More than 400 people braved the heat, humidity and threat of rain, to walk the 5km 'Epic Walk for DV' event on Sunday morning, departing from the Coral Sea Marina and standing in solidarity with those attending parallel events in the metropolitan areas of Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Across all three events, a total of $321,339 was raised for Women’s Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ), of which more than $56,000 came from the Whitsundays that day alone.
Whitsunday MP, Amanda Camm, who is also Queensland’s Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, said having previously attended the Brisbane event, being able to now walk with her home community was especially significant.
"It's been incredible to see over 400 members of our community register come out and raise funds for what's really critical services in supporting victims of domestic and family violence with legal services and support," she shared.
"This is a an event that's been visually spectacular, but also starts a conversation, as people are walking around talking about domestic and family violence and raising that really important awareness across our community."
Coral Sea Marina CEO, Kate Purdie, whose team co-hosted the event alongside her ‘other’ team of WLSQ fundraising ‘Dancing CEOs’ (Julie Telford - SeaLink Whitsundays, Candice Crossley - Whitsunday Transit, Alice Harriott - Whitsunday Family Dental, and team mentor, Katelyn Aslett-Collins - Taste Whitsundays), thanked the many sponsors, donors, walkers, and “all of the people who got involved today to make it a great success”.
“What an outstanding show of support we’ve had today from our local Whitsundays community – we’ve had incredible sponsors, volunteers, and so many people walking; we’ve had children, pets, families, co-workers and big teams,” she said.
“It’s been an overwhelming success and we’re so grateful to our community for showing up for women and children who are impacted by domestic violence – on behalf of the Coral Sea Marina and Dancing CEOs, thank you all so much.”
Team Whitsundays Dancing CEOs with Amanda Camm MP. Photo credit: Phill Gordon, Riptide Creative
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