Goodes and Jetta have personally painted and signed boomerangs to be auctioned off on November 21 to help raise some much-needed money for Kool Kids Club which is a program of Weave Youth Family Community.
The Kool Kids Club is a prevention and early intervention initiative providing free after-school and holiday activity programs for kids aged 7-13 years in South Sydney. The program aims to encourage children, most of whom are Aboriginal, to stay in primary school and transition successfully into high school.
Kids can only take part in the program – which provides swimming, sports, cooking, arts, dancing and music activities – if they turn up to school.
The Kool Kids Club is facing the prospect of closing its doors after its Government funding was recently diverted to assist younger age groups. To help out, All Sorts Gym & Indoor Sports is holding Swim, Sport, Sail – a fundraising auction featuring hand painted boomerangs by well-known Aboriginal artists, celebrities and sports stars, including Goodes and Jetta.
Kool Kids Club team leader Lucy Butler said the fundraiser aims to raise $30,000, which is only a small slice of the $250,000 needed to keep the program alive. “All Sorts Gym & Indoor Sports in Alexandria has been fantastic in support of the Kool Kids Club. It provides the kids with free swimming lessons and indoor sports as well as sponsoring the sailing program. We’re really looking forward to the fundraising auction and having the support of the Sydney Swans is just brilliant,” Ms Butler said.
