BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort raised a staggering total of $10,009.64 for RACQ CQ Rescue through its annual ‘Camp and sCare’ charity event last weekend.
The popular Halloween family “minibreak for a good cause” sold-out the holiday park’s cabins and sites, with over 1,000 excited children and parents enjoying the spooky fun.
Each year, the annual charity event chooses a charity, individual or business to support and raise funds for, with this year’s heading to RACQ CQ Rescue.
The emergency helicopter service covers the Whitsundays and surrounding regions between Townsville, Rockhampton and the Galilee Basin to 200 kilometres off-shore to the Great Barrier Reef.
On average an hour in the air costs CQ Rescue $10,500.
“With the Whitsundays making up 41 per cent of RACQ CQ Rescue’s regional tasks, we really wanted to support them with our fundraising this year,” BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort Marketing Manager Tanya Cran said.
“The reality is that any Whitsunday resident or holidaymaker may need their services at some point in time, so it is an organisation that the McKinnon family [who own and operate the resort] and our team really wanted to support.”
Camp and sCare is always a big event for the business, according to Ms Cran, but this year’s fundraising total was a record for the most they have ever raised.
RACQ CQ Rescue were extremely grateful that BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort put in so much work for their guests, and with their help, raised such an incredible amount.
The BIG 4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort’s annual ‘Camp and sCare’ charity weekend for locals raised over $10,000 for RACQ CQ Rescue this year
