More than 200 people turned out for a fundraiser walk at the Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens on Saturday 22 February.
The annual walk hosted by the Jared Dunscombe Fund helped raised funds for Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children to bring a child to Australia for life-saving surgery.
Now in its seventh year, the Walk to Remember is held in memory of Jared Dunscombe, a Cranbourne Rotary Club member whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 31 in 2013.
Mr Dunscombe’s sister Jonelle Colabufalo said after the walk, the Jared Dunscombe Fund had successfully raised the $20,000 needed to sponsor a child to come to Australia for life-saving surgery not available to them in their home country.
“Thanks to our amazing supporters we raised over $3,300 on Saturday and we are proud to say we have reached our fundraising target for ROMAC. A very sick child can now be brought to Australia and we hope this will happen within the next few months,” Ms Colabufalo said.
“We are so grateful to all those who came to the walk – and to those donated to our cause, promoted the event and helped out on the day, we appreciate your support”.
Rotary Club of Cranbourne provided a barbecue breakfast for all participants at the end of the five-kilometre walk and has done so each year the event has been held. Ms Colabufalo also thanked The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. “It was an amazing day; everyone enjoyed coming together for a great cause in such a beautiful venue.”
She added it was fantastic to have Jill Oliver from ROMAC present on the day to support the fundraiser and share her stories of the great work that the organisation does.
“We couldn’t do any of this without all of our amazing supporters and we are truly grateful for all the support they have shown us over the past seven years. We are proud to continue Jared’s legacy by transforming the lives of young people through the fund.”
