Jacaranda Finance held its first charity fundraiser, the Drought Row-lief row-a-thon, at Science of Fitness in South Brisbane and F45 Training Centre in Paddington on Saturday 8 September. Each gym had a show of rowing machines going for 90 minutes and Founder and CEO of Jacaranda Daniel Wessels is now donating $40 for every kilometre that was rowed.
With 10 rowing machines going on the day and a crowd of enthusiastic rowers, both gyms clocked 221 kilometres collectively. Originally Daniel was planning to donate $20 per kilometre. However, coming off a big win at the previous nights 2018 Young Entrepreneur Awards where they won the Professional Services category, Daniel decided to generously double his donation. “Both gyms were so unfit, we’ve had to double our donation,” laughed Daniel. “All in all, though, it was an absolute ripper of a day! The atmosphere at both gyms was just phenomenal and we were pleasantly surprised by the number of people who turned up to show their support.”
With 221 kilometres rowed and $40 being donated per kilometre, the row-a-thon alone raised $8840. However, with the money raised from the event’s Go Fund Me page, a silent auction at F45 Paddington, plus donations from the sausage sizzle, the event raised just over $11,000 for Aussie Helpers. This is inclusive of a whopping $500 donation from the team at Squarepay. “We could not be happier with how the event went on the day and the amount of money we’ve managed to raise! Everyone was keen to jump on a rower and try to add to the kilometre count as much as possible. It just goes to show how easy and fun it can be to join together and do something good for the Australian community,” Daniel said. All money raised is now going to be donated to Aussie Helpers to aid the Aussie farmers who have been struggling through a drought for years.
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