Sunday 16 June hosted a celebratory milestone for Gumlu’s Biggest Morning Tea event, with community members flocking to the Molongle Creek Boat Club to attend the 10th anniversary of the fundraising gathering.
2024’s Biggest Morning Tea event raised an amazing total of $2,280 for the Cancer Council Queensland due to the outstanding generosity of the community, and Sunday’s fundraising efforts contributed to an overall decade total exceeding $10,000.
Regina Lequerica has been running and organising Gumlu’s Biggest Morning Tea events since 2014 and was blown away by the generosity of Sunday’s proceedings.
“The day went a lot better than anyone excepted, and we raised double the amount that we usually raise, and it was quite successful, people were very generous,” explained Regina.
After a decade of dedication, Regina looks forward to running the event each year, explaining this year went without a hitch.
“We’ve built up a little team with the four of us who get together to get the event all going, and this year I felt really relaxed planning the event,” said Regina.
Beginning at 9am sharp, over 50 attendees gathered to enjoy nibbles, trivia, an extensive cent sale, and raffles, with a large portion of the crowd being travellers staying at the Molongle Creek Caravan Park.
Along with regular fundraising initiatives, Regina and her team organised money boards, “first in best dressed” cent sales, guess the lollies jars, donation tins, and in a special decade celebration, Katrina Land made personalised T-shirts which were auctioned off to raise additional funds.
The event was highly successful in fundraising for the Cancer Council Queensland, and Regina thanks the community for their amazing support both for the 2024 event, and each event over the past 10 years.
“We’ve found that everyone enjoys what we do, and we’re so thankful for everyone’s support,” thanks Regina.
Regina Lequerica, Katrina Land, Summer Gurd from Bowen, Savannah Land, Amy and Susann Pfingst, Thomas Harrington, Ella and Nadine Land
Thomas Harrington, Tony Battiston, Katrina Land, Regina Lequerica, Nadine Land, Susann Pfingst
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