Beyond the jumping castles, face-painting and crazy hair stalls, there is a serious message about Sunday’s big family day in Orange. Rebecca Childs is co-ordinating the Fair Dinkum Farmer Fundraiser on behalf of Feed4Farmers and Pay It Forward for drought relief at Bletchington Public School from 10am-3pm. “There’s over 100 farmers out there without water,” she said. “They can’t have a shower, a bath or a wash. They are in desperate need. “They are 100 per cent our backbone.” And she’s not talking about farmers badly hit by the drought interstate or outside the Central West – these farm households who have run out of water are within 100 kilometres of Orange. Entry to the fun day is through a gold coin donation. Site fees paid by the stallholders, plus a share of the takings from some of them, will also go to drought relief. “We’d love to raise $20,000 on the day,” Miss Childs said. A key part of the fundraising will be a giant raffle which will be drawn on Sunday afternoon. Prizes include vouchers for V8 hot laps of Sydney Motorsport Park, paintball and use of a houseboat on Wyangala Dam. There will be plenty of entertainment for all ages with three jumping castles, face-painting, crazy hair and hair cuts and beauty stalls, plus appearances from Paw Patrol, Elliot the Rocking Dinosaur and Pooka the magician. READ MORE: OUR SAY | How we can all help our farmers when the drought finally breaks READ MORE: Drought relief: Call for financial counsellor for farmers to be based in region AND MORE: Drought relief: Truck found for hay run for our farmers There will be about 27 market stalls and a fire truck, a police car, show cars and show bikes on display. Miss Childs said the Feed4Farmers group, which has grown from just a few people into a community group to provide hay, water and supplies to farmers, was doing a great job. “I see them working hard on the ground helping our Central West farmers out,” she said. “They’re only new, they’ve only been operating for a month.”
HELPING FARMERS: Mackenzie Palazzi, Rebecca Childs, Eliza
Palazzi and Stephen Scott-Robertson are backing the farmers'
fundraising event in Orange. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0821jkfeed1
Beyond the jumping castles, face-painting and crazy hair stalls, there is a serious message about Sunday’s big family day in Orange.
Rebecca Childs is co-ordinating the Fair Dinkum Farmer Fundraiser on behalf of Feed4Farmers and Pay It Forward for drought relief at Bletchington Public School from 10am-3pm.
“There’s over 100 farmers out there without water,” she said.
“They can’t have a shower, a bath or a wash. They are in desperate need.
“They are 100 per cent our backbone.”
And she’s not talking about farmers badly hit by the drought interstate or outside the Central West – these farm households who have run out of water are within 100 kilometres of Orange.
Entry to the fun day is through a gold coin donation.
Site fees paid by the stallholders, plus a share of the takings from some of them, will also go to drought relief.
They are 100 per cent our backbone.
Rebecca Childs, fundraiser co-ordinator
“We’d love to raise $20,000 on the day,” Miss Childs said.
A key part of the fundraising will be a giant raffle which will be drawn on Sunday afternoon.
Prizes include vouchers for V8 hot laps of Sydney Motorsport Park, paintball and use of a houseboat on Wyangala Dam.
There will be plenty of entertainment for all ages with three jumping castles, face-painting, crazy hair and hair cuts and beauty stalls, plus appearances from Paw Patrol, Elliot the Rocking Dinosaur and Pooka the magician.
There will be about 27 market stalls and a fire truck, a police car, show cars and show bikes on display.
Miss Childs said the Feed4Farmers group, which has grown from just a few people into a community group to provide hay, water and supplies to farmers, was doing a great job.
“I see them working hard on the ground helping our Central West farmers out,” she said.
“They’re only new, they’ve only been operating for a month.”
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