By Abbey Cannan
A Noosa family will soon be embarking on a 12 month PTSD national awareness campaign, with the support of the community needed to get them on the road.
Invisible Injuries charity will be hosting an official tour launch and fundraiser on Saturday 27 February from 5.30pm to 11.30pm at Noosa Dolphins Rugby Union Club.
Founder and director Andy Fermo said it will be an evening of entertainment, drinks, food, and good times.
“We’re packing our bags as a family to embark on a 12 month PTSD national awareness campaign to uncover the inspirational stories, groups, holistic services, specialists and respite retreats over 17 regional and rural locations in 2021,“ he said.
“Our goal is to reach over 1000 individuals and 200 families of veterans and first responders experiencing PTSD with our message, information, support, connection and to open up the mental health, PTSD and suicide conversation through music.“
Tickets to the event include food truck dinner, drinks on arrival and six hours of live music entertainment with an amazing local line up of a solo artists, two bands, three DJs, a comedian and a MC.
“Topping off the smorgasbord of entertainment, we’ll have lucky door prizes and a silent auction boasting Noosa experiences that’ll have you chomping at the bit to make a bid,“ Andy said.
“With your support, all proceeds will enable us to provide our service delivery to our target audience from: creation and production of content for our programs, building our on-demand database resource, self-hosted and collaborative events, DJ gigs and suicide prevention workshops.
“The planning and organisation for our trip has been huge and almost two years in the making. We are so close now and excited for you to all join us and be a part of this journey.“
To purchase a ticket to the event head to www.eventbrite.com.au/e/invisble-injuries-2021-tour-launch-fundraiser-tickets
For more information on Invisible Injuries visit www.invisibleinjuries.org.au
