2010 has brought with it an air of change for the Street Commodores Cruise for Charity, and in conjunction with our generous partners Meguiar’s, House of Kolor and Liquimoly we are embracing the exciting new direction for the event.
Cruise for Charity has supported the Starlight Children’s Foundation for all of it’s six years of operation however, after $500,000 worth of support, we have recognised the need to support the myriad other charities and foundations that operate in Australia.
Wanting to assist sick children in some way we came into contact with the Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia, of whom many may not have heard. It is this anonymity and under-recognition, supplemented by the incredible reach of their services that won CHFA our support as the Cruise’s sole benefiter for 2010.
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CHFA is the national partnership of five of the country’s leading Children’s hospitals:
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Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation, South Australia
- Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Victoria
- Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation, Queensland
- Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation, New South Wales
- Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Western Australia
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Combined, these hospitals treat and administer care to over 1,000,000 sick and injured kids each and every year.
Funds raised are distributed evenly throughout the hospitals in each state and go towards clinical research, equipment and patient/family hospital services, that otherwise would not exist.
So what does this mean for all participating in
Australia’s largest Commodore event this year? In a nut
shell, the money you hand over at your Cruise for
Charity event this year is poured straight back into your
local Children’s Hospital by CHFA.
In 2010, given the event’s now unstoppable momentum
and exponential growth as exhibited in previous years
we see no reason why the benchmark set by 2008 and
2009 of $150,000 of national donations can’t be met
and exceeded!
We are excited about the partnership with CHFA and
urge you all to donate as generously as you have done
in the past for this seriously deserving cause.
The national calendar of events is as follows:
Queensland - Sunday, August 1st
Sydney - Saturday, August 7th
Western Australia - Sunday, September 12th
Victoria - Sunday, October 3rd
South Australia - Saturday, October 9th
Tasmania - Sunday, October 17th |
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| Liam Quirk, Editor of Street Commodores, and Managing Director of Meguiar’s,
House of Kolor and Liquimoly Bruce Morrison meet with patient Casey Hughes,
16, at Sydney Children’s Hospital to announce the new partnership with CHFA |
These dates are prone to change and the best way to keep up to date with the latest Cruise for Charity happenings is to log onto the Street Commodores internet forum, or make contact with the Street Commodores office.
We look forward to seeing you all supporting the event in 2010!
Regards,
Liam Quirk
Editor, Street Commodores Magazine
liam@streetcommodores.com.au
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