Stepping out for worthy cause no mean feat
The Salvation Army Aged Care Plus is encouraging people to put on their walking shoes to help disadvantaged communities both locally and internationally.
On 14 September, hundreds of people across the Australia Eastern Territory will be taking part in the annual Aged Care Plus Walkathon, which this year has a fundraising target of $70,000.
“Each year we are supported by countless Australians who are willing to give up their time and resources to help us raise much-needed funds for those less fortunate than ourselves,” says Aged Care Plus Chief Executive Officer Sharon Callister.
In Sydney, participants will join in a 5.4km walk from Hyde Park to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, while many other centres across the territory will host their own walkathon. Participants are encouraged to gain sponsors.
Money raised this year will go towards a Salvation Army International Development (SAID) office project in Malawi. SAID will use the funds to purchase bush ambulances for use in remote districts of the impoverished African nation. A bush ambulance is a bicycle connected to a trailer on which a mattress is installed. The patient is placed on the mattress and transported to the nearest medical centre.
Money raised will also help train 450 volunteers to manage, sustain and repair the ambulances – a service that will prevent about 80 per cent of deaths related to a lack of emergency transport in Malawi.
A portion of funds raised will also go towards supporting The Salvation Army's Streetlevel centres in Sydney and Brisbane. These centres focus on empowering the broken, lost and lonely to bring lasting change to their lives.
With its most ambitious fundraising target to date, Aged Care Plus is this year inviting all members of The Salvation Army to get their shoes ready and join in the 2012 walkathon.
For those in the Sydney CBD who would like to take part, go to the Army's Territorial Headquarters at 140 Elizabeth St to join in a 5.4km walk from Hyde Park to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, starting at 10.30am on Friday, 14 September.
To donate or find out how you can be involved in your local area log on to salvos.org.au/walkathon or call 02 9779 9423.
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