29 DECEMBER 2018
COCAG 2nd Annual Fund Raising Dinner 2018
Care One Care All Group (COCAG), is
a not for profit group working tirelessly in the
area of caring for destitute, abandoned
elders, mentally challenged, physically
disabled and towards the education of
orphan kids and providing training/support
to individuals from poor economic
background with support of several sister
organisations in Australia and India. Since
2014, COCAG has provided support worth
about $41,000 (Rs 20 lakh).On Saturday 24
November 2018, COCAG organised its 2nd
Fund Raising Dinner event at Himalya
Emporium Function Centre, Bankstown to
raise funds to further extend the important
initiatives taken up by the group. An excited
audience of nearly 400 people attended this
event with their families and friends which
gave big boost to the motivation of
organisers who have been working hard for
last four years to generate much needed
funds to make life little bit comfortable for
our less fortunate brothers and sisters.The
chief guest of the program was Bhai
Samsher Singh Ji of PrabhAasra Trust
Padiala, who eloquently painted the picture
describing the plight of thousands of
destitute, orphan and needy to the audience
and reminded everyone to care for the illtreated,
forgotten and abandoned people by
their families, society and the government.
Representatives of local charities supported
by Care One Care All Group, Crescent Relief
and Fox G1 also shared their experiences
with the audience.The program started with
a welcome speech by Harmanjot Kaur, Simar
Sood & Lovedish Bhinder. The stage was
then taken over by Australia's best Punjabi
MC and famous personality MrRanjit Singh
Khera. Dr Parmjit Singh of the COCAG
presented details of the marvelous projects
undertaken by COCAG during 2017-18 and
shared the activities scheduled for ongoing
and new projects for the year 2018-19. He
informed the audience that in the year 2017-
18, COCAG raised $58k and spent $44k on
various charity initiatives. It was a fun filled
dinner night with many colourful dance
performances, lucky draws and other
items.COCAG raised a total of over $47k on
the dinner night with $30k contributed by our
generous sponsors and from selling tickets.
Auction of articles was the main attraction of
the event, where about $11000 were raised in
a short time period of less than one hour. The
excitement built by MrRanjitKhera after auction
resulted in further $7000 raised by voluntary
donations from so many generous individuals.
It has been only possible with the team's hard
work particularly massive amount of work done
by Ravi Singh, Harminder Singh Pannu, Pritpal
Singh, Sumit Saini, FaisalRehman, Jasjot,
Kanwal, Sood family, Mathoda family as well
as huge support provided by large number of
COCAG friends and well-wishers.Our special
thanks to Gurinder Sandhu (Australian
cricketer), Mandeep Singh, Sukhvinder Saggu
& Dr Ranjit Singh for donating auction items
and Sanjay Goel, Gurmej Singh & Ramesh
Hiranifor their unconditional support for the
event. Dr Singh on behalf of the COCAG team
thanked everyone for accepting the invitation
and attending the event in massive numbers.
He further said, "Your decision of attending the
event, buying a ticket, making a voluntary
contribution and buying an auction item is
going to save lives and support several needy
to self sustain in their lives. Those individuals
will always be thanking you for your support.
It will certainly encourage them to help others
when they become capable one day and
pay back to the community".
He further said, "COCAG team is
heartily thankful to you for ongoing support
and giving us opportunity to reach large
number of needy individuals and families. I
am sure the Almighty God has noted down
your time spent and contribution made on
the night and on an ongoing basis in HIS
good books. He encouraged the audience
to participate in future events and provide
feedback and suggestions so that COCAG
can adopt improvements in delivery of our
services". He further said that you all are
lovers of humanity and understand the pain
of a needy or destitute. I am sure together
we can make a difference. Sincere thanks
are to our sponsors of the event. The proud
Platinum level sponsors of the event were
Himalya Emporium Function Centre &
Mobile Experts. The Gold sponsors
included Jag Truck & Bus Driving, Goraya
Global Logistics Melbourne, Western
Sydney Property Group, Singh Home
Constructions (Navtej Singh)&Kaur
Kollections. Silver sponsors included Safari
Homes, JASH'N Indian Fashion Design, HR
Boutique, Shahi Dining Indian Restaurant,
Gosford Motel Inn, L J Hooker Seven Hills,
Westland Group Pty Ltd, Steel Frames &
Trusses, Muffin Break Castle Hill, Build Star
Builders Warehouse, Descon Design,
Smart Design Homes, Starr Partners Bella
Vista, Minto Cellars. MIC Lawyers, ATAX
Accounting, Singh Auto Pty Ltd werebronze
level sponsors. Our media partners are Ash
Designs, The Ponds Photography, Friends
World TV, Punjab Express, Punjab Times,
Punjab Herald, Radio Haanji, Raabta Radio
and Radio MelaGeetan Da.