On Friday 31st March 2023, our Comedy for a Cause event was held at the Central Coast Leagues Club. The event was a huge success, with a great turnout of over 165 guests and lots of laughter.
The night kicked off with our MC for the night Daniel Townes , who set the tone for the evening with hilarious jokes and witty humour. The audience was in stitches from the very beginning, and the energy in the room was alive.
Next up was Mat Wakefield, who kept the laughs coming with his unique style and comedic timing about life with kids. Bruce Griffiths then came to the stage finish the first set with his hilarious one liners. The thinking mans comedian ! The audience was thoroughly entertained with laughs out loud heard across the room.
Before we kicked off the final Set, Mat got our Auction going with a great bid from Michael Goodwin of Loyal IT taking home the Mariners Jersey.
The Headline Act Tommy Dean came on with a roar from the crowd, Tommy kept us laughing for over 40 min with storys on being an American in Australia for the past 30 years or so. I think its time you became a citizen Tommy !
Our attendees were generous with their donations and helped us raise over $5,800. With 50% to go to Care4Coast and 50% to Rotary Gosford City Projects.
Overall, the event was a huge success, with great comedians, a lively atmosphere, and a fantastic turnout exceeding our expectations. We are so grateful to everyone who attended, a big shout out to Mat Wakefield from Comedy for a Cause for creating these professional events, a great event partner, as well as our sponsors and volunteers who helped make the event possible.
It was great to see all the Rotary Club Members from around the Central Coast in attendance. More importantly all 15 clubs supported us through spreading our event via their newsletters and social media. We cant thank them enough for helping to make our event a success. There are great things to come for Rotary on the Central Coast.
We can't wait to see you all again, hopefully we can do it all again next year for another night of laughter and giving back to our Gosford and Central Coast Community !
Thankyou so much
Peter Clarke
President - 2022-2023
Rotary Club of Gosford City
