Kokoda trek raises $24K

TERRYWHITE Chemmart CEO, Duncan Phillips, along with his trekking contingent of nine pharmacy owners and support staff (pictured) successfully completed an eight-day trek along the Kokoda Track raising more than $24,000 for Ovarian Cancer Australia, bringing the total over 13 years to more than $1.4 million.

The team included TerryWhite Chemmart pharmacy owners Christine Timms, Karen Brown, Tim Siv, Blaine Woods, Dean Llewellyn, Carolyn Wynen, Matt Boulter and Kylie Becker and General Manager Operations Nick Munroe.

Phillips said the group all grew to understand and appreciate each other through the experience.

“There is a memorial to the soldiers that fought during Kokoda with four words, ‘Courage, Endurance, Mateship and Sacrifice,’ and we all came away with a better understanding of what this meant.”

‘Trek for Teal’ (PD 25 Jul) started 26 Jul and finished on 03 Aug. The group is aiming to reach its target of $50,000 - give.everydayhero.com.