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Three property professionals are set to face a feat of endurance for a good cause, raising funds for a local youth organisation.
Jason (Lucky) Luckhardt, national manager of NAI Harcourts, will be joined by teammates from Star Building Services, Mauricio (Morrie) Mesa and Elie Kfouri in hiking a 96-kilometre trail set in the Queensland bush to raise funds for the Kokoda Youth Foundation.
The organisation, based out of the Gold Coast, runs experiential youth programs to inspire young Australians to set goals and strive to achieve them. Established in 2004 by Doug and Anna Henderson, the foundation takes kids from all walks of life and provides them with free programs to encourage their self-confidence and resilience through outdoor education like hiking endurance and outdoor survival.
Over the last 17 years, the Kokoda Youth Foundation has supported more than 621 teenagers through their youth programs, who in turn report positive outcomes ranging from improved mental health and greater social and community connectedness.
Inspired by the kids, the trio have decided to tackle the challenge that has become synonymous with Australian resilience and have called on their mates in property to pitch in to raise funds for the youth organisation.
Mr Luckhardt explained that it was through their professional association that the trio became mates, and discovered the common interests they held that led to them deciding to tackle this challenge.
“Morrie and Elie are top commercial ‘fit-out’ builders that NAI Harcourts often work with locally,” Mr Luckhardt said.
“It is an example of how in our industry the people we work so closely with often become mates. In this case, teammates!”
They were all strongly drawn to the morals of “courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice” that the Kokoda track has come to represent in Australian consciousness, and which the foundation and fundraising challenge aim to foster in their Australian-based endeavours.
The challenge sets a 39-hour limit to complete the course, in honour of the 39th Battalion of the Australian Army that fought during the Kokoda Track campaign during World War II.
The trio knows that the weekend-long event will be a challenge, but they’re hoping that the feat will inspire others to support the foundation’s work.
Referring to the sore muscles he expects at the end of the upcoming event, Mr Luckhardt remarked: “Your sympathy and donations will be received with gratitude.”
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