Cranbourne Junior Football Club president and vice president of Cranbourne Super Rules Football Club Rod Hoover will brave the cold on Saturday for a good cause as part of Brian’s Gourmet Meats’ annual fundraiser for research into motor neurone disease (MND).
Mr Hoover, along with players from the Junior Football Club, Super Rules and four butchers, will subject themselves to a chilly ice bucket poured by the winners of an auction on the day outside the Lyndhurst butchers’ shop at the Marriot Waters Shopping Centre.
Despite the unpleasant situation awaiting him, Mr Hoover said he was happy to put his hand up to support Brian’s and the fundraiser, who have been sponsors of the junior football club for a number of years.
“I think it’s a really good cause and we’re trying to put something back into them,” he said.
“It’ll be a very cold experience but it’s for a worthy cause.”
The event is one element of the fundraiser, with the butcher also providing a sausage sizzle, with all funds going towards finding a cure for MND.
Angela Rollason from Brian’s Gourmet Meats said the shop had a personal connection to the disease.
“Brian (Rollason) had a relative pass way from MND, quite a few years ago,” Ms Rollason said.
“We’ve always jumped on board for raising money for the cause.
“It’s such a sad disease. It creeps from the bottom up.
“We’re looking to raise as much money as we can.”
The fundraiser had developed into an annual event but was another victim of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
Previous editions of the event have raised about $1000 each.
Sausages will hit the grill at 10.30am before the freezing begins at 11.30am.
Brian’s Gourmet Meats is located at Marriot Waters Shopping Centre, at the corner of Thompsons Road and Marriott Boulevard, Lyndhurst.
Those unable to attend are encouraged to buy an iconic blue beanie or donate to the cause online, at fightmnd.org.au/
