More than $70,000 was raised for the community event for FightMND.
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00:21 My name is Peg Chiu. I'm David Chiu's niece.
00:25 I can say that I've swum in the Murray before in the middle of winter and this may just be full.
00:31 Once we got in it was a shock to the system, absolutely.
00:34 But with Uncle Dave getting his diagnosis it's been really hard not just on our family
00:39 but I guess he's such a community person and that's been such a...
00:43 and as you can tell by the crowd here today, the impact that he's had,
00:47 not just in our lives but on the community, really is very, it's very impressive.
00:54 And obviously we've raised $75,000 that we even need today which is just an astounding effort
01:01 and I think that everybody could walk away from the lonely today
01:06 but going forward as a great result and yeah, I think it's fantastic.
01:11 It was fantastic to be involved in a country community event like this. It's an absolute privilege.