We are Barbie & Ken (formally Sarah Olson & Louis Payne).
The two of us met through work and after years of having friends and family effected by cancer, we decided to team up and participate in the Spring 2024 Shitbox Rally, driving from Bendigo to Townsville.
For those of you asking what this is, Shitbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 14th year. You and over 200 other participants drive across country in cars worth under 1.5k.
Part of the participation is that all teams have to raise a minimum of $5,000. Hoping to triple that, our fundraising goal is set to $15,000. We are extremely proud to be doing our part to support such a worthy charity.
Reaching our fundraising goal is the hard part of this challenge, so any donation big or small is greatly appreciated and contributes to the larger picture! Remember, any donation over $2. is tax deductable.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of our team (this means you get your company on our car and websites), or contributing an In Kind donation of goods or services to help us fundraise, please send us a message!
Reach out and follow along with our adventure on Instagram: barbie.and.ken_shitboxrally
Shitbox Rally is the adventure of a lifetime challenging participants and their cars, worth no more than $1,500, on a 7 day drive across Australia to raise money for cancer research.
The rally is not a race – it’s a fun, colourful, unpredictable adventure with participants travelling at their own pace in smaller groups. Vehicles often break down but “we never leave anyone behind” and each night is spent camping beneath the stars and celebrating the day’s achievements. It all adds up to an incredible opportunity to see Australia’s vast and beautiful countryside and make lifelong friends, many brought together after experiencing cancer themselves or seeing cancer impact family and friends.
Since it’s inception the rally has been the largest fundraiser for the Cancer Council nationally.
Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.
Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.
Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.
$46 million over the past 15 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:
These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.
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