Ray White Surfers Paradise Hosts Annual Muscular Dystrophy Charity Ball

They were able to raise $140,000 on the night for Muscular Dystrophy research but for Andrew and Greg Bell, it meant a little bit more than that.

Andrew and Greg are extremely proud of how the RWSP Charity Ball has grown over the years and how the money raised is going to a great cause.

“We started a charity ball 31 years ago, and we were the one and only charity ball on the Gold Coast. We are pleased that our ball is the longest running, continuous ball in the Gold Coast's history and it has raised over $4.2 million for Muscular Dystrophy,” Andrew said.

“The real highlight of this year is that we have reached another one of our goals, we have been able to put aside a portion of funds raised each year, to the point that we now have $1 million in a high interest earning account.

“That means long past Greg and my stage of being able to host balls or other fundraising exercises, there will be a perpetual annual grant into research to try and eradicate this disease.

“Over the past 10 years, life expectancy grew from the late teens to the late twenties, but breakthroughs in the last couple of months suggest that life expectancy can now be extended to middle age.

“But we still haven't found the silver bullet to eradicate it altogether. For as long as we can, we will continue in our efforts to reach that goal.

“In 2025, we are putting on our innovator's hat, and have decided that the charity and cause will get lost among so many balls, and so we have taken a decision to morph into a whole different concept and one that we think will elevate our fundraising to a whole new level and with even greater financial reward to Muscular Dystrophy research.

“So we are excited to continue our passion to raise the funds, but in a refreshed, new and more contemporary concept.”

Everyone is looking forward to seeing what comes next.