Landmark Australia has supported those in North West Queensland affected by the devastating floods with $120,000 donated to two charities.
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Sisters of the North and Blaze Aid received $60,000 each to provide on the ground assistance to flood affected graziers and communities.
Landmark manger director Rob Clayton said the company wanted to donate to two charities that would directly assist the people who needed it most.
"We are very keen to see on the ground help that is practical and we think that Sisters of the North and Blaze Aid are doing exactly that, going to the heart of the need," Mr Clayton said.
"We are connected to our customers and people in regional and rural Australia and we know the hardships that come with floods and drought. We just wanted to support the people who support us each year.
"We understand this is only a drop in the ocean and this is not going to do a lot, but we wanted to stand behind our clients, staff and communities to support them into the future."
Cloncurry-based organisation Sisters of the North founders Jane McMillan and Susan Dowling said the donation would be added to their other generous donations and distributed through a grassroots approach.
"This Sisters of the North have a long-term focus because this is going to continue to affect graziers and their communities even more so in the next six to 12 months. There is going to be no incomes and no money so we want to do our best to continue to support locals," Ms McMillan said.
"At the moment when you look at the donation it looks like a large amount of money but when you start to distribute it to everyone affected it becomes a small amount of money."
Ms Dowling said the Sisters of the North charity was fully transparent and traceable system so donors would see exactly where the money was being distributed to.
"We think it is really important that the public know where their money is going. We have been working very hard to establish our organisation with good registers and reliable ambassadors on the ground who will distribute funds to people in need."
Blaze Aid Cloncurry camp coordinator Chris Male said the donation meant a lot of supplies for affected graziers.
"It means lots of wire and lots of supplies for farmers going directly to helping people in the region," Ms Male said.
"We do anything hands on from building fences, cleaning, cooking, gardening, shoveling; we do what you need done.
"There are no paid staff for Blaze Aid we are all volunteers so money does not get swallowed up in wages - it goes to the folk who need it.
"We urge people to contact us, we are here to help, we have come a long way and we would really like to help people."
Disclaimer: North West Star senior journalist Samantha Walton is one of the committee members for the Sisters of the North organisation.
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Samantha Campbell
Samantha Campbell (nee Walton) has worked for regional and rural publications across New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. She is currently writing for the North Queensland Register based in North West Queensland. Email: samantha.campbell@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Samantha Campbell (nee Walton) has worked for regional and rural publications across New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. She is currently writing for the North Queensland Register based in North West Queensland. Email: samantha.campbell@austcommunitymedia.com.au
