Over $100,000 raised at 2019 Charity Auction

THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU

Wow! What a night!
Drum roll....... we can now officially announce that thanks to YOU - our amazing community - we have raised over $100,000 from the 2019 Bloomhill Charity Auction

Ahhhhh-mazing!

We are so incredibly grateful to EVERYONE involved:
✅ All sponsors
✅ All businesses and individuals who so generously donated items
✅ Guests who placed generous bids on items through the night
✅ Guests who bought raffle tickets and/or made cash donations
✅ Our amazing Bloomhill staff
✅ Our amazing army of Bloomhill volunteers
✅ Bloomhill board members
✅ Our MC Mark, our entertainer Brenton and our photographer Stuart
✅ Auctioneer Justin Voss from Blue Moon Property Sippy Downs
✅ Loren and the team from Next Property Group
✅ Aaron, Michelle and the team from Mercedes-Benz Sunshine Coast
✅ Minuteman Press Sunshine Coast
✅ Maroochy RSL

You all totally ROCK!

Together your support makes a REAL IMPACT on people of all ages living with cancer on the Sunshine Coast. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Bidding this year was incredibly fun and fierce, especially for our highest ticket item - a fully installed underground pool - which attracted more than its value. All for a good cause! We are in awe of the generosity of everyone involved in ALL our donations.

Congrats to everyone who successfully bid on their chosen items in the SILENT and LIVE auctions - and to our two major raffle winners - Bernadette Farnell (Mercedes A180 vehicle) and James (Jim) Ussher ($1000 fuel from Aussie World Garage)

SAVE THE DATE for 2020!

The 2020 Bloomhill Charity Auction has now been set for Friday, October 2.

So be sure to pop this on your list of 'must-attend' events in your calendar!

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