Sentech's CEO, Dr Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane, donated a cheque of a R100 000 to CHOC (Children's Haematology Oncology Clinics) in an official handover ceremony on Wednesday, 30 August 2006 at CHOC house in Soweto.
The money was raised by Sentech's second year of sponsorship of the World's Biggest Company Golf Day held in May on golf courses throughout the country.
As the biggest company golf day the world has ever seen, the event is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records. This the second year running where Sentech has raised a R100 000 for CHOC through the World's Biggest Company Golf Day.
Dr Stellios Poyaidjis of Baragwaneth Hospital, senior CHOC medical staff, Norman Duncan, Ward Councillor from Soweto, and plus 15 children were among the guests.
The funds raised by the event will help children with cancer by providing toys, upgrades to ward and transport facilities, furnishings for CHOC houses and medical equipment supplementation such as volume infusion pumps (used for giving rate-controlled chemotherapy), monitors and beds.
"For Sentech this is an exciting event and one we are extremely proud of because of the social investment aspect. CHOC is a very deserving cause and we are pleased to be associated with an organisation that brings joy to the lives of children debilitated by an illness as severe as cancer," Mokone-Matabane says.
"Sentech's World's Biggest Company Golf Day endeavours to attract even more South African companies and golf players as participants in next year's event. It is the World's Biggest Company Golf Day's hope to donate further funds to CHOC after the conclusion of the event in 2007," says Mokone-Matabane.
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