The culmination of five weeks’ dedicated fundraising for the Coles Hummingbird House Appeal resulted in an impressive $14,000 raised.
All proceeds will now be donated to Queensland’s only children’s palliative care service, Hummingbird House, which helps the nearly 5,700 children born each year in Queensland with life-limiting conditions.
Friends and family of Cody Gibbs, a local 15-year-old boy who recently spent his last days at Hummingbird House after his brave battle with brain cancer, rallied together to give back to the charity that had given them so much.
Starting a movement called The Cody Effect, Cody’s memory lives on in the good deeds of his loved ones who hosted a weekly stall outside Coles in Cannonvale and raised $5,600 by selling raffle tickets, snags and cupcakes in his honour.
This was then combined with the Coles inter-store fundraising which saw over $8000 raised.
Shae Choueiri, Store Support Manager, said they are looking forward to being bigger and better next year.
Leading the Cody Effect portion was local community champion Maz McDougall who reached out to local businesses asking for donations for raffle prizes.
“I would like to thank the whole community for getting involved,” said Maz.
“It’s wonderful to see locals, supporting locals, supporting locals!
“As soon as something happens everyone rallies around, and we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the amazing local businesses who donate these fabulous prizes!”
On Monday morning, 20 raffle prizes were drawn and local resident Jade Finch was the lucky recipient of the top prize which was a Reef Sleep with Cruise Whitsunday.
The beautiful hand-stitched chair by talented creator, Tina Everett was won by Sheena Graham who kindly re-donated the children’s chair to the Hummingbird House where it will bring colour and light to all.
Hummingbird House General Manager Dr Fiona Hawthorne said fundraising this year would be vital for families who require support to care for a child with a life-limiting condition.
“The support from Queenslanders will help Hummingbird House provide much-needed services and support for families both in their homes and at our hospice in Brisbane,” she said.
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