Both Mr and Mrs Hamilton are keen supporters of a variety of charities ranging from The Children’s Cancer Research, to Camp Quality and Careflight, but their latest series of barbecues is raising funds for Child Flight.

Child Flight is the only emergency helicopter retrieval service for children and babies in Australia, transporting critically ill and injured boys and girls from regional NSW and the ACT to the advanced lifesaving medical care.

“Out here we need the service, it is necessary,” Mrs Hamilton said.

Mr and Mrs Hamilton have had no firsthand experience using Childflight, but can see the lifesaving work they do, and their motivation to help is simple.

“Because we love doing it,” Mrs Hamilton said.

To date they have raised over $10,000 for various charities. So far this year they have almost reached $3,000 for Childflight.

In the lead up to Christmas both Mr and Mrs Hamilton will step up the fundraising by holding street stalls and will continue to have barbecues outside Big W, simply for the love of making a difference.

“It gives us pleasure to see them help someone else,” Mrs Hamilton said.

“We do it to make a difference and the community are very grateful and would have us and support us here every week if they could,” she said.

Kit Nuthall is one person who can vouch for the fact that the work Childflight do is vital to people in rural areas. Two years ago, Kit was diagnosed with meningococcal and needed desperate medical care. For this Kit needed to be transported to Sydney’s Westmead Children’s Hospital.

It was Childflight that saved the then four-year-old from further medical complications.

It is this reason that every time Kit’s mother Caroline sees the barbecue set up she supports it.

“That’s why we all get a sausage,” Mrs Nuthall said.

The care they were provided with from the staff on board the helicopter was superb.

“They are highly professional and very compassionate, just absolutely amazing,” Mrs Nuthall said.

“I was even given a headset to hear the conversation between the doctor and pilot so I never felt isolated and knew exactly what was happening,” she said.

In addition to this, the tireless volunteers will not stop in Young but take their cause to surrounding districts and continue to keep Childflight in the air.