After ten years of commemorating and celebrating their son, Ben, with The Ben Donohoe Run and Walk for Fun (known to all of us who have lived in the Canberra Community in that time), last year the Donohoe Family made the difficult decision to bring the annual run to an end on this milestone.
Ben's mum, Robyn, has expressed her great thanks for the participation and support from the community over this decade, and wants to let people know that the family do want to continue to help others and honour Ben's legacy by joining the Red Wig Run committee to help Ronald McDonald House Canberra organise and promote their own events.
Robyn says that Ronald McDonald House was their home away from home when their beautiful boy was so unwell, and the family has felt strongly about giving back in any way they could. This has meant that Ronald McDonald House Canberra has been one of their chosen beneficiaries over the last three years of the Ben Donohoe Run and Walk for Fun, with them being able to present the House with a $20,000 cheque last year alone.
Robyn hopes to see the wonderful support from the community continue so that other families in need are able to benefit from this care, and encourages families and groups who participated annually in Ben's Run and Walk for Fun, to join in the red wig fun.
The Ronald McDonald House Canberra Red Wig Run and Walk is on this Sunday 25th of October; families are welcome and dress code is orange, yellow and red! If you would like to donate to such a wonderful cause rather than participate on the day, please follow this link here. But to join in the fun, register now at www.rmhcanberra.com.au.
