More than 100 people gathered in Burswood on March 9 for the tenth annual ‘Breakfast in the Park’ event held by the Mary MacKillop Foundation.
The picturesque Charles Patterson Park was the perfect venue for the event which raised almost $1,500 for the foundation.
The event was originally a social gathering for past pupils of St Gertrude’s College in New Norcia, when it began in 2003.
Over the past ten years, brothers Charlie and Domenic Fazari in Tuart Hill have generously donated sausages for the breakfast, cooked on a barbecue donated by George Manook from Arcla Barbecues in Malaga.
However, organiser Laurie Mayne announced the event would be held in the Sisters of St Joseph’s convent gardens in South Perth from next year.
Mr Mayne also thanked several students from Notre Dame University in Fremantle who assisted at the breakfast as part of their community assistance program.
Money raised from the event will be sent to Sydney, where the foundation is based; from there it will be used to fund a variety of projects around the country.
The Mary MacKillop Foundation aims to help relieve suffering and bring hope to others through supporting small, life-changing projects.
In WA, such projects have included providing resources to build a sensory garden for disabled school children; and financially supporting volunteers who travel to the Kimberley to assist remote Aboriginal communities.
Each year, the foundation allocates grants of up to $10,000 to projects throughout Australia. It has supported more than 460 projects since 1995.