SUNDAY’S inaugural Bega Charity Golf Day at the Bega Country Club was an overwhelming success with the event raising $7000 for Bega mum Beth Berk.
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Ms Berk is hoping to travel to Russia for life-changing medical treatment for multiple sclerosis, but needs to raise $60,000 to do so.
With the support of the community, her fight to beat the disease may become a reality.
The chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a costly process, but one on which Ms Berk, her husband Paul and two young children are depending.
The treatment is unavailable in Australia because Australian medical professionals have so far refused to perform it, so a trip to Russia is the family’s only option.
The charity golf day, run by LJ Hooker Bega and the Bega Country Club, attracted 82 players who were divided into 21 groups.
Donations came in many forms, from local business houses for raffle and auction prizes, to individual cash donations.
Individual donations totalled $2200, with one anonymous donor contributing $1200; Bega Lions Club donated $1000; Bega men’s bowling club $350 and Bega Golf Club $2050; raffles amounted to $934 and the auction $1665.
Bega Country Club captain Dave Hancock said the golf day was very enjoyable and everybody walked away with a prize.
“It’s sad for a young lady with two kids to have to deal with this disease,” he said.
“I hope the treatment works for Beth when she gets to go to Russia.
“Beth said she was very, very grateful for the support and blown away by the response.”
Ms Berk has said she is ready to lose her hair and be away from her family for whatever time it takes to undergo the treatment, and she is “ready to be able to walk with Paul and our children forever”.
For more information and to donate to Ms Berk’s appeal, go to www.gofundme.com/a1q0qw.
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