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Local fella Ash Grunwald headlined a gig that raised over $6,000. Photo Tree Faerie.

Furthering the fundraising efforts to get local, Charlie Emery, much-needed surgery to treat Parkinson’s disease, two of the events that were held last week raised over $7,000 to help out with the huge medical bill.

A friend of Charlie and his partner Lisa, local comedian Ellen Briggs, says that Parkinsons Disease is a hideous degenerative disease that affects the brain and causes tremors, fine motor skills issues, speech and really the whole body, and has no cure.

Life changing results

Who won? Who cares? More than 55 players from the C.U.N.T.S. crickets league raised dollars and a cheer for Charlie. Photo Tree Faerie

‘Charlie has consulted with a surgeon who specialises in brain surgery that can have huge, life changing results, and he has been approved for surgery in 2024 but of course, it’s an incredibly expensive surgery. The health care fund will only pay up to $100,000 and Charlie and Lisa have to make up the rest, and the rest is approximately $60K- $80K.
Briggs says this in itself has caused Charlie distress. ‘Who can possibly come up with that sort of money? So now after years of Charlie always being the guy who helps everyone else, it’s our turn as a community help him.’

Fun at the Billi

The supports for Ash and Charlie were Glenn Mossop, Kelly Brouhaha, Danni Carr and Beau Young. Photo Tree Faerie.

An estimated 55 Cavanbah United Nice Trademans Society (C.U.N.T.S.) cricketers converged on Lofts Oval in Brunswick Heads last Friday for the purpose of drinking too many beers, having way too much fun and doing some fundraising.

The event raised approximately $1,000 through a surfboard raffle that will go towards surgery to help mitigate the effects of Parkinson’s disease on local man Charlie Emery.

The winner of the surfboard raffle was Justin Bullen, while the best performance on the day was  awarded to the delightful Foxy.

Charlie’s fundraiser can be found at www.gofundme.com/f/charlie-emery-needs-our-help.


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