Casey residents are gearing up to take part in a charity walk at Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens on Saturday 22 February for a worthy cause.
The annual walk, hosted by the Jared Dunscombe Fund, is held in memory of Jared Dunscombe, a Cranbourne Rotary Club member whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 31 in 2013.
Mr Dunscombe died when he fell from his bike and was struck by a truck and trailer travelling in the same direction while taking part in the Rotary fund-raising event – ‘Ride to Conference’.
This year, funds will be raised Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children, who provide medical treatment for children from developing countries in the form of life giving and/or dignity restoring surgery.
To help raise the much needed funds, a five-kilometre fundraiser walk will be held at Cranbourne Royal Botanic Gardens to help pay for the flight of a young child to Australia for heart surgery.
In 2014, the Jared Dunscombe Fund raised funds to bring seven-year-old Aze Da Cunha from East Timor to Australia for life-saving heart surgery, which was not available to him in his home country.
The surgery at Monash Medical Centre was successful and the young boy has since returned home and is living a healthy and active life.
The Dunscombe family had hosted Aze and his father in their home during their stay in 2014.
“It’s difficult to imagine being a parent who is watching their child dying from a heart condition and not having the means to help them. As a parent, all you want to do is keep your children safe, happy and healthy,” Ms Colabufalo said.
“After seeing the transformation of Aze’s life we knew we needed to do this again and help another child. We are very close to having the total amount needed to fund another child so we hope to see as many people as possible at the fundraising walk to help us achieve this goal”.
Rotary Club of Cranbourne will be providing a barbecue breakfast at the end of the walk.
The Walk to Remember will start at 8am for an 8.30am start. Registration is $15. For bookings visit jaredfund.org.au/events/walk-to-remember
