April 7, 2022
RACQ LifeFlight Rescue received an unexpected boost when a $10,000 cheque was handed over in Kingaroy on Thursday morning.
Kingaroy residents Leanne and Barry Krosch had told the LifeFlight Foundation they would be donating $5000 to the charity which supports LifeFlight flights.
But when the Foundation’s philanthropy relationship manager Karen McIntyre turned up, she was stunned to see the cheque was double the amount she had expected.
Barry told southburnett.com.au the couple had decided to increase the donation because of the number of helicopter flights they had been hearing lately coming in and out of Kingaroy Hospital.
In 2021, the Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight helicopter flew a total of 551 missions, many of them into the South Burnett.
The Toowoomba-based chopper, which also services the South Burnett, flew 693 missions.
Karen said the South Burnett region was one of the busiest for RACQ LifeFlight.
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Have you bought your tickets yet?
The Kingaroy Men’s Shed fundraiser for LifeFlight is on this Saturday at the club’s grounds near Kingaroy Airport.
The “Dinner Under The Stars” will be held from 3:00pm until late.
Tickets are available from Kingaroy Office Central at 163 Haly Street, Kingaroy, or purchased online for a small booking fee.
A spokesperson told southburnett.com.au that 200 tickets had already been sold, but the Men’s Shed had been hoping for more.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for young people aged 12 to 18 and $10 for children aged 5 to 12 (under 5s are free).
As well as dinner, there’ll be live music and an auction of collectible bears.
