Event organiser Sylvia Simpson, kindy committee president Melissa Gunton and director Nardia Whitman prepare for this year’s biggest Cooktown Kindergarten fundraiser. Photo: Supplied.
Tickets are selling fast for the Cooktown Kindergarten’s biggest fundraising event of the year – the Mother’s Day ladies afternoon luncheon.
More than 100 women are expected to converge on the Cooktown Events Centre on 10 May for a celebratory day filled with plenty of food, fun and fundraising.
Kindy director Nardia Whitman said event organisers were confident it would offer something for everyone as Cooktown celebrated the region’s mothers.
“There’ll be a luncheon, but that’s just a little bit of the day,” she said.
“The rest of the day, there’ll be games, we’ll have a fashion parade, we’ll have entertainment, lucky door prizes, raffles, mini cent sale and an auction, so there’s heaps of stuff happening.
“Because we’re so remote, there’s not a lot of opportunities in our town for ladies to get together in a big group, and just be waited on and get spoiled for the afternoon.
“I think, as a mum, that doesn’t happen enough, so it’s a nice opportunity to get everyone together.”
Ms Whitman said tickets, which are $45 each, were already half sold, with many missing out last year.
To purchase tickets, contact event organiser Sylvia Simpson on 0429 062 262.
