SHOPPERS at Carrum Downs Coles helped raise more than $40,000 for MND research in the last six weeks.
As part of FightMND’s Big Freeze7 campaign, the store sold beanies and donated money from pork sales. A total of $43,000 was donated from the store.
FightMND raised $14.6 million during its Big Freeze campaign this year. The money will be used to fund research into motor neurone disease.
Two Australians are diagnosed with MND each day on average. Around two people die with it each day.
FightMND campaign director Bec Daniher said “on behalf of FightMND, I would like to extend a massive thank you to the entire team at Coles and Coles Express who embraced our cause with enthusiasm and raised such a substantial amount of funds. We are incredibly grateful to have Coles as our major Big Freeze partner, your contribution to our success cannot be underestimated. And of course a big thank you to our FightMND Army around Australia for buying their Big Freeze beanies.”