The We Care concert at West Leagues Club was an incredible show of support, the likes of which you can only find in the rural communities of Australia.
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The one-off event raised more than $40,000 in a single day. Incredible.
Along with the ticket sales, there was a telethon manned by local councillors and business owners, along with dozens of donation tins circling the crowd.
One councillor told The Leader that on multiple occasions, people came to the room where the telethon was being held, with cheques worth thousands of dollars.
The RU Aware We Care campaign has been a resounding success, and it’s only been underway for under a month. All up, more than $55,000 has been raised by locals, for locals.
Asides from the concert, their have been dozens of smaller events over the past month. Businesses have raised hundreds and thousands of dollars, just by hosting a fundraising morning tea or sausage sizzle.
The Pirates were collecting donations as people came through the gate on Saturday to watch their rugby union match against Gunnedah.
The Leader recently reported on local brother-and-sister duo Opal and Cooper Wright, who set up a cupcake stall at the front of their home to raise money.
More than $41,000 has been raised for New England North West through Fairfax’s Buy A Bale campaign, truckloads of hay have already arrived in Narrabri and Tamworth.
Every sector of the community is getting behind our farmers and it is heartwarming to see.
But the job isn’t done yet.
Farmers will continue to struggle, long after if and when it finally rains.
Core breeding stock have been sold and winter crop rotations have been missed. Many farmers won’t have any cash flow any time soon, and it’s going to be years until we are back to pre-drought conditions.
The longer this goes on, the more we need to rally.
But if anyone can rally around a cause, it’s rural Australia – especially if it’s a cause in our own backyard.
