The rugby union grand final was an opportune time for fans to raise money for drought affected farmers on the weekend.
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As each fan entered Endeavour Oval for the Blowes Clothing Cup, where the Emus triumphed over the Bathurst Bulldogs 30-18, volunteers stopped them asking for donations.
Emus member Doug Pigot said Angullong Wines donated three bottles of wine for the club to raffle and the club raised $1403 for the drought cause and once tickets sold out people continued to donate.
On Wednesday the donation was handed to the Rotary Club of North Orange who will give the money to Rotary Australia World Community Service, which is working with the NSW Farmers Association to organise the distribution of funds.
Rotarian Peter Darley said Rotary has no overheads so 100 per cent of the money raised would go to farmers and will be transformed into vouchers, to be given to farming families in drought affected areas.
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Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
