A Healesville group will be taking part in Daniher’s Drive to raise vital funds to help FightMND on its mission to find effective treatments and one day a cure for MND.
The Robyn’s Rollers team is made up of Brett Stanley, Mark Guthrie and Matt Noonan.
Mr Stanley said this is their fourth year joining the fundraiser, raising over $30,000, and it came about after a close friend and work colleague lost his mother-in-law to the condition five years ago.
“It is important to continue as there has been much progress and many trials funded due to funds raised,” he said.
“The difficulty in the past two years has been the event has been cancelled due to Covid restrictions, limiting group fundraising events.”
The drive will see a convoy of 80 cars carrying more than 300 participants journey through regional Victoria raising awareness and funds for FightMND, travelling 895 kilometres from Thursday 13 October to Sunday 16 October.
Robyn’s Rollers had a goal to raise $5000 and they have since exceeded that but there’s still time to donate to the cause, with the total amount raised by all drivers running over a million dollars.
Mr Stanley said the most enjoyable parts of the drive are travelling and collecting funds from generous people in regional country towns, attending the evening fund raising entertaining benefits and the
general camaraderie and friendships made along the way.
“My car is a 67 Chev Impala and being a bit different we thought it would be a good vehicle to do the drive in and raise funds.”
To support Robyn’s Rollers visit https://danihers.fightmnd.org.au/robyn-s-rollers
