Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation has been appointed the preferred charity for this unique and iconic Festival. For the Health Foundation to be able to raise its profile before and during this event, the partnership and support of our local businesses is paramount. By visibly demonstrating your support for us, you are in turn assisting the Health Foundation to take a leadership role in improving medical and other health services for local residents and visitors. We would therefore like to invite your support in one or more of the following ways:

1. Provide us with a supply of your businessbs promotional material/brochures for insertion in the bshowbagb which webre considering distributing to runners who raise funds for us (http://thegreatoceanroadmarathon.gofundraise.com.au/). It is important that your material provides an incentive or special offer to runners and their supporters, e.g. at 10% discount on purchases during the two-day event;
2. Donate vouchers for your business to the Health Foundation, for use as incentives and/or prizes for the event;
3. Make a cash donation to the Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation.

We hope that you will partner with us in this world-class event and, by doing so, help us to help our local communities. Please contact either Andrew (Buck) Buchanan (Ph: 0419 315 181) or Pamela Carey (Ph: 0407 816 899)]]>

The Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation

– Preferred Charity fo the Great Ocean Road Marathon –

The Health Foundation manages a public charitable trust fund to support, promote and protectB the health of the community of Apollo Bay and surrounding towns. The fundsB raised are returned, via grant applications, back to non-profit community organisations. Our financialB assistance is paramount to maintaining and improving health-related and associated facilities in our community. We have so far given to the local hospital (OHCS), aged care facility, ambulance service,B child care, kinder, school, CFA, local sports clubs and many more. This year, the Health Foundation has been appointed the Preferred Charity for the Great Ocean Road Marathon, which will take place on Saturday 17^th and Sunday 18^th May. B We still have to compete for donations against many high profile charities.B We are just at the top of the list. This festival comprises 6 different events over the two days and attracts more than 5,500 runners from Victoria, interstate and overseas. We encourage you to become our partner in this very exciting event.B You can do this by:

• joining our local team in the half-marathon, the “Bay Town Rollers”;
• getting your own team together for any of the 6 events and raising money for our community;
• volunteering to assist during the event; and
• making a donation.

With strong community support we hope to be able to raise over $100k in the next couple of years.

B For more information, go to www.abhealthfoundation.org

Or visit our booth at the Seafood Festival on the Foreshore on

Saturday 22nd February 2014

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