As well as a massive weekend of finals footy there was plenty going on last weekend. Once again I was lucky enough to attend the Annual fund raising dinner of the Mater Dei School. Mater Dei is a school that provides early intervention therapy services, education and residential programs for babies, children and young people with an intellectual disability or developmental delay. Based in Camden the school was created with great vision by the sisters of the good Samaritan in the mid 1950’s. Since then the school has served not only the local Macarthur region but also the wider community by helping out those children & their families who are in great need.

 On the evening we saw a fabulous performance from some of the students, we were amazed at their ability to get in and have a good go at “dancing with the staff” and heard stories from parents as to what their life has been like living with children who need so much care & help as well as how Mater Dei has helped them along the way.

 Tom Burlinson wowed us all with his Sinatra like show and the Cube never looked so good. The biggest surprise of the night however came right at the end when we learned that the evening had raised well over $200,000 bringing the 11 year total to massive $2 Million!! A great testament to the organisers and all the business community who have helped along the way.For more information about Mater Dei, head to their Website: http://www.materdeicamden.org . Let’s hope this weekend can be just as good with the Tigers smashing the Warriors Friday!!