31/07/2026
✨ **THANK YOU – WE DID IT!** ✨
What an incredible year it has been for **The Sisterhood of the Travelling Wheelbarrow**! 💜
Because of the amazing generosity of our sponsors, businesses, raffle prize donors, family, friends and our local community, we are beyond proud to announce that we have presented **Ruth's Women's Shelter Cairns** with a donation cheque for **$18,853.22**! 💜
🎉 **This is our biggest donation yet!** 🎉
Even more exciting, this year's campaign has helped our team reach an incredible milestone of **$50,928.27** raised for Ruth's Women's Shelter Cairns over the years.
This achievement simply would not have been possible without every single person who supported us.
Behind the scenes, our team has spent countless hours:
🏃♀️ Training for the Great Wheelbarrow Race
🤝 Securing sponsors
🎁 Collecting raffle prizes
🌭 Cooking and selling sausages at Tobruk Memorial Pool
🎟️ Selling raffle tickets at trivia nights and community events
🚶♀️ Walking through local pubs and clubs selling raffle tickets
❤️ Volunteering our time because we believe every woman and child deserves to live free from domestic and family violence.
To every sponsor who supported us financially, donated prizes, shared our posts, bought raffle tickets, or simply cheered us on—**thank you**. Your generosity has helped provide safe accommodation, advocacy, medical assistance and legal support for women and children in crisis right here in our community.
We are also incredibly proud of our team's efforts in the **2026 Great Wheelbarrow Race**, finishing:
🏅 **28th Overall**
🏅 **11th Social Team**
⏱️ **11 hours and 1 minute**
📍 Three unforgettable days from Mareeba to Chillagoe.
To all of our sponsors—thank you for believing in our team and proudly allowing us to wear your logos throughout this incredible journey. We are so grateful for your ongoing support and look forward to continuing to promote your businesses throughout the year.
From the bottom of our hearts, **thank you** for helping make this our most successful fundraising campaign yet. Together, we're making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable women and children in our community.
Here's to an even bigger and better campaign next year! 💜🛞
