A local excavation company has raised and donated $20,000 to the Royal Children’s Hospital for the Good Friday Appeal.
Truganina based company Casabene Group raised $8000 from a T-shirt fundraiser and family fun day on March 18, and donated an extra $12,000 to the Good Friday Appeal.
The face of this year’s appeal was a Casabene worker’s son, Arlo, who has had a long battle with hypoplastic right heart syndrome and a number of other complications.
Casabene director Pip Casabene said they wanted to give back to the appeal after seeing the challenges Arlo and his family have faced.
“Arlo was the face of the Good Friday Appeal this year, having his father Romi working with Casabene Group and knowing his challenges gave us an opportunity to want to give back,” he said.
Director Reg Lumani said they were proud to be able to support the cause.
“We are extremely delighted to hand over a cheque for $20,000 to the Royal Children’s Hospital to support a world class facility that we are so fortunate to have so close,” he said.
Director Marty Vaina said they wanted to thank the community who donated so generously.
“[We] want to thank our wonderful team who worked tirelessly to put together two wonderful fundraisers and to the community who donated so generously,” he said.
“We have been lucky enough over the last 40-plus years in business to have built such a large community and we look forward to being able to have many more fundraisers in the future.”
After spending the first year of his life in and out of hospital, Arlo is now happy and healthy, with has his final surgery scheduled for the next year or two.
Zoe Moffatt
