May 23, 2017
Gympie Regional Council has presented RACQ LifeFlight with a donation of $30,000 to help save lives in the region for another 12 months.
LifeFlight Corporate Partnerships Manager Karen Laws and Sunshine Coast Base Engineer Rob Fussell accepted the cheque from Gympie Mayor Mick Curran recently at the organisation’s Sunshine Coast hangar.
“The support from Gympie Regional Council demonstrates their commitment to ensuring the continued availability of a rapid response air medical rescue service to the residents of, and visitors to, the local area,” Ms Laws said.
She said every RACQ LifeFlight Rescue mission cost on average around $12,500.
Last year, airlifts costing $1.48 million flew into the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
Mayor Curran said his Council had been a supporter of LifeFlight for five years, donating more than $90,000 to the charity during that time.
