens of prizes won, as was the appearance of Humphrey B. Bear who managed to have his photo taken with just about everyone in the place. We also had a surprise special guest in the local state member for East Hills, the honourable Kylie Wilkinson, who appeared very impressed by our fundraising efforts, and guess who also had her photo taken with Humphrey.
The directors would like to thank all our volunteers from the day, without whose tireless dedication, would make a day like this almost impossible.
In total, we had just under 200 attendees across the day and between the chocolate wheel and our annual major raffle the event has raised around $6,000.00 for The CPF to put towards new educational resources for local and regional communities.
On behalf of the directors and volunteers of The CPF and most of all the children of our communities we thank you all for your attendance and look forward to seeing you again next year.
Major Raffle Winners
Our major raffle was drawn on the day and our winners are as follows.
1st Prize – Chirag Patel
2nd Prize – Gavin Stewart
3rd Prize – Dimitri Vassiliadis
4th Prize – K. English
5th Prize – Ian, Pirtek
6th Prize – Sam Mouwad
7th Prize – Ryan Beattie