Region Riverina: Documentary launch charity dinner raises $100,000 for Pro Patria Centre

The Pro Patria Property Trust (PPT) Charity Dinner has raised $100,000, which will go towards securing Ashmont’s Carmelite Monastery for conversion into a Pro Patria Centre (PPC).

The Trust is transforming the Carmelite Monastery into a clinical treatment support site for veterans, defence and emergency support personnel. The PPC will serve as an innovative multidisciplinary facility that provides sorely-needed holistic health treatments to veterans and first responders.

PPT, Wagga Wagga.TV, Australian actor John Wood and Riverina Bluebell joined forces to raise $1.5 million for the PPC and produced a 20-minute documentary – A Call to Action: Your Defence, Our Battle.

The documentary sheds a light on PPC’s breakthrough and calls for people to donate money to secure the monastery.

PPC director and veteran Jason Frost said the success of the charity dinner was an incredible start to the fundraising campaign to secure the monastery.

“To have the community get behind us and show some amazing support,” Mr Frost said.

“We are blown away by the incredible generosity.”