By Tyler Wright
Olinda-Ferny Creek Football Netball (OFCNC) club have raised over nine thousand dollars as part of their main annual fundraiser.
The club has currently raised the highest amount of any registered local club in Victoria, and the second largest amount country-wide, as part of the Toyota Good for Footy raffle.
“We managed to raise 12 thousand dollars last year and we’re trying to beat that,” OFCNC President Mick Hill said.
“All the clubs have to do is register their club and get their players to network,” Mick said.
This year, the president said the club will use the funds raised by the players to put back into specialist coaching, strength and conditioning, equipment such as netballs and footballs and coaches for their junior teams.
Money generated from officials will be invested in the facility itself.
“Most clubs now could be anywhere between 150,000 and 300,000 dollars to run [for] a senior football-netball club in the Yarra Valley,” he said.
“The club doesn’t survive without [this] fundraising].”
Since 2013, the Toyota Good for Footy Raffle has helped raise eight million dollars for thousands of local clubs which has been instrumental in keeping grassroots footy alive.
100 per cent of the raffle ticket proceeds go towards the clubs for whom the raffle tickets are purchased with the current total Australia-wide sitting at $369,125.
Monbulk Football Netball Club has also registered for the raffle and raised $150.
To find out more about the raffle and donate to your local Dandenong Ranges sporting club, visit https://toyotagoodforfooty.raffletix.com.au/
The top three prizes include 2022 Toyota models.
