Community Support

Through various Guest Activities held throughout the year we raise money for charities within the local community and local children with illnesses, the funds raised go towards helping ease some of the medical expenses that families may incur or to buy specific items to help make the children's lives more comfortable during their illness.

2009

In 2009 we were on a new mission to raise another $6000 by the end of the year for local 2 year old boy Reagan Coleman who suffers from DiGeorge Syndrome. As there were numerous items and types of equipment that Reagan requires to make his life more comfortable we spent some time liaising with Reagan's family as to what they would need the most.

On Christmas Eve 2009 Reagan's family home was installed with split system air-conditioning units, we contacted Whitsunday Ice Cool with regards to a quote for Reagan's home and they amazingly very kindly donated the air-conditioning! With the money raised we bought Reagan numerous special aid toys from blocks through to a big trampoline to help Reagan develop his co-ordination and fine motor skills.  With the remainder of the money raised we gave the family some Retravision Vouchers to go towards a laptop computer to help keep track of Reagan's medical records.   

 Mark Williars (Whitsunday Ice Cool), Reagan Coleman, Kylie Coleman, Andrea Mearns (BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday), Tanya Cran (BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort), Samantha Coleman - image courtesy of The Whitsunday Times. 

2008 

In 2008 we raised $6000 for local 8 year old Sarah Strohfeldt. Sarah has suffered from a severe heart condition from birth and with the money raised our aim was to buy air-conditioning for Sarah's family house as it is imperative that Sarah doesn't get too hot with her condition. But when local air-conditioning company Ice Cool heard about our fundraising efforts they stepped in and amazingly donated the complete slip system airconditioning unit for their whole house and installed it all for nothing! WOW!

So with the $6000 raised we decided to give Sarah something every little girl dreams of a bedroom make over....so with the help of many local companies donating much of what was needed and their time Sarah's bedroom was complete in January 2009.

    Jan McKinnon (BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort), Suzie Beirne (Island Edge) and Sarah Strohhfeldt

2007

 Left to right - Naomi McKinnon (Adventure Whitaunday), Kerry and Blake Reid and Tanya Cran (Adventure Whitsunday)

Last year in 2007 we raised a total of $6194.70 for a very special little boy - Blake Reid. Blake is 6 years old and suffers from severe cerebral palsy, with the money raised through various guest activities the family purchased a much needed support chair. The support chair has enabled Blake to participate more in everyday activities both with his family and with his friends in and out of school  - so a BIG thank you to all of our guests who  participated in our events, donating money and to the local Whitsunday tour operators for donating tours to be raffled off at various events - it was lovely to see such a BIG smile on Blake's face!

2006

Jessi Rae Clark was the first local child we raised money for in 2006, prior to this we donated money raised through out the years to local clubs and group charities. Jessi Rae was 15 months old at the time and was born with Cerebral Palsy. Jessi had to fly to Melbourne to spend 40-60 hours in an oxygen chamber to help cognitive development with brain function. There is no known cure for Cerebral Palsy and Jessi had already received 64 hours of treatment. At $550.00 per day it is expensive for any parent to afford and none of the expenses are covered by public or private medicare insurance. Through weekly BBQ's , pizza nights and charity events our fabulous guests raised a total of $6000.00 in 2006  and the family also purchased Jessi a special pram with the money.