I would like to extend my deepest thanks to Coles customers and team members in Logan as we acknowledge the most extraordinary fundraising milestone. A massive $40 million has been raised for Redkite by Coles across Australia in the past eight years – funds that go directly to support families facing childhood cancer.
Local customers helped raise more than $10,000 in the last financial year, and Coles Browns Plains and Coles Logan Central were in the top five highest fundraising stores in Queensland.
Coles’ fundraising has enabled 81 per cent more Australian families to have their urgent support needs met during their child’s health crisis. Helping thousands of families and children affected by cancer, this has totalled 131,225 hours of counselling in hospital and in the community; 55,570 essential household bills paid; 18,626 hours of music therapy in seven hospitals across five states, and 3,110 scholarships and grants for young cancer patients and survivors.
Coles Group has been a passionate supporter of families affected by childhood cancer since partnering with Redkite in 2013, transforming the way they are cared for throughout their cancer experience.
This includes the launch of a new Redkite children’s counselling service to address the short and long-term mental health impacts for diagnosed children and their brothers and sisters.
It is only through the generosity of local communities across Australia, communities such as Logan, that we are able to provide such tangible support for Aussie kids with cancer and their families.
Monique Keighery
CEO Redkite
