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FRI 23 MAY 2014 • Issue 1154
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Every step matters
170 kilometre walk to raise funds for Nepean Hospital and other charities KATHERINE TWEED
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n the name of charity, 10 local businessmen set out on Tuesday to walk on foot from Bathurst to Blaxland. By the time Saturday night rolls around, the men will have walked nearly 170 kilometres, literally over mountains, in the seventh annual Great Walk Foundation event. The Foundation has raised almost $600,000 for various organisations, with Nepean Hospital Children’s Ward supported each year. Great Walk Foundation founder, Jonathan Green and football legend Mark Geyer, who are both taking part in the walk this year, visited Nepean Children’s Ward in the lead-up to the event. “I’ve got a good synergy here with the Nepean Hospital, which the majority of funds go to. All five of my kids were born here and one was in this very ward two years ago with a fractured skull – the way they looked after him here was second to none,” Mr Geyer said. “Most people who live in the west have all got a story about Nepean Hospital in some way, shape or form so it is great we can contribute with some much needed funds.” The Great Walk Foundation has so far donated $150,000 to Nepean Hospital Children’s ward, purchasing a wide range of equipment. “It is not just a nine-to-five job for these people, they really care for these kids, so if we can make their job a little easier, we are doing a good thing,” Mr Green said. Also walking this year are Rob Wearn, David Crossman, Mark Mulock, Trent Baker, Greg Nelson, Tony Bowden, Graham O’Kell, Cameron McInnes and Brendon Kop.
Jonathan Green and Mark Geyer visited Nepean Hospital ahead of the Great Walk
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