The dust has now well and truely settled on the 2011 65K 4 65 Roses Walkathon presented by Bright and Duggan, the leaders in Strata Management.
Hopefully, your aches, pains, blisters, bruises, and sprains have eased and the thoughts of ‘never again’ have diminished with the passing weeks.
Now is the time to reflect on what a fantastic result we achieved… records all round.
A record amount raised – $140,000+
A record number of 3am starters – 80
A record number of walkers completing the 65Km – 44
I think it’s fair to say that the day ran smoother than ever before, due in no small part to a very special supporting cast who worked tirelessly throughout the day. These events don’t happen without you. You know who you are, but others may not… so in no particular order, our fabulous volunteers were: Sian Grech, Karen Long, John Furdi, Karen McKay, Chetan Pandit, Penny Field, Janelle Borg, Sharon Simonds, Hayley Byun, Geshani Jayasuriya, Siobhan Brown, Christie Graham, Andrea Kench, Steve Grima, Dominic Fitzgerald, Merilyn McArthur, Alison Elliott, Sue West, Diane More, Karene Gluckman, Madi Best + 3 friends, Ellie, Laura & Julia, Sally Shepherd, Alex Huntir. Also thanks to Jamie Sorensen (after his 65Km), Paul Feltham, Bill Ali, Michael Gaffey, Ella Gaffey, Olive Taylor and Gillian O’Donovan for staying back to disassemble the base camp and return and store equipment.
A HUGE thank you to all the participants who took part and helped us to reach this great fundraising figure. The success of this event is dependent on everyday people doing their bit to help others. Whether you walked 65km or 7, we hope you got something out of the day. The Committee is blessed that we get to work with a special group of people that make up the CF Community.
We would like to acknowledge some very special fundraising efforts:
Bright and Duggan – $18,043 – Fantastic support from Phil, Chris & Jen Duggan
Team Ruby – $14,430 – Danielle, Craig and co inspired us with their inventive fundraising efforts.
Team Finlease & Team Byrons – $12,618 & $8,180 respectively – both perrenial mainstays in the top fundraiser categories.
Andrew Stevens – $6,620 – delivering yet again.
A special mention also to the MLC Community Foundation who matched the fundraising of MLC Walkers to the tune of $8,000 bringing their contribution since the event began to $36,000
Also a reminder that now is a good time to reconnect with those people that promised they would sponsor you after the event! The fundraising sites will remain open until May 8 for online donations. If you have yet to bank any offline funds please deposit them directly into the 65k 4 65 Roses Bank Account:
- Bank – Westpac
- Account Name – 65k 4 65 Roses
- Account Number – 517283
- BSB – 032099
If a Tax Receipt is required send an email to 65K465roses@gmail.com and include the amount sponsored/donated, the donor/sponsors name, address and email
Finally a big thank you to all the organisations that support the 65K 4 65 Roses Walkathon. The success of this walk is largely dependent on the generosity of our corporate sponsors. Corporate sponsorship occurs not only in the form of financial donations but also in the form of ‘services in kind’, with everything from raffle prizes, fruit, drinks, meat, BBQ and other equipment being provided to us free of charge. We would like to encourage you support these organisations. A full list of which can be found on our sponsor pages – check them out.
Once again, many thanks for supporting our fight against Cystic Fibrosis.
Mark it in your diary…
We hope we can count on you for the 5th edition of this wonderful event which has been provisionally set as Saturday March 3, 2012 .
Do you have any ideas to make this event better? Email us at 65k465roses@gmail.com
See you next year!
The 65K 4 65 Roses Committee
Patrick O’Donovan
Nicci Higgs
Glen Thickett
Pat Borg
