A Rotary deal on the Golf Course
On the 24th of November 2013, the Rotary club of Dar es Salaam hosted a golf tournament at the Gymkhana Club to raise funds in efforts to eradicate Polio from the face of this earth.
Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam mobilized together to raise $15,000 by selling each golf hole in form of advertisement/branding to corporates. Companies came forth willingly to eradicate Polio from this world such as Vending Services, Lake Oil, Coke, Barclays, Aua Industria, Spicenet, Soft Tech, Pheonix Insurance, Alliance Insurance, Maxinsure, Sea Cliff Casino, NSK Oil, Seaforth, Puma Energy, Platform. In addition, all sponsors came at the crack of dawn to set up their allocated golf hole to advertise their brand, free giveaways and coffees/drinks!
The ray of the sun shining and the smell of coffee made the morning spectacular. Golfers trickled in with their kits, outfits and hats. Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam launched the Golf Tournament with a gunshot start where all golfers teed off on specific golf holes and ended their round at the same time.
Thereafter, a fun filled prize giving ceremony took place at the “19th hole” as they say it – a live band, a scrumptious lunch and cold drinks flowing. There were a number of prizes, to name a few, we awarded the overall winner (ladies, men and junior), overall runner up (ladies and men), closet to the pin and longest drive. We also had a few fun prizes such as best dressed, loudest on the course, a bad hair day, and a “piga mingi” (worst score card) prize – and for loudest on the course prize, it was a no brainer but to give it to our president, Zainul Dossa.
The District Polio Chair and our fundraising director, Rtn Mohammed Jaffer, spoke with inspiration about Rotary Internationals initiative to end Polio now and how we are “this close” to eradicate polio from this world. President Zainul Dossa spoke about the club, its projects and what it means to be a Rotarian and Rtn Nikki concluded with a vote of thanks.
The Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam celebrated after raising a compelling $17,642 to be sent to TRF in essence to eradicate Polio from this world. As Rotarians, not only are we proud of what we have achieved, but with the spirit of Rotary, we are determined to continue making a difference to our community.
