Three Blokes Running! Movember Event Raises Over $10K For Men’s Mental Health

Over the weekend, Queen Street hosted an outstanding turnout with well over 100 runners rallying behind Austin Dewar, Brayden Rawlins and Campbell Johnston in support of the boys’ incredible, Three Blokes Running challenge to raise awareness and funds for men’s mental health.
Raising an estimated $2,000, Sunday’s event stood as a moving showcase of community spirit highlighting the generosity of both individuals and local businesses. With donations and messages of support flooding in daily, the boys have become beacons of inspiration, raising over $10,000 to fund hundreds of men’s health projects across the world as part of Movember.
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Campbell, Brayden and Austin raised over $10K for men’s health thanks to their Three Blokes Running charity campaign. Photo supplied

The Burdekin Community Unites
For Three Blokes Running

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Queen Street came alive on Sunday 24 November with well over 100 locals in attendance of the outstanding Three Blokes Running Fun Run event to support and celebrate the incredible efforts of Austin Dewar, Brayden Rawlins, and Campbell Johnston.
Austin, Brayden, and Campbell have committed to running a massive 180km each throughout the month of November to raise both funds and awareness for the health, and wellbeing of all fathers, sons, and brothers within the Burdekin community and beyond.
Attracting attention across the state, the boys set out to share the message “it ain’t weak to speak” to encourage men to speak up and seek help if they’re struggling with mental health challenges – a message that has been amplified with each donation, and act of support shown over the past few weeks.
“When we’re just around town, people we’ve never met before come up to us and say how they’ve seen us in the news, and the support has been massive – it’s pretty cool and everyone has been super supportive as you can imagine being a small community.”
In just 28 days, Austin, Brayden and Campbell have raised over $10,200, incredibly surpassing their initial goal of $540 set at the beginning of the month.
“We never expected this to be honest, and from a goal of $540 that reached over $1,000 in the first 24 hours – we all just looked at each other and thought this could go a lot bigger, and it has - $10,000 is just phenomenal,” shared Austin.
A spectacular showcase of community spirit, Sunday invited the Burdekin to become part of the Three Blokes Running challenge which welcomed over 100 runners, and even more spectators to enjoy an afternoon of comradery and support, raising an additional $2,000 that is yet to be added to the current astounding total.
“Everyone was keen to be there, keen to run, and it was just so awesome that everyone was there to support us,” shared Austin.
With a current total greater than $10,000, the boys’ online fundraising page, https://movember.com/t/three-blokes-running, continues to receive hundreds of additional donations each day.
With the month coming to a close, Austin, Brayden and Campbell could not be more grateful to the community for their support and hopes to go out with a bang as they cross the finish line on Saturday.
“In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to do any of this, and we wouldn’t have to run any kilometres, but we’re just doing what we can, and we’re so grateful for everyone’s support, and us boys are so stoked that we’re making a difference.”

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The whole community rallied arounf to support the Three Blokes Running at a special event on Queens Street over the weekend. Photo credit: with thanks to David Jackson
The Three Bloke Running with some of their friends at the event on Sunday. Photo supplied

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