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Morning tea raises $4000

More than $4000 has been raised for The Cancer Council in Australia's Biggest Morning Tea events held on the Peninsula.

Ettalong Beach Hut Café, one of last year top 10 fund raisers on the Central Coast, raised a total of $2103.80 for Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.

"All of this was achieved by a small 25-seater cafe and the help of volunteers, Ettalong businesses together with our loyal customers making the whole effort a great success and a lot of fun," said Andy and Jo Walker of Ettalong Beach Hut Café.

"This is the third time we have held the morning tea.

"In that time, we have lost at least three of our valued customers and friends to this disease."

Campbell's Home Hardware raised $2150 on the day.

Staff cooked 10kgs of sausages, 10kgs of bacon and 12 dozen eggs. They distributed 13 dozen bread rolls and large quantities of tea and coffee.

The Ettalong Baptist Church was also scheduled to hold two more morning teas on June 9 and 10.

Money is still coming in from the earlier Relay for Life event.

Ben and Jake Fuller and Catherine and Rachel Elgood were the youngest members in one of the teams for Relay of Life.

Ben was 11 and Jake nine, while Catherine and Rachel Elgood were both aged five.

They walked around the oval, helped with the selling of toffee apples, raffle tickets, and lent their hobby horses for the group's overnight theme.

Press release, May 30 Ettalong Beach Hut Café, Campbell's, Jenny Hargraves