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We were honoured to join forces with our colleagues across the ATB Morton Group of Companies on Friday 23rd April 2021 and pull out the lycra and gym gear to pedal hard to support kids in need.

Variety – the Children’s Charity host the Newcastle Spin 4 Kids event annually to raise much needed funds for the Charity. The event consists of a 5hr spin bike challenge with teams of up to 10 people rotating through a tag team approach to keep the pedals moving for the full duration of the event. The 2021 event raised just over $70k with 29 teams located either at The Station Newcastle or virtually in their own offices across Newcastle.

ATB’s two teams of 10 riders managed to raise an impressive combined total of $8,500, with the teams riding 144 and 148km. Hunter Galvanizing’s one and only rider, Michael Palozzi, was the top fundraiser across all ATB riders, raising a total of $1.45k. Well done Michael!

Hunter Galvanizing has been an official sponsor of the Newcastle Toy Run for the past two years and continued our support in 2019. We provide our large tautliner to be used as the “Toy Truck” that carts all of the donations from Wickham Park to the Salvation Army depot.

We have been proud supporters and participants in the Variety NSW Bash for three years now in Car 85 aka “Mister Maker”. The bash is a celebration of one year’s worth of fundraising in which more than 100 teams visit remote schools throughout NSW and ACT granting much-needed sensory equipment and learning resources.

Each year we form a new team consisting of three to four staff members from various divisions within our business network. The new team aims to raise the bar on their fundraising and achieve more than the team in the previous year. We’ve progressed from raising $12,000 in our first year, to $17,000 in the second year and $20,000 in our third year. What will this year’s team reach?