The charity golf day raised between $10,000 and $11,000 from entries and hole sponsorships, with more money coming at an auction of sporting memorabilia last night.

Libbi Stewart came up with the idea for the golf day, and organised it in less than three weeks with Telstra Friends volunteers.

"When I saw the tsunami on the TV and all the kids who had been orphaned, I had to do something to help," Ms Stewart said.

"It wasn't too hard (to organise), we've done it in 2sfr1/2 weeks and we've got quite a few celebrities."

Olympians Tamsyn Lewis, Kyle Vander-Kuyp, Ray Borner, Stuart Brehaut and Steve Moneghetti were among the athletes taking part.

Media personality Tiffany Cherry had a swing, as did Essendon stars Justin Murphy and Ben Haynes.

Essendon, Collingwood and Carlton all donated signed jumpers to the auction, which went under the hammer along with signed Bradman's Invincibles memorabilia, and signed shirts from Greg Norman and Lleyton Hewitt.

Ballarat Miners Graeme Anstey and Paul Larmand were among the current Ballarat sportsmen to pick up a club in the name of charity.

"It's a good day, it's good fun and it's for a good cause," Anstey said.

Larmand, a left-hander, described his game as "terrible" and said he was "out of practice" after concentrating heavily on basketball in recent years.

Meanwhile, the City of Ballarat has praised the community for its generous response to the tsunami.

However, council has said a long-term commitment was needed if shattered communities were to be rebuilt in the devastated region.

Financial aid has been significant for the 12 countries affected by the Boxing Day disaster, but the council said aid measures including medical people and teachers would be needed well into the future.

Council's department of wellbeing acting general manager Sue Howard reinforced the need for long-term assistance.

"This is going to require a sustained and combined effort over some years," Ms Howard said.