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Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Bullant - Monday 27-Oct-2014 Venue: Big4 NRMA Treasure Island Resort & Holiday Park Time: 6:30pm Mission: To bring some joy to the lives of 14 special families. Trooper Attendance: TB3409 APOK TB19866 blueski TK8547 Bullant TK8545 oigen TD4943 Rubber DZ19770 Spooky Support Crew / Guest Trooper Attendance: Sarah did a wonderful job of wrangling Details: With storms looming in the distance, the 6 brave troopers arrived at the holiday park. Wish week is an opportunity for 14 very sick kids and their families to get away from their worries and have a week on the Gold Coast enjoying the theme parks and other fun activities. We were armoured up and ready to go by our planned 6:30 start time, but due to the storms in Melbourne a couple of families were running late so we ended up making our grand entrance just after 7pm. We were following Mick Fanning and a couple of Gold Coast Titans footy players, and all the kids were very happy and surprised to see us. We had photos with everyone and then de-armoured and joined the Starlight team for a nice feed. It was a great event, and brings home the reason that we do what we do. Charity Funds Raised: None Injuries / Malfunctions: None Public Incidents: Spooky made a little girl cry, but it turned out she was crying because she didn't want the Jawa to leave. A bit of quick thinking and he spent some time sitting at the table with her and everything was good again Mission Status: Complete success. Photos: Will be here soon. RE: Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Scorpion - Tuesday 28-Oct-2014 Nice job guys great work Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Sly - Tuesday 28-Oct-2014 Sounds awesome guys, great job. RE: Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Rubber - Tuesday 28-Oct-2014 Thanks Sarah for looking after us. It was a really nice troop with some great kids. My fellow trooper Side Story. Mick Fanning was asked by Starlight in Sydney if he would surf with 2 very ill teenage boys. Mick agreed and after the lesson, he purchased surf boards and cloths for both boys out of his own pocket. He's a great guy and I feel privileged to meet him. RE: Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Phantom - Tuesday 28-Oct-2014 Awesome work troopers!! RE: Starlight Wish Week 2014 - Rayvn - Wednesday 29-Oct-2014 Well done! |