With more events, more often in 2021, the Noosa Eat & Drink Festival’s first events for the year delivered fun, fashion and an amazing level of generosity for a worthy cause.
The Friday Long Lunch with Youngcare, a charity event raised more than $125,000 for Youngcare. The sell-out event with 250 guests included celebrities Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic, Sylvia Jeffreys and husband Peter Stefanovic, musicians Pete Murray and John Collins.
Tourism Noosa CEO Melanie Anderson said “We were thrilled to partner with Youngcare for our Noosa Eat & Drink Long Lunch. 250 guests enjoyed a wonderful day of great food and drink by local businesses and were incredibly generous supporting Youngcare”.
Youngcare CEO Anthony Ryan said “The collaboration between Tourism Noosa and Youngcare will ensure that many young people with high care needs can live with choice and control”.
“The generosity on the day has enabled Youngcare to begin planning for a holiday home and respite centre for Young people with disability. In many cases families impacted with disability have found it almost impossible to take a break and go on holidays. It is our intention to build a holiday home that will cater for all their needs and give them an opportunity to take a well-earned break” said Mr Ryan.
Youngcare Ambassador Sylvia Jeffreys said “It was wonderful to see Noosa embrace the Youngcare mission with such enthusiasm on Friday. I can’t think of a better, more vibrant community for young Aussies with high care needs to call “home”.
“Youngcare is all about choice and independence, and the funds raised at the Noosa Long Lunch will go a very long way in making those goals a reality for many more Australians” said Ms Jeffreys.
Saturday’s High Tea Soiree welcomed 180 guests under the marquee in the Noosa Woods. Noosa Eat & Drink Festival Manager Lee Huber said “It was so wonderful to be delivering events again. The energy on both days was really special, guests were truly enjoying themselves and having fun!”
With Noosa Eat & Drink evolving due to COVID to more events, more often, the Autumn Fare program 12-14 March offers 13 bespoke events in venues across the weekend! For further details regarding Noosa Eat & Drink visit www.noosaeatdrink.com.au . For accommodation visit www.visitnoosa.com.au
