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Home » The Long And The Short Of It

The Long And The Short Of It

December 1, 2016 by Maggi Barnard

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The Long Lunch by the Lake fundraiser on 13th November raised $24,999.25 for Physio Touch Machines for the Forbes and Parkes Hospitals. Thank you to the organising committee; the major sponsors: Forbes Shire Council,
Tooheys, Bernardi’s and the Globe Hotel; Pete Ashcroft for lunch; Forbes Rugby League for the bar; Kevin Miller the auctioneer; entertainer Adam Enslow; Anita Morrison, Kerry and Geoff Acheson, and Lachlan Valley Party Hire who made canapés.

Raffle and auction items were donated by: Acheson’s Home Timber and Hardware, Metro Hotels, Jake Lewis Car Detailing, Sportspower, Swinging Bridge Wines, Robert Oatley Wines, Head On In Eugowra, Amoena, Allure On Main, Woolworths, Terry Bros Carpet Court, Banksia Grove Florist, A Classy Touch Florist, Jan and John Martin,
Cafe Aglio e Olio, Thee Hair, Undercover Sleepwear and Lingerie, Robbs Jewellers, V-Air, Hair With Style, Verde Spa, Chapter Two, Forbes Bakehouse, Gunns Mensland, Ladybird Boutique, Little Extras, K&H Interior
Designs, Forbes Small Engines, T&M Tyres, Beaurepairs, Gottaluvit, Forbes Smash Repairs, Outback Soils, Jelbarts Tyrepower, Roylance’s Auto One, Leslie Spice, Esmes, Blush, Flannery’s Pharmacy, Painted Daisies, Woolerina, Cahills, The Brew, Target, News On Rankin, Glen Egan Building Supplies, Turners Furniture One, Kylie Spice (Mary Kay), Spotlight, Bernardi’s, Forbes Family Dentist, Lakeside Takeaway, Roylance’s Auto One, Anytime Fitness, Mitch Roylance, Hello World, and Mattiske Farming. Parkes: Maureen Kent, Eddy Mead, Furniture One, Hay’s Hardware, Griffins Leading Edge, Ron Dunfords Chemist, Parkes Decor Shoppe, Nangar Gems, The Red Chandelier, Parkes News and Gifts, Happy Home Traders, Ooshka, Colouby Creations, Parkes Stationary and Office Furniture, Kerin Physio Co, Parkes CRT, Parkes Farm Centre, Byrne Clothing, Parkes Pharmacy, 141 on Main, Tammy Frame, Swish Fashion Orange, AA Blatch, Little Black Dress, Buttabeef Butchers, EB Games, Cedar Cafe, We Know Travel,
Repco, Janice Cassidy Hair Salon, Bella’s Restaurant, La Bella Medispa and Dish Café.

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