STAFF at Coles supermarket Sebastopol have faced freezing temperatures to raise money in support of the FightMND foundation.<\/p>\n
Last week, eight staff members completed an ice bucket challenge with the aim of raising $50,000 for the organisation which funds research into motor neurone disease.<\/p>\n
This was store manager Sharon Germon’s last ice bucket challenge with Coles Sebastopol.<\/p>\n
“I have been here since the store opened and we had the first ice bucket challenge last year,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s really, really important to support a cause that is so well known and so important.<\/p>\n
“The research that they can do with the money raised is really important.”<\/p>\n
The store was ranked among the top six fundraising stores across Australia and finished first last year.<\/p>\n
Ballarat Coles stores have raised nearly $150,000 for FightMND during the Big Freeze 10 campaign in 2024, and more than $712,000 since 2018.<\/p>\n
FightMND is working to find effective treatments and a cure for the disease which results in nerve cells failing to work properly.<\/p>\n
Former AFL player Neale Daniher, who has MND, co-founded the organisation, and his wife Jan was at Coles Sebastopol to thank the team members.<\/p>\n
“It’s extremely special to be up in Ballarat,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Coles have been a fantastic partner for FightMND and especially up here in Ballarat, the community up here has been amazing.<\/p>\n
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