Members of Wagga's Indian community walked as one on Sunday to raise more than $500 for medical research.
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Local Sikhs organised an eight kilometre stroll around Pomingalarna Reserve to promote awareness of prostate cancer and raise funds for research of its treatment
Wagga nurse Amit Gupta, who helped organise the event, said more than 35 people took part including 10 children.
"Originally it was just a thought by our Sikh community that we might do a walk to keep faith but then we thought, 'Why don't we raise some funds?'," Mr Gupta said.
"It was very good, it was a good response.
"We started with a bit of hot weather but then it cooled down. Almost everybody finished the walk."
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Mr Gupta said Wagga Sikhs were very supportive of being there for the community as a whole.
He said COVID-19 made usual community and fundraising events challenging, but the Sikhs would continue to keep an eye on where and how they could support Wagga.
"They just need a little bit of encouragement and they are there to support in any way they can," he said.
He said a local survivor of prostate cancer visited the walkers before they took off on Sunday who also chipped in some funds for the cause.
Mr Gupta said he was still collecting donations with the final amount to go to Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia at the end of this week.
"I would like to thank the support of the Sikh community members from the bottom of my heart," he said.
"We will keep supporting for any noble cause that comes our way."