Big funds from Big Freeze

FROZEN fun slid into Maddingley Park last weekend as Big Freeze in the Marsh returned.

As a fundraiser for the FightMND foundation, 13 members of the Bacchus Marsh community were sponsored to slip down a slide and into an ice-filled pool, all in costume.

The sliders raised $55,000, and the day’s total takings were $68,000, all to boost research into motor neurone disease.

“What we can do, with events like this, is raise the spirits of the people who are affected by MND,” said co-organiser, Ian ‘Macca’ McClure.

“We can raise the spirits, for a period of time, of their brothers and sisters, mothers, fathers, and grandparents

“We hope today, that’s what we’re doing for the people affected.”

The event was held as Bacchus Marsh Football Netball Club hosted a day of games against Redan Football Netball Club.

Photos: Edwina Williams