Events
Dad's Footy Night - Coffs Ex Services Club
August's support meeting will feature an informal presentation/discussion with Cheryl Donaldson. Cheryl and her husband own a successful local business and are parents to almost enough sons to start their own football team! One of their sons, Sam, has autism. Cheryl will speak candidly about having a child with autism through childhood and beyond. Sam is now in his twenties and continues to offer challenges and joys to his family.
Venue: Mud Huts, Duke Street - Coffs Harbour - opposite Centrelink. Please bring along a plate to share for morning tea if you are able
Oh What a Night!!
Denise Drysdale was a riot as our MC at this year's event. And once again party band, Funky Mustard, had the dance floor jumping!
Ticket sales were expected to be down compared with last year's event due to a number of major conflicting events on the same night but sales in the final two weeks saw a good crowd in attendance with over 120 people enjoying the meal, the champagne, the amazing auctions - very capably run by Glenn Aylward of Aylward Auctioneers - and most of all enjoying the company.
TOTAL FUNDS RAISED: over $11,000!!
THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS, NAB & Coffs Coast BWN
and to the Coffs Harbour Racing Club, Coffs Coast Independent Newspaper & Artgeko graphic design for their outstanding support of this event
An absolutely fantastic day was had by all at Darlington Beach Holiday Park. With 100 people in attendance, we were once again ever so lucky weatherwise with a warm sunny morning and the afternoon storm holding off till we were packing up to head home.
To kick off the day Darlington Beach Holiday Park provided a scrummy pancake morning tea complete with ice cream, maple syrup and chocolate sauce - yum!
Prime Possum made an early appearance to hand out balloons, stickers and colour ins then the kids hit the pools, water slides and the amazing jumping pillow.
Lunch saw Graham & Lee firing up the BBQ for a sausage sizzle then everyone's favourite guy, Santa arrived with bags of sweets and icy poles for the kids.
Our very first function at our new office! - 2/34 Park Avenue, Coffs Harbour
What a fantastic day! Mums enjoyed hand or foot massages (THANK YOU, Nez!), eyebrow waxing (Naomi is a goddess!), DIY facials, wonderful food (oh so much food!), champagne, fruit punch and conversation while reading the latest in girly mags and watching - wait for it - Countdown re-runs!
Our first ever fundraiser BBQ at Bunnings Coffs Harbour was held on November 30th 2008 under sunny skies. That made for a roaring trade which amounted to in excess of $700 profit - that's a lot of sausages!
The Official Opening of the Coffs Coast Autism office was a resounding success with invited guests enjoying drinks & canapes in front of the office in the beautiful twilight of a perfect Coffs Harbour afternoon.
Brief speeches followed with Steve Glover of the Laminex Group & Cheryl Dixon from NAB giving personal accounts of their individual and company support of Coffs Coast Autism before doing the official honours and cutting the ribbon.
Guests had an opportunity to tour the office - the unanimous opinion being "very impressive".
