Col Reynolds & OCF Reaches $6million!
In 1984 Col (a coach tour driver) started the "Oncology Children's Tours" which was set up to take cancer suffering children out of the hospital on day and weekend tours to wildlife parks, snowfields and anywhere else that children could have a good time. Col operated, funded and sourced sponsorship for all of these tours and of cause drove the bus himself. After 10 years of this doctors at the children's hospital convinced Col that the best way to continue to support these children was to raise funds and direct those funds into childhood cancer research so in 1993 the "Oncology Children's Foundation" was founded. The ABC Australian Story documented Col's journey in 1998 and in the year 2000 Col's dedication to his cause was rewarded with an "Order of Australia Medal"
Col's dream was to one day handover a cheque for $1 million dollars to the Oncology Research Unit (ORU) at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. During the past 12 months Col's dream finally came true when in June 2007 he handed over a cheque for $1 million. Not bad you may say, well this week marks another significant moment for Col who handed over a $1 gold coin. This donation marks total funds that Col has been responsible for a staggering $6 million. He truly is the $6 million man.
