Annual Charity Ball
The 2010 ball will be held on Saturday 22nd May at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Check out the poster here.
The Annual Charity Ball was held on 30 May 2009.
All the photos from that night are now available fordownload at our photo gallery.
Were you at the 2008 Charity Ball?
All the photos from that night are now available for download at our photo gallery.
The ball organising committee of the Fire-Fighters Foundation (APFF) would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who attended the very successful 2009 Fire-fighters Charity Ball. This year 113 members of SAMFS and SAFECOM committed themselves to paying $11.00 per fortnight as special ball members. The sale of 226 tickets placed the committee in a very favourable position in the preparation for the 2009 charity ball.
As you may be aware the 10th anniversary ball held on Saturday May 30th was a huge success, and all the people involved were extremely pleased with the smooth running of the night. The most pleasing factor for the organisers was that issues which have arisen at previous ball are being rectified and the feedback that we have received has been most encouraging. The committee are pleased to announce that the 2009 Charity Ball raised approximately $40,000, a truly magnificent result. Due to the increasing costs of staging such an event, there is a requirement to increase the price of tickets for the 2010 ball to $130 (still very reasonably priced). This will mean an increase for ball members to $12 per fortnight, which equates to an extra 50 cents per week; this will ensure your reservation for the 2010 ball which will be held on the 22nd May at the Adelaide Convention Centre. This is on ‘A’ shift’s second night so start making preparations A.S.A.P.
When the concept of the special ball membership was initiated, the purpose was to assist fire-fighters to attend what has now become a major function on the social calendar. It has enabled the event to grow at a steady rate, and at the 2009 ball 800 people were in attendance. This is a figure that several years ago would not have been contemplated and the committee now feel that this number should be the benchmark and hence it has been decided to limit the number of attendees to 800 for future balls. We also believe that the balance of the people attending i.e. fire-fighters and friends, nurses and corporate sponsors has reached an appropriate level. The special ball membership has been pivotal in the success of the annual ball; please check the status of your membership on your first payslip in the new financial year. New members are more than welcome and arrangements must be made via the pay office.
Tickets for the 11th Annual Charity Ball should be available for purchase to non special ball members in late January 2010, followed by sales to the general public at the end of February 2010. Keep an eye out for this year’s poster, which will be released soon.
The APFF are extremely lucky to have the services of the Fire Service Credit Union (FSCU), for the selling and distribution of ball tickets. The staff’s co-operation is a vital cog in what is now a well oiled machine.
Kevin Billy Boyle
On Behalf of APFF Committee
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