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drumMUSTER offers consistent funding to Country Hope  

The drumMUSTER program offers very real, consistent funding to the Country Hope Trust of Wagga Wagga.

The Country Hope organisation provides family support programs to country children diagnosed with cancer or a life threatening illnesses.

They are a small organisation with a big heart.

Ellie Webb, Country Hope’s Family Liaison Officer said “the funding we collect from the region stays in the region. Country Hope’s partnership with the drumMUSTER program and the local rural stores raises money from the inspection of ag and vet drums from farmers. These funds assist families with sick children in desperate need of financial assistance.

The monies we raise goes directly towards offering support to affected families in need. We assist in paying expenses such as flights, fuel, rent, mortgages, electricity and food so that affected families can get on and devote their time to supporting each other and their children.

Country Hope strives to reduce the stresses that surround a family when a child is diagnosed with a life threatening illness.

Country Hope offers support for children from new born babies through to teenagers. Country Hope receives no government funding and all monies raised are through the huge efforts of their wonderful volunteers organising raffles, balls and donations. They have only two paid, part time staff, everyone else, including the CEO & board members are volunteers. Without the wonderful support of the volunteers Country Hope would not be able to do the fantastic job they do for their families.

Allan McGann National Program Manager for drumMUSTER said, “It shows that a little can go a long way. Country Hope are helping our program by encouraging farmers and other ag and vet chemical users to bring their drums in for inspection and recycling. This in turn ensures that Country Hope are the well deserved recipients of a consistent funding stream which may just take that little bit of pressure off the organisation in their other fund raising activities. It proves that together we can make a difference, we are proud to be a small part of Country Hope’s work so that it can continue to support families in need”.

Country Hope are working with Riverina Co-op, Delta, Landmark, Elders, Ag N Vet and Tarcutta Farm supplies to provide collection services in the region. The first round of collections in July saw over 5,000 drums collected with more expected in the coming months.