It started with a golf day and a lemonade stand
LINKSFIELD – A simple lemonade stand raises funds for young children to receive life-saving operations.
It started with a charity golf day in Linksfield and a lemonade stand run by a five-year-old daughter, Tannah.
Eight years and seven golf days later Tannah’s Gift, an established charity, founded by Judy Bloomfield has raised almost R600 000 for the Netcare Foundation’s cleft lip and palate programme.
This year Judy is a finalist in Mrs SA pageant and she has chosen to represent Tannah’s Gift and the Netcare Foundation to raise further awareness for two important causes that are close to her heart.
“The annual Tannah’s Gift Golf Day is back on track this year, and was held at Huddle Park Golf Club on November 4 with the prizegiving hosted at Ridgeway. We were delighted to raise R70 000 in donations this year,” said Bloomfield.
Bloomfield’s daughter Tannah, who is now 13 years old, was born with a cleft lip and palate, a medical condition known for causing speech and eating difficulties and impeding physical and social development if not treated early.
Tannah’s first operation was done when she was just three months old by Professor Laurence Chait at Netcare Park Lane Hospital.
The first event raised R65 000 in November 2013. Wanting to contribute, Tannah who was five years old at the time, was determined to have a lemonade stand at the golf day, so she could help raise money to ‘fix the lips’ of children like her.
Offering cold glasses of lemonade as welcome drinks to participants and spectators, she managed to raise R1 200 towards helping young babies with cleft lip and palate.
Mande Toubkin, Netcare’s general manager: emergency, trauma, transplant and corporate social investment, said Netcare was offering the resources at its disposal to help people needing life-altering corrective surgery for a range of medical conditions.
“Through our craniofacial, cleft lip and palate, cataract surgery and cochlear implant programmes, we are offering free medical interventions that will help alleviate the burdens faced by disadvantaged individuals afflicted with these conditions,” she said.
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