ABDHF & GORRF
The Link
4th June 2019
Fundraising is the link between the Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation (ABDHF) and The Great Ocean Road Running Festival. The festival provides opportunity for all non-for-profit organisations from Apollo Bay to Wye River to raise money by volunteering their time. We at the ABDHF bring the groups and people together!
We work closely all year with event management group, IMG, to ensure we can supply the number of volunteers required to make this event happen. These are the support people who stand by drink stations, the road marshals, the crowd control and the medal distributers. It is a big gig! As a community, we’ve committed to offer around 250 volunteers each year, and that’s what it takes to run an event with a magnitude of this size. Sincerely, the communities of Apollo Bay, Kennett River and Wye River, we applaud your efforts!
We also seek business supporters each year for the event. The Great Ocean Road Running Festival provides a strong economic return for local hospitality businesses and we are lucky enough to have received generous support over the past 6 years from many of them. When a business or individual assist the cause of the ABDHF, the funds raised stay in town.
The Foundation trustees would like to say thank you to the following businesses for their gracious support for this year’s event:
Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce (great community service)
Otway Health (we are so lucky to have them - wonderful service)
Community Chemist (wonderful staff and great advice)
Apollo Bay Fishermen’s COOP (fish and chips are fantastic)
Apollo Bay Hotel (great atmosphere for the entire family)
The GYM Apollo Bay (Kath is a star)
Foodworks Apollo Bay (clean, fresh and helpful)
Great Ocean Road Real Estate (long term supporter - always happy to help)
Cape Otway Lightstation (the cafe is great - try the scones!)
Mel Aggenbach - our newest trustee volunteered her entire Sunday to offer sport massages and giving entire proceeds to ABDHF
Are you a community group that would like to join the success story?
Are you an individual that would like to join the team at the ABDHF (in any capacity)?
Are you a local business that benefits from the Running Festival who would like to support the Health Foundation?
... drop us a line at
The trustees of the ABDHF work voluntarily to coordinate this event.
For more information about the Apollo Bay & District Health Foundation please see our website.
