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Gippsland Water sponsors Gippsland United Football Club for three years giving over $25,000 to support seven junior teams
Gippsland Water partners with Gippsland United FC for three years, contributing over $25,000 to support junior teams, promote tap water, and encourage active lifestyles. Joint aim: instilling healthy habits in children early.
Gippsland Water has announced a three-year sponsorship deal with Gippsland United Football Club. The organisation will provide more than $25,000 over three years to support the club's seven junior community teams and encourage local families to drink tap water and stay active. General manager and customer Michael Crane said Gippsland Water and Gippsland United FC are aligned in their ambition to help children establish healthy habits early in life.
Gippsland United Football Club (GUFC) sponsorship coordinator Peter Bruce, Gippsland Water general manager people and customer Michael Crane, GUFC women and girls ambassador Felicity Wilson and GUFC president Peter O'Dea with GUFC junior community players
Promoting tap water
Mr Crane said, "This partnership encourages local children to stay active and helps increase the reach of our Drink Gippy Tap campaign, which promotes the benefits of drinking tap water. Tap water is the healthiest drink you can get, it's also the best choice for the environment and for your wallet. We have some of the best tap water in the world, and it's about 2000 times cheaper than bottled water."
Gippsland United president Peter O'Dea said the club was delighted to partner with Gippsland Water. "This sponsorship is a great support for our grassroots junior teams and will help set up our kids to thrive. We want our kids kicking goals for their health, as well as their teams. By drinking tap water and avoiding sugary drinks, they'll be winning in more ways than one."
Club sponsorship agreement
The three-year deal will see the club's junior teams display the Gippsland Water logo on their home jerseys, as well as new signage promoting the water corporation's educational campaigns installed at Baxter Park in Warragul and Gippsland Sports and Entertainment Park in Morwell.
The sponsorship is part of Gippsland Water's commitment to invest at least $100,000 per year in initiatives that support the wellbeing of the community. Other community investments include public drinking fountains, community education and supporting communities during emergency events.
The commitment to community investment was made in response to customer feedback gathered for the water corporation's 2023-28 price submission. To find out more about Gippsland Water's sponsorship program, visit Gippsland Water website.
Pictures from Gippsland Water website.
Source: http://gippsland.com/
Published by: news@gippsland.com
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