Toowoomba Mountaineers and Toowoomba Basketball donate funds to Base Services charity

A Toowoomba sports team has thrown its support behind a struggling Garden City charity. Still reeling from a recent break-in Base Services is welcoming the support from the big name club.

Representatives from the Toowoomba Mountaineers and Armstrong Auto Group donate funds to Base Services Toowoomba.

Three simple words motivated the Toowoomba Mountaineers to throw their support behind a city charity in need.

Acting on their Positive Choices program motto ‘Thought, Action, Outcome’ the Mountaineers have donated $3500 to Toowoomba charity Base Services.

“It was a very easy decision to make,” Mountaineers chairman John Gouldson said.

“Our major sponsors John and Jacqui Armstrong bought to our attention the hardships Base Services were dealing with after a recent break-in.

“They (the Armstrongs) are big supporters of Base Services and we wanted to follow suit.

“It was an easy decision to support them because they do fantastic things.

“Nat and Tiff (Spary) are very passionate about those in need which includes some of Toowoomba’s most vulnerable.”

Mountaineers men’s coach Sean Connelly tipped things off donating $2500 and Toowoomba Basketball added a further $1000.

Now the Mountaineers are hopeful Toowoomba residents get behind Base Services.

“We’ve started up a GoFundMe which will be open until the end of the month,” Mr Gouldson said.

“We’d love to see Toowoomba residents donate what they can to support such a worthy cause.”

The Mountaineers Positive Choices program was started in 2013 in memory of players Stacey Ricther and Stephanie Mylonas who were tragically killed in a head-on car crash in 2012.

Click here to contribute to the Mountaineers Base Services GoFundMe

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