Community Living and Respite Services has confirmed the 2025 event, held on August 3, raised a total of $54,309.05 for the organisation’s Opening Doors Project.
The project builds homes for local people living with disability.
The final fundraising number improved on the 2024 event by $3787.05, despite an almost $20,000 increase in costs for this year’s event.
The closing of the old Echuca-Moama bridge for this year’s event required additional traffic management, while there were also additional administration and timing expenses.
An increase of 184 participants helped offset the additional costs.
“That’s where we’re able to increase our fundraising, because of the registration of all of those people,” CLRS chief executive Leah Taaffe said.
“That improves our result at the end of the day, which is what it’s all about.
“The sponsorship we get from the major sponsors and Moama Bowling Club helps us cover all those costs we have to put the event on, which means that everybody’s registration goes into our fundraising pockets.”
Taaffe said the increase in travelling participants had been a benefit for the local region, with many staying several days in the area as well as competing on the day.
Just over 800 people participated in the 2025 Run Echuca-Moama.
“We’re absolutely thrilled with the result,” Taaffe said.
“It’s fantastic, and if we can maintain that for next year, we’d be pretty happy, but we are hoping that next year we’ll hit our limit, which is 1000 people.”
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