It is officially crunch time for Luke Rollinson who lines up on the starting grid this Friday for the Endure for a Cure 12 hour bicycle challenge at Sydney Motorsport Park to raise money for the Children's Cancer Institute (CCI).
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Mr Rollinson is being joined by an MMJ Team of riders including Andrew Burrows, Ben McNamara, Jarrod Poort, Les Dion and Anthony Barthelmess.
He said they are doing it because “kids fighting cancer don't need miracles, they need research. So, we’re riding on Friday to help cure childhood cancer”.
My family and I are just humbled with the kind words of support and donations received from family, friends, clients and community. To date my personal fundraising page has received a whopping $7,325 in donations from some 40 individual supporters. It is just remarkable.
- Luke Rollinson
Mr Rollinson said he was grateful for the enormous generosity he has seen in Wollongong since announcing he was doing the annual ride again.
“My family and I are just humbled with the kind words of support and donations received from family, friends, clients and the community,” he said.
“To date my personal fundraising page has received a whopping $7,325 in donations from some 40 individual supporters. It is just remarkable. Thank you”.
Mr Rollinson said in addition to that MMJ’s #kickingcancersbutt team fundraising total had almost hit $10,000.
“The generosity of the Illawarra ommunity is something that continues to amaze me. And it is support like this that has seen my kids take the fight to cancer.”
Mr Rollinson suffered cancer as a child himself before watching his own two children go through intense cancer treatment. He knows how important and how dedicated CCI is to childhood cancer research. And how they give so many children an opportunity to receive the best cancer treat available.
Mr Rollinson lost his right eye to cancer and his daughter Harper lost her hearing to chemo treatment. He is also grateful to how advances in technology helped save his left eye and saw his daughter recieve cochlear implant surgery to give her every opportunity to hear and speak like other children.
Last year he raised $32,000 for CCI by doing the 12 hour bicycle challenge.
Greg Ellis
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
Almost four decades in electronic, print and digital media. A writer, presenter, emcee, photographer and videographer with degrees in business management, marketing and human resources and tertiary qualifications in photography.
