Business community comes together to Pink Up Port Douglas

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Floral Edge was just one of many businesses who have raised money for the OTIS Foundation. IMAGE: Supplied.


LAST weekend OTIS Foundation, with the support of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce held a ‘Pink Up Port Douglas” fundraiser where participating businesses went pink and raised funds for breast cancer.

The OTIS Foundation provide Breast Cancer Retreats free of charge for people battling breast cancer and their families for some much needed rest and relaxation. Port Douglas now has a local retreat in Island Point Rd, and local couple Mick and Sue Whalen have also come on board to offer stays at Nautilus Holiday Apartments. 

“Funds raised will cover the cost of cleaning these venues for each OTIS booking and whilst there are other hotels who would like to come on board, OTIS Foundation can only provide what they can afford,” says Chamber President Helen De Ross.

“So the more funds raised each year, the more Port Douglas holidays the OTIS Foundation can offer. The generosity of this business community never ceases to amaze me.”

The full list of participating businesses and their fundraising activities are below.

  • Floral Edge – selling individual pink flowers and lollies with all funds going to OTIS
  • Café Fresq – staff donating tips for the weekend and Café Fresq matching donation
  • Barbados – staff donating tips for the weekend
  • With Sugar – working on something but will also have raffle tickets (they have 2 prizes donated for raffle) and donation tin
  • BambooShak – donating % of profit for the weekend
  • Jungle Road – Pink Lolly Buffet
  • Malones Butchery – raffle tickets & donation tins
  • Kass & Ko – raffle tickets & donation tins
  • Coles – donation tins & raffle tickets at the registers
  • Blue Dive – $200 donation
  • Rose & Boy – donation tin & raffle tickets
  • Hemingways Brewery – donation tin & raffle tickets
  • News Extra Port Douglas – donation tin
  • Nautilus Holiday Apartments – donation tin & raffle tickets as well as accommodation for OTIS
  • Tropical Journeys – donating Family Reef Trip for each OTIS stay
  • Café Fresq - staff donated $500 in tips that was match by owners of Café Fresq ($1000)


If you would like to donate as part of Pink Up Port Douglas, you can make a donation at Bendigo Bank until Friday October 28..

For more information visit OTIS Foundation and Pink in the Tropics websites.