Variety Bash to roll into town on a great giving journey!

VARIETY BASH TO ROLL INTO TOWN ON GREAT GIVING JOURNEY!

The 29th annual Variety Bash Queensland kicked off on the 22nd
of August in Gladstone, with over 100 crazily themed cars and more than 300 colourfully costumed crew taking part in the ten-day, 3360-kilometre journey finishing up on August 31 in Townsville – all to raise funds to give more Aussie kids a fair go!
Variety – the Children͛s Charity is a not-for-profit organisation that empowers Aussie kids who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs to reach their full potential. Variety helps kids in need to overcome whatever obstacles they face through grants of equipment, programs and experiences.
Throughout the Variety Bash, these wacky road trippers will visit local towns, stopping into schools and organisations to put smiles on kids faces. Participants get to see the direct impact of their fundraising efforts, with over $200,000 in educational, communication, health and mobility equipment presented to local kids, schools and organisations en route.
Local business owner Ron English has been participating in the fundraiser since 2013 when a close friend lost his daughter to cancer, at the age of 9. While undergoing treatment she saw the colourful and wacky cars on TV and asked her Dad to participate. The following year Scott kept his promise to his daughter and built a pink Fairlane covered in butterflies and the four men jumped in wearing matching pink tutus for 10 days.
Ron says, ‘It is really good when you’re presenting things to families that have children with disabilities and getting to see the sheer gratification on their faces is amazing’.