With Michelle and Davids permission to post this.
On the 20th January 2004, four members of the Allen family from
Canberra (mum, dad and 2 sisters, aged 9 and 14) were killed when their 4wd rolled on the Hume Highway at Tarcutta. Two members of the family, Leah 13 and Ruth 7, survived the crash. Local Tarcutta
Police Officer, Senior Constable Mark Hawthorne, who was first on the scene, is now running a fund raising raffle with all proceeds going to the surviving children who are now living in
Melbourne with their Uncle. Your help is now sought in supporting this very worth while appeal. Many of you have probably seen Senior Constable Hawthorne's appeal in the Daily Telegraph. Senior Constable Hawthorne has been on the local news in Wagga and will be on Prime news again this Friday 28th with this appeal. Senior Constable Hawthorne will also be in the Telegraph again next week where they focus on upgrading the Hume Highway trying to avoid accidents like this happening again.
Raffle details: Drawn 10th August 2004. Tickets $1 each or $10 a book. Tickets will be drawn by Darrly Macguire, our local MP.
First prize is an Omega 34lt stainless steel microwave, 1 Breville Health Grill and a Samsung DVD player.
Other prizes include:
:Signed football jumpers (
Canberra,
Melbourne, Easts, Parramatta,
St George, ACT Brumbies/Joe Roff jersy, Souths,)
:Signed Peter Brock Shirt
:Scale model racing car
:Signed
Waratah and Cronulla Balls
:Weekend for two/dinner and breakfast at the Wagga Country Comfort
:Signed
Sydney Swans Adam Schneider picture :Socceroos jersey
:Signed Glasgow Celtic ball
:Penrith panthers team world club challenge jacket
Choice of other prizes
:first ticket drawn = first prize
:second ticket = first choice of one runner up prize
:third ticket = second choice of runner up prize and so on
Tickets can be purchased directly from Tarcutta
Police Station or by ringing Senior Consatble Hawthorne direct on 0408660872 or email enquiries to hawt2mar@
police.nsw.gov.au