The 200-plus delegates at the TravelManagers conference in Adelaide last week raised over $16,000 in support of South Australia-based charity, Little Heroes.
Executive general manager Michael Gazal said it has become a tradition to include a local community event in the company’s conference agenda.
“Little Heroes is a charity which was started by ex-Adelaide Crows captain Chris McDermott and is currently working towards establishing a $4 million Centre for Robotics and Innovation at the Adelaide Women and Children’s Hospital,” said Gazal.
“It is a truly inspirational organisation that is achieving amazing things for sick children in South Australia and we are honoured and humbled to be involved in some small way in what they are doing.”
A charity auction was held at the company’s Sporting Legends dinner and in total the auction and other donations raised $16,533 for Little Heroes. The cheque was presented to Little Heroes at the conference’s gala dinner the following night, and was accepted on behalf of the foundation by Natalie Bode, who captained the Australian Diamonds and Adelaide Thunderbirds netball teams and now acts as Little Heroes’ corporate relationship manager.
“The robotics equipment will help children with neurological disabilities to improve their motor skills and get them out of hospital more quickly,” said Bode.
“This will be a world-class rehabilitation facility but it wouldn’t be possible to achieve without the incredible support of companies like TravelManagers.”
The following morning, conference delegates gathered to take part in a second aspect of this community activity: creating works of art to become a collage that will hang in the foyer of the Robotics Centre when it’s completed.
Delegates were divided into 36 teams. Each team was given three canvases on which to create their artworks, which were to be based around the themes of movement, fun, children, motivation and inspiration.
“I knew we had some very creative, talented people within the TravelManagers family, but I was still seriously impressed by what we were able to produce in just two and a half hours,” said Gazal.
For more details or to find out how you can support Little Heroes, visit littleheroesfoundation.com.au
The post TravelManagers supports local charity appeared first on Travel Monitor.