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F i r s t N at i o n a l M u r w i l l u m b a h b o o s t s l o c a l c h a r i t y
THE TEAM at First National Real Estate Murwillumbah have thrown their support behind a local charity providing care packages to help families of patients in critical care. Licensee Scott Reading and his team presented a cheque for $3,000 to Ross Abraham, who started Beautiful Crazy with his wife Kathy after their son Jaaden tragically passed away in hospital following an e-bike accident in Byron Bay in 2024. The last time they saw him, Jaaden had cooked dinner for his parents at his home and said, “I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m a little bit crazy but you’ve got to admit, I’m a beautiful crazy.”
Two days later, on April 14, 2024, the Abraham’s received the news every parent dreads. Their son Jaaden had been in a serious accident that had caused an unsurvivable brain injury. “Nothing prepares you for it,” Ross said. “We got that knock on the door which would have been from Murwillumbah police sent by Tweed Police because we live at Reserve Creek. “You leave straight away for the hospital with only the clothes you’re wearing and then for four days you’re just hanging on to hope. “Our friend bought a little care basket,
Ross Abraham with the cheque from the First National Real Estate Murwillumbah team
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some snacks so we had something to nibble on because we didn’t want to leave his side, and other things like some panadols because they can’t give you those. “We didn’t eat, we didn’t know where the water bubbler was, your breath smells, so to have some of those toiletries to just ease some of that discomfort is our goal now. After Jaaden passed, Kathy and Ross decided to make care packages to help others deal with intensive care. “It helps a family to feel they have been seen but another family who has been through the same thing,” Ross said. “A friend brought Kathy a blanket she used to lay next to Jaaden which was a game-changer so we’ve added it to the package. “For us those acts of kindness were beautiful moments - it brought a bit of normality in a world you’re just not used to.” They started out with Beautiful Crazy care bags at the Gold Coast University Hospital which is where Jaaden was and then the Tweed Valley Hospital.. “I’ve just had an appointment with the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and that will be the 20th hospital we are supplying Beautiful Crazy bags of essentials,” Ross said. “One of the key ingredients to surviving grief is having hope in something and so for us Beautiful Crazy has put a cushion
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on our pain. “When we get other families thanking us it fills our heart knowing Jaaden would be so proud.” It’s the support of generous donors like the team at First National Real Estate Murwillumbah that make the work of Kathy and Ross possible. “We got an email from Scott Reading at First National Real Estate because I believe his aunty had passed away and someone had received a care package or they heard about them,” Ross said. First National Licensee-in-Charge Scott Reading said that part of every commission they do, they put aside to go towards a local charity.” “We chose Beautiful Crazy this year,” he said. “We’re trying to support local charities and help them out, the non-government funded organisations. “We put aside that commission and every six or twelve months or when someone is in need we try and give back to them.” The care bags include water, a blanket, a toothbrush, toothpaste, pain relief medication, lip balm, wet wipes and snacks and costs $60 for an adult and $40 for a child. Ross previously raised $180,000 for the charity by riding from Byron Bay to Perth. For more information please visit: beautifulcrazy.org/donate
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