Pharmacy Daily | Tackling 12-day trek for Starlight kids

WIZARD Pharmacy Chief Operating Officer Sally Parker and her husband, Nick Parker, are set to take on the 12-day Camino de Santiago trek to raise money for the Starlight Children's Foundation.

The trek, which was initially planned for 2020 but postponed to May due to the pandemic, will see the couple start in Porto, Portugal and travel 246.6km to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

With this fundraiser, Wizard Pharmacy is on track to reach its donation milestone of $500k this year, which is the 13th year of partnership with the foundation.

Sally Parker spoke about the cultural experience and the personal challenge the trek presented as the reasons for her and her husband doing the walk.

"I'm looking forward to this opportunity to push ourselves outside our comfort zones, test our limits and hopefully discover more about ourselves and what we are physically and mentally capable of.

"We're also excited to immerse ourselves in the culture and learn more about the history of each town we shall pass through and the historical medieval pilgrimage as a whole," she said.

"To have this incredible experience, all the while raising money for such a worthy cause, truly makes this a milestone moment in my life."

The Starlight Children's Foundation State Partnership Manager WA/NT, Cath Petsos, wished them luck and hoped it would be an incredible experience.

"We're extending enormous appreciation for their efforts to raise funds for Starlight toward making a difference to sick children and young people together.

"We trust they'll find plenty of their own moments of positive distraction along the way just as our own Captain Starlights provide positive distraction for the kids in hospital - we're right behind you!" Petsos said.

Pictured: Sally Parker and Nick Parker (centre) with Captain Starlights at the Perth Children's Hospital Starlight Express Room.