The Spirit of Carlton is dependent on the success of its various functions throughout the year so that we can offer assistance to the club and the current playing group in their journey towards the next premiership.
Our functions serve two significant purposes, firstly they are a chance for Carlton people to get together socially to strengthen the bonds within the community of Carlton past and present players, corporations, officials and members and supporters of the Carlton Football Club. Secondly these functions raise funds which are used to assist the club in several important areas.
Currently the Spirit of Carlton Past and Present allocates funding to these areas:
1) The current playing group and football department.
2) Past player welfare needs.
3) Carlton Football club history management and preservation.
In 2011 alone the following funds have been allocated already.
– approx $9k for two Game Ready injury recovery machines
– These were provided to assist Michael Jamison and Shaun Hampson with their knee injury recovery programs. These machines will also be able to be used for any future player injuries.
– approx $15k for the Father and Son Junior Academy
– In what was a very popular and successful initiative about 20 sons of past players enjoyed a structured program where possible future father and son prospects become better acquainted with the club, to see how the players train, how team meetings are conducted, listen to some Carlton greats speak, and do some skills sessions with Carlton football staff.
– http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/01/27/father-son-development-academy/
– approx $29k for an iPad weight management system for the current playing group
– approx $47k for GPS units for the current playing group
– If you watch the players out on the ground you might notice a small bump in the middle of the back up near the neck on the player guernseys. These are GPS units which monitor the speed and distance a player covers in a particular game. These units provide invaluable information so that the coaching and fitness staff can finetune the players performance levels.
– approx $25k for the history management project
– part of this project was the wonderful display cabinet in the Visy Park foyer which currently displays memorabilia from our 1981/82 premiership wins. This cabinet is a now a permanent piece of infrastructure that all Carlton supporters can enjoy.
– http://spiritofcarlton.com/blog/2011/02/24/cfcsoc-display-case-begins-installation/
The upcoming Spirit of Carlton Luncheon is our biggest fundraiser for the year. As you can see, the money that is raised goes to some wonderful projects which help the whole Carlton supporting community.
In order to maintain this support we need as many people to attend our events as possible. So if you would like to experience an amazing afternoon celebrating the 1981 premiership and at the same time know that your attendance provides direct support to the Carlton Football club, then download our order form which can be found by CLICKING HERE.