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| Isaac Colman

OFFICEWORKS customers in Cairns have raised nearly $100,000 in the month-long Make a Difference Appeal.

Throughout the month of June, customers were encouraged to make a donation at the checkout in-store or online, with funds going directly to a local community organisation chosen by store teams and $96,549 was raised.

Across the country, the Make a Difference Appeal raised more than $950,000 to directly help Make-A-Wish Foundation and 14 other local community organisations to support children to learn, create and connect for a more sustainable future.

“We are incredibly proud of our partnership with Officeworks, and we are grateful to the dedicated Officeworks team and customers who’ve made this fundraiser possible. Together, through the Make a Difference appeal, we are able to make more wishes possible for critically ill children across Australia,” said Make-AWish Foundation chief executive Sally Bateman. “Make-A-Wish Australia receives no government funding and with more than 950 kids on their wish journey right now, the support from the Officeworks Make a Difference Appeal will have an immediate impact for the critically ill kids on our program,”she said.