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Cure Our Kids racing to Hobart for charity

Cure Our Kids racing to Hobart for charity
Bavaria 38

Cure Our Kids racing to Hobart for charity

Those on board the 38-footer Cure Our Kids are hoping that the public will get behind their efforts to raise money for children with cancer.

When the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race starting cannon is fired at 1.10pm this Sunday, one crew will be sailing for more than just the thrill of finally reaching Hobart.

Those on board the 38-footer Cure Our Kids will also be sailing for charity, hoping that the public will get behind their efforts to raise money for children with cancer.

It is one of only a few yachts ever entered in the race to support a charity, and spectators will be able to make on-line donations to Cure Our Kids Inc., which raises funds for research into childhood cancer.

During the race, whenever a spectator logs onto the charity’s website www.cureourkids.com.au they will be able to check the progress of the boat and make an on-line donation to help get Cure Our Kids over the line.

Sailing Master Scot Wheelhouse, a Rolex Sydney Hobart race veteran, says he and the crew of the Bavaria Match - 38 yacht are happy to help raise awareness of Cure Our Kids Inc.

“We are hoping that the publicity of the race will spur people on to donate money to this charity, which does great things for families and children who are battling cancer,” Scot says. "It’s great to be able to go in the race, not just for the experience, but also to try to help these kids."

The owner of Cure Our Kids, Stephen Roach, has been touched by childhood cancer.  His younger brother, aged six, died of leukaemia, 40 years ago, which has added to the crew’s determination to make it not just another Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.”

Cure Our Kids raises funds for research and improved treatments for childhood cancers at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Cure Our Kids CEO, Carolyn Dodds, started the charity after her son Mitchell was diagnosed and treated for leukaemia.

“Our story has a happy ending and Mitchell’s now a fighting fit, 13 year old. But not every family has such a positive outcome, so we’re raising funds for improved treatments and outcomes for kids with cancer,” Carolyn says.