{"id":26311,"date":"2019-05-15T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T03:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=26311"},"modified":"2022-03-29T13:01:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T03:01:40","slug":"digga-kanga-raise-87k-ovarian-cancer-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/digga-kanga-raise-87k-ovarian-cancer-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Digga &#038; Kanga Raise Over 87K for Ovarian Cancer Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a wonderful thing when an industry rallies together for a cause, especially when led by 2 renowned Aussie brands<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Together,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/digga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digga Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/brand\/kanga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kanga Loaders<\/a>\u00a0have coordinated industry events and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givergy.com.au\/kanga\/?controller=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">charity auctions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and as a result raised over $87,000\u00a0this year for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ocrf.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation<\/a> (OCRF). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The charity is very close to the hearts of those at Digga and Kanga, whose CEO and managing director, Suzie Wright, sadly passed away from a rare form of ovarian cancer in June 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe earthmoving industry is so generous, like you wouldn\u2019t believe. Pretty much every company involved [in the <\/span><a href=\"\/mag\/taking-swing-ovarian-cancer-diesel-dirt-turf-charity-golf-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual Golf Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] donated prizes or similar to auction or raffle off. During the day they bought thousands of raffle tickets and donated an incredible amount of money,\u201d said Lionel Smitka, Digga Marketing Manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their fundraising campaigns this year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diesel, Dirt &amp; Turf Annual Charity Golf Day ($32,500 raised, matched by Suzie Wright&#8217;s family)<\/li>\n<li>Kanga mini loader auction at DDT ($22,900 raised)<\/li>\n<li>Kanga mini loader online auction \u2014 still running, see below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How You Can Make A Difference<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26313\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26313\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Photo-Suzie-Loader-Auction.jpg\" alt=\"Kanga charity auction poster\" width=\"492\" height=\"522\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Image: Kanga\u2019s charity auction poster. Source: Supplied.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the market for a new mini loader? Kanga Loaders are offering a mini loader for auction. A 6 Series diesel mini loader worth over $31K, in support of the OCRF. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter a successful auction at the Diesel Dirt and Turf Expo on the 4th of May 2019, Kanga Loaders is now running <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givergy.com.au\/kanga\/?controller=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this online auction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until the 23rd of May at 12pm, where the loader valued at $31,500 will be presented at the Hire 19 Conference in Melbourne.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Kanga<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26314\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26314 size-large\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Charity-Loader-For-Auction-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Kanga mini loader 6 series diesel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15115903\/Charity-Loader-For-Auction-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15115903\/Charity-Loader-For-Auction-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15115903\/Charity-Loader-For-Auction-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magmedia.machines4u.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15115903\/Charity-Loader-For-Auction-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Pictured: The Kanga mini loader available for auction, where proceeds will go straight to the OCRF. Source: Supplied.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The OCRF receives no government funding. Instead, they rely solely on the support of businesses and the broader community, events like the DDT annual golf day, and raffles and auctions such as the Kanga mini loader charity auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to take part in the auction? Why not <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givergy.com.au\/kanga\/?controller=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">place your bid for a good cause today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Auction closes May 23 at 12pm AEST, so be sure to get in before then! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a wonderful thing when an industry rallies together for a cause, especially when led by 2 renowned Aussie brands. Together,\u00a0Digga Australia and Kanga Loaders\u00a0have coordinated industry events and charity auctions, and as a result raised over $87,000\u00a0this year for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF). \u00a0 The charity is very close to the hearts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":26315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7838,35],"tags":[123],"yst_prominent_words":[22380],"class_list":["post-26311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","category-featured","tag-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28230,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26311\/revisions\/28230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26311"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}