By CASEY NEILL
STATE Schools’ Relief (SSR) received a cheque for $44,120 from the south east business community last week.
It raised the cash through the South East Business Networks (SEBN) Take a Swing for Charity golf day, held at Sandhurst Club on 23 February.
SSR accepted the donation at Noble Park Secondary College on Thursday 11 June.
The charity will use the cash to distribute school uniforms, clothing and shoes to disadvantaged children in Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia.
SSR chief executive Stephen Iles said bullies often targeted students who didn’t have the right uniform and this could make the victims disengage.
He expected demand from the south east to increase 10-fold this year because the Education Maintenance Allowance would no longer be available to parents.
The fund spent $91,500 dressing 1100 students in the three municipalities last year.
Take a Swing for Charity has now raised almost $250,000 for local charities over the past six years.
