Accor $10 Queenstown Challenge
From 1-3 October three Defence Force teams will join 32 teams from across New Zealand to race from Auckland to Queenstown in three days.
Auckland to Queenstown on $10
The Defence Force teams will be taking part in the Accor $10 Queenstown challenge, a major fundraiser for Cure Kids, a charity that funds vital medical research for children with life threatening illnesses.
The event is a contest in which teams of two people are given $10 in Auckland and have to use various modes of transport to get their team to Queenstown in three days. The team that arrives in Queenstown with the most points after undertaking a wide variety of challenges along the way is the winner.
Queenstown Challenge Photo Gallery
Our teams
- Navy - SLT Fraser Toulmin, and SLT Darcy Topp
- Army - 2LT Ruth Tautari and 2LT Nicholas Fuller
- Air Force - FLTLT Barbara Finlayson and PLTOFF Sean McKeogh
The team members will be profiled shortly on each Service website.
Each team needs to raise a total of $6,000 for Cure Kids - $3,000 by 25 July and a further $3,000 by 25 September.
To help our teams fundraise please go to the fundraise online webpage - go to http://www.curekids.org.nz/ click on the Accor $10 Queenstown Challenge button then on the red support a competitor button then go to the fundraising pages. All people who donate online receive an automatic receipt from Cure Kids along with a thank you letter.
Payments can also be made by cheque or direct deposit into Cure Kids account.
Cheque – Please ensure all cheques are made out to Cure Kids and post to Cure Kids, P O Box 90 907, Victoria Street West, Auckland.
Direct credit/deposit – Funds can be deposited into the Cure Kids Account, details as follows:
Cure Kids Limited
Account Number 02-0192-0017922-00
BNZ Newmarket
If you are using either cheque or direct credit/deposit please send an email to a.bishop@curekids.org.nz at Cure Kids - with details of the deposit and the team name so they will know who to attribute the money to.
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