By Jena Carr
Camp Quality’s esCarpade will be crossing the finish line in Geelong on Saturday after another annual car rally to support families through cancer.
The 32nd esCarpade departed Canberra’s Old Parliament House on October 20 for a 1600km journey through New South Wales and Victoria over seven days.
Camp Quality chief executive Deborah Thomas said the colourful car rally would roll into Geelong’s Barwon Valley Fun Park at 3.30pm on October 26.
“We love Geelong, and we have a lot to do with Geelong. We also do the Geelong Convoy every year in February, but it just seemed like a really good place to finish,” she said.
“There are around 50 themed cars…so we have a superhero car, Smurfs, Simpsons, Mario brothers, and we even had someone dressed as Bluey.”
Ms Thomas said people had been “incredibly thrilled” to see the cars and that the event had already raised more than $827,000 to support Australian kids and families facing cancer.
“It’s gone really well. I went to the send-off from Canberra last Sunday and everybody was pumped to get in their cars and the cars looked incredible,” she said.
“Not only were the people in the cars having a lot of fun, but we had some of our Camp Quality families and little children come along to the send-off.”
Money raised by the esCarpade will go towards providing families with a break from cancer at one of Camp Quality’s family getaways, camps and fun days.
It will also help deliver a cancer education program with the Camp Quality puppets at primary schools and early learning centres nationwide.
Visit fundraise.campquality.org.au/event/escarpade for more information or to donate to families in need through the Camp Quality esCarpade.
