{"id":18410,"date":"2012-12-03T17:35:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T07:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T04:38:27","slug":"raffles-help-chopper-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/12\/03\/raffles-help-chopper-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Raffles Help Chopper Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18411\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18411\" title=\"20121203 Chopper Cheque\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RACQ CareFlight Rescue regional manager Wayne Evans with Kingaroy RSL Club&#8217;s Maxine Tessmann and Jim King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today was a good day for the helicopter medivac flights that service the South Burnett &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>At the Kingaroy RSL Club, club manager Maxine Tessmann presented the RACQ CareFlight service with a cheque for $2040.66, the proceeds from a series of raffles held at the club this year, including the popular Mother&#8217;s Day and Father&#8217;s Day raffles.<\/p>\n<p>Maxine said the club planned to do the same thing next year.<\/p>\n<p>RACQ CareFlight Rescue regional manager Wayne Evans said every rescue mission cost $12,500 and patients were charged nothing for their flights.<\/p>\n<p>He said 47 per cent of CareFlight&#8217;s fundraising came through donations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Over at the Kingaroy Coffee Lounge, South Burnett Mayor Cr Wayne Kratzmann drew the winning ticket from the recent Quota International Club of Kingaroy&#8217;s raffle to raise funds for the AGL Action Helicopter Rescue Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Club members have been selling raffle tickets in Shoppingworld for the past few months. First prize was a painting.<\/p>\n<p>Club president Marie Shaw said a cheque for $1000 would be presented to an AGL Action Helicopter representative on December 14.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18412\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18412\" title=\"20121203 Chopper Raffle\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/20121203chopper1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann draws the winner of the Quota raffle for the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a good day for the helicopter medivac flights that service the South Burnett &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[244,54],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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