Community & Business
14 April, 2022
Local business involved with donation
Ashton’s Butchery played an important role in a chain of events that saw a beast from northern Queensland come to feed flood-stricken residents of northern New South Wales.
The journey started with Marcus Curr, who donated a beast to be auctioned at the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation’s ‘Everything Is Possible’ Gala Dinner held on the Gold Coast.
This foundation aims to facilitate, collaborate and initiate the connections and research required to find a cure for paralysis.
Mr Curr and his wife Shelley run Yelvertoft Station near Mount Isa.
Mr Curr said he donated the Wagyu beast to the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation because it has been “making strides” on the Gold Coast.
He knows the affects of paralysis well as his daughter had an accident and has been afflicted by it.
At the gala dinner, held in mid-March, a consortium of people placed the highest bid and subsequently decided to donate a quarter of the beast to help those affected by the heavy flooding in Lismore.
Mr Curr said he was “very happy” that his donation has been donated again.
Overall, the dinner raised over $350,000 and the auction $105,000.
Ashton’s Butchery from Pittsworth became involved in the process through a family connection.
Marcus Curr said he used Ashton’s Butchery because his cousin Damien Curr works with them.
Rob Ashton said the Butchery then got to work cutting the beast in preparation for the last leg of the journey.
Using helicopters, New South Wales Police flew in to collect the boxes of meat from Ashton’s delivery
vans, completing quite the journey.
