$75K Donation Gets Services Going Again

The Hinchinbrook Community Support Centre is a well-known establishment in Ingham and their work has been recognised.

At the ‘Have a Beer on Us’ event at the Herbert River Sub Branch RSL – Ingham the Hinchinbrook Community Support Centre received a donation of $75,000, donated from clubs around Queensland.

The Hinchinbrook Community Support Centre CEO Linda McClelland said she was delighted with the donation.

“It makes my heart lighten at the fact that in the moment of need and when we are faced with this adversity, that the generosity of clubs, who in some instances have suffered themselves, step up and say it's really important that we get services back running to support community,” she said.

“We will be utilising the funds to restore some of our services that have taken a bit of a hit from the flooding, so hopefully we will get back to business as we were before.

“With this generous donation, hopefully we will be able to not only restore our services but rebuild them and make them stronger.”

CEO of Clubs Queensland Kelly Egan said he understands the work that they do and knows that the donation will benefit the community.

“We like to think it will make a significant difference to Linda and the team out there, we know what they do,” he said.

“They support in any way, shape or form, as part of this community, 365, days a year.

"The club industry relies on the community to come in its front doors, and we value that. So, this is just our little way of giving back.”

XXXX were also present at the ‘Have a Beer on Us’ event, they contributed to the donation and also kindly covered the bar tab.

“Putting on an event today, putting on beers and drinks, we just hope, through something like that, we can share a cheer across the community. I just think it's the least we can we can do,” said XXXX State Manager Marc Woolnough.

“The spirit that we have seen here with the flood recovery is something that we really appreciate, and we felt strongly enough about it to be here today and contribute in a very small way.”

Two clubs from Townsville also contributed to the donation.

Operations Manager of Brothers Leagues Club Barrett Wherry said it made sense to help the Ingham and Hinchinbrook community.

“The Ingham community is really close to Townsville, and it just makes sense to help out, we have already made a donation to the local rugby league club, and we're just happy to help out the people in the community and help them get back on their feet,” said Barrett Wherry.

General Manager from the Cowboys Leagues Club Clint Williams said after the flooding that hit Townsville in 2019, he understands what the Ingham community have gone through.

“Having gone through the floods in 2019 in Townsville we knew what it was like and we got plenty of support from the community and Ingham is right in our backyard. So we wanted to make sure we could support it as much as possible,” he said.

“Clubs are all about supporting the community, there's a pretty big cheque being presented today, and that's from clubs all over Queensland.

“Whilst Ingham is in our backyard, clubs from the south east corner of Central Queensland, they've also contributed and I think that's what clubs are all about, making sure we're here for our community and supporting them as much as possible.”