This weekend’s upcoming Canberra Convoy for Cancer Families will feature the Australian Trucking Association’s Safety Truck, its travelling road safety exhibition. The convoy, on Sunday February 2, is expected to include 400 trucks and 120 bikes driving across Canberra. The destination is a free community festival with children’s rides and amusements, food stalls and music.
Last year’s Canberra Convoy for cancer Families raised just over $107,000. This year’s event runs from 11:30am to 4pm, and will feature live performances from Alex Gibson (The Voice Australia 2013) as well as Counterfeit Cash and Night Train. The vehicles involved in the convoy will also be on display, as will the ATA Safety Truck.
“With a kid’s pedal car track, road safety apps, a colouring tent and animated videos, we have heaps of fun things to do, and you’ll get some important road safety tips too,” said ATA Corporate Relations Manager, Steve Power. “Many of our younger drivers just aren’t taught how to share the road safely with heavy vehicles. The Safety Truck is all about getting these driving tips out to everyone in the community, from children through to experienced drivers.
“We’re delighted to support the Canberra Convoy for Cancer Families, and we’ll do our part this Sunday to help the 2014 event beat the $107,000 raised by the 2013 convoy.”
Funds raised by the convoy will be donated to the ACT Eden Monaro’s Cancer Support Group, providing financial assistance tocancer patients within the ACT, Queanbeyan and surrounds. More information is available at the Canberra Convoy website or on Facebook.
The Convoy will depart from Copper Crescent in Beard at 10am. Recommended viewing points for the convoy include the pedestrian foot bridge over Parkes Way next to the Civic Pool and the large paddocks on either side of Flemington Road.
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