Newcastle and Hunter Region Transport Awareness Day
Mackas Sand and Soil are sponsors of the Newcastle and Hunter Region Transport Awareness Day. All the proceeds from the Awareness campaign and events are given to the Rescue Helicopter Service.
Chad Griffith, Marketing Manager for the Rescue Helicopter Service said, “Corporate sponsors are the life force for the communities own Rescue Helicopter Service that help ensure that the fundraising targets are met so that no one has ever had to pay to utilise the service.”
The event is currently held on the first Sunday of November each year. The Newcastle and Hunter Region Road Transport Awareness Day Group (NHRRTAG) was formed back in 1994. It was started by a small collection of individuals from within the local industry under direction from the Road Transport Forum (now known as the Australian Trucking Association) to seek to promote greater awareness and knowledge about the road transport industry and its position within the community. The First Road Transport Awareness Day activity was held in Civic Park Newcastle with a small number of trucks on display. For more about this day, click here – www.transportawarenessday.org.au.


Mallabula Junior Rugby League Club
Macka’s have sponsored the Mallabula Panthers Junior Rugby League Club for the last 10 years and are excited about continuing that relationship. The youth that play the with the club can benefit from better equipment as a part of the sponsorship.

Rehabilitation and Eucalyptus growth
In conjunction with the local business Oakvale and Farm and Fauna World, Macka’s Sand and Soil planted thousands of Eucalypt species that are specifically desired by the local Koala population. The local businesses sit side by side and are focused on providing resources to the local fauna as well as a part of responsible land management.
Kids Cancer Project
Macka’s Sand and Soil supplies donated the cattle and time to the Port Stephens Charity Draft. the money raised, $6500, will go to the Kid’s Cancer Project to help with the care of children. See attached article published in the Campdraft and Rodeo magazine.

Samaritans Foundation
Macka’s Sand and Soil Supplies donated to the Samaritans Foundation for 2019 Christmas for the Lunch in The Park 2019.

Remote & Rural Mental Health
Rural Minds is a culturally tailored programs designed to raise awareness and confidence, grow understanding and ensure the information is embedded at a local level into agricultural and farming communities. There are three programs we support during the year.

Clip from the great race. View here



We donated $500.00 for the support ‘Learning to Fly’ that had taken part on the 28th August on a epic journey travelling through bathurst to Taree via Dubbo. This event raised funds for children affected by kidney disease.
Donations can be made via everyday hero website.




Thank you for your support of the Special Children’s Christmas Party and through us, your support of up to 1,200 local families. It’s your generosity that allows us to create magic for these children and their families and gives them the opportunity to have fun and make wonderful memories.

18 June 2020
In its 15th year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout is faced with a great challenge shared by so many people across the globe. COVID-19 has meant that all of us have had to adjust the way we do things – the way we do business, the way we socialise and the way we help others. We have supported Dianne Hamer from Castle Personal.

We hade the please of donating 3 Bales 742, 743, 744 that was collected by Ben Niland – Community of Medowie to collect the bales on behalf of Rural Aid Ltd.

The Port Stephens Cup Racing for Riley 30 June 2018

(DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure introduced in 1987. costing 35,000 to ensure there dad has quality of life.





Your donation 7th Aug 2020 will help the Children’s Cancer Foundation fund clinical research, clinical care and provide family support to ensure the highest standards of diagnosis, treatment and support for both child and family.
