This episode is a special one, and it drops the day before our 50K Day challenge.
Meet Brooke Derksen, the woman behind CREW Apparel & Print, a proud supporter of 5 With A Digger since episode two.
Brooke is a mum, grandmother, small-business owner and a passionate advocate for veterans and their families. When her husband Adam was made redundant, she threw herself into learning the support system while they were living on food vouchers, struggling to pay rent and trying to hold things together as a family.
Brooke kept pushing until she found help. Then she used what she’d learned to support other veterans and families too.
In this episode, we talk honestly about life beside a veteran living with service-related PTSD, the toll that can take on a partner, and why families need to be part of the conversation. We also talk motherhood, grief, mental health, finding your identity again and building a business with heart.
CREW’s motto is “Looking After You & Your Crew” and Brooke lives that in the way she backs her people and our veteran community.
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I’M TAKING ON THE BRAVERY TREK!
This October, I’ll be putting in the kilometres for a cause that means a hell of a lot to me — supporting Australian veterans and their families.
I’ve joined the Bravery Trek to raise funds for Bravery Trust, helping veterans and their families who are facing financial hardship.
The funds raised help provide immediate financial assistance, veteran-specific financial counselling and education giving people the support they need to regain stability before hardship becomes crisis.
Through 5 With A Digger, I’ve had the privilege of hearing the stories of so many veterans and their families, so this is another way I can get behind the community and hopefully make a difference.
And you don’t just have to donate; you can join the team! Jump on board, clock up your own kilometres throughout October and combine them with ours as a team. Whether it’s walking, running or just getting out there and moving, every kilometre adds up.
Donate to the campaign. Join our team. Clock up your kilometres. Support our veteran community. Let’s see how many kilometres we can knock over together this October!
Donate or join the team here:
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The Bravery Trek finishes with our 50K Day on Friday 30 October: a big walk-and-run from Noosa to Mooloolaba. You can join us for a leg, and we’ll share the starting and finishing locations closer to the day. Every bit of support helps raise funds for Bravery Trust and the veterans and families they support.
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