Grant Announced
The City of Maribyrnong 2008/09 budget has been announced and it contains an allocation of $207,500 towards the cost of re-surfacing our sand-filled ground at the end of the current season. FHC will match this and also contribute up to $100,000 towards the development of a specialist junior training / hit-up area to the north of our changerooms. Works will hopefully take place immediately at the end of the current winter season. Should we be successful in receiving a State Government grant that we have also sought, then we would also be re-surfacing our ‘wet’ ground this October. In that case, the total cost to FHC would be approx. $460,000.
How will we pay for this
We are able to give our kids the best facilities in Australia because of the hard work done to raise the funds required. The month of June is our main fund-raising month with the following special events occurring:
June 1-2: (Next weekend): ‘Lacrosse DownUnder’ (international tournament)
June 7-9: Vic. Country Hockey C’Ships (mens) – Queens B’Day – No club hockey
June 28-29: Junior Country Hockey C’Ships (1st weekend of school holidays)
This represents a lot of work in the kiosk, watering the ground, etc, and requires a small contribution from a lot of people. Junior families were fantastic with their contributions to the Rd 1 Family Day, and we need a couple of hours from each family again. Please contact Club Secretary Nicole Virtuoso on 0424132715 to negotiate your preferred time to help out.
Please support the raffle that is currently taking place plus the MITRE 10 promotion.
