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Now in its fourth consecutive year, Barry Plant’s fundraising initiative, “Wishtober”, raised $100,000 for Make-A-Wish Australia, a charity that makes wishes come true for children with life-threatening medical conditions.
For the past four years, the group has renamed October “Wishtober” and the initiative has raised more than $450,000 in total for the charity.
CEO Michael McCarthy said that the initiative is now a “much-loved” tradition within the Barry Plant Group, where each of the group’s offices contributes donations from commissions earned on every property sold throughout October.
He said that the corporate office also donates a significant amount to the cause.
Mr McCarthy added that many teams also engage in a range of fundraising activities such as gold-coin donations at open for inspections, local fund raisers and auctioning Barry Plant bears prior to property auctions.
“Barry Plant Group is delighted with the result and the opportunity it provides for the group to contribute to such a great organisation,” Mr McCarthy said.
“We are a long-standing supporter of Make-A-Wish and are so enthusiastic about the great work they do. Childhood should be a happy time, and for some children to be facing and battling life-threatening illnesses is distressing. Being able to contribute so that Make-A-Wish can change the lives of these kids, by granting cherished wishes, is really rewarding.”
This year, the group was generously supported by logistics company Glen Cameron Group, who paid for and donated a 45-foot trailer as a mobile billboard to drive around Melbourne throughout “Wishtober” and spread the message about Make-A-Wish.
The “Wishtober” campaign this year once again featured Fraser, who two years ago was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma and wished for a black puppy to play with. It was a giant photo of him and his puppy that graced the side of the truck.
“He was very excited when, with his family and his now fully grown (and well-behaved) puppy, he visited the Cameron depot in Bayswater to have his photo taken in front of the enormous truck that featured his image,” Mr McCarthy said.
“He was later thrilled to be taken for a ride in the truck.”
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