GOAL ball breaks all records
Howard Lake | 18 March 2008 | News
The Third World charity Goal raised €237,000 at its Mullingar ball last year, the largest amount ever raised by the charity at such an event in Ireland.
Presenting the cheque to Goal chief executive John O’Shea recently, Chairman of the Mullingar GOAL Ball committee, Frank Dillon, said it was an honour and privilege for the committee to be able to make such a donation to the lifesaving work of GOAL in its many fields of operation.
Paying tribute to the many people who had helped make this the biggest GOAL Ball to date, Mr. Dillon made special mention of the many corporate and associate sponsors for their spirit and generosity once again in responding to the most vulnerable in the world.
He also thanked the Ball’s main sponsors in 2007, Jimmy and Anne Buckley of Buckley’s SuperValu, for their initiative and the significant support they put behind the 2007 event.
The Mullingar GOAL Ball took place on Sunday, October 28 last. All 700 tickets for the black tie event sold out and the charity auction on the night raised over EUR115,000 alone.
Meanwhile, the newly refurbished Burlington Hotel in Dublin, renamed the Great Southern, will host a dinner in aid of Goal on April 10, with former US president Bill Clinton as guest of honour.
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