Mildura Big Freeze

2025 DIY Big Freeze

We're fundraising for FightMND

We are taking part in this year's DIY Big Freeze to fundraise to help FightMND beat the Beast that is motor neurone disease (MND).

MND is a progressive disease that gradually takes away a person’s use of their arms and legs, their ability to eat and swallow, their speech and ultimately, their ability to breathe.… all in an average timeframe of just 27 months. Please help us by donating through our page.

It only takes a minute and any money you can give will go to improving care for people living with MND, fund research into more effective treatments, and eventually, find a cure.

Thank you, we really appreciate your support. Together we can defeat the Beast.

Thank you to our Sponsors

$10.02k

Anonymous

Well done Mia and family

$1.6k

Ziggys U14s

All the families for the u14s can't wait to see Ash and Chops go down the slide and to support a great cause

$1.02k

Ben Ridley

Love your work Mia, you are a Star :)

$1.02k

Mildura City Soccer Club

A cause that Mildura City Soccer Club couldn't be prouder to help support. Well done Vince on your efforts to raise funds to help beat the Beast

$1.02k

Lilliana & Travis Bongiovanni

Incredible work being done Vince. Cosi - its never a dull moment when your around, a big guy with a big heart! We love you ❤️❤️

$1,000

Anonymous

$750

Msp Seniors Group

$700

Marlie, Sadie And Zara Merch Sales

$670

U11’s Netball Cash Donations

Thank you REFNC & community for getting behind us in our Ice Bucket Challenge, we LOVED it!

$648

Refnc Players & Co

$515

Manfred Station Pty Ltd

$515

Davison Motor Group

$515

Mildura Motor Holdings Pty Ltd

$515

Anna Zappia

Amazing effort by everyone involved 💙 well done

$515

Phillip And Natalie Natale

$515

Anonymous

Sorry we can't be there. You're doing a great job. Mum would be proud.

$515

Ant Mezzatesta

$515

Donny & Carmel Falvo

$515

Joe & Mim Fotia

$515

Butch Dichiera

$500

Riordan Painting & Property Maintenance

Good on you Vince for supporting this cause and most importantly your brother Cosi. You know first hand how important brotherly love is to me & our entire family. You have supported my well being & health not to mention most of my family for 10 plus years. Now we are there for you. Your family are hard workers & fighters 👊. Love, Bel, Frog, Haz, Liv & Lyn💙

$500

Tony & Alinda Natale

$500

Josco Plumbing & Contracting

$500

Vince And Maria Iudica

$500

Slip Rocks Barber Shop

Proud to be part of such an amazing event raising awareness and funds to beat the beast! As promised here is my donation for my favourite slider Ben Ridley!

$500

Davison Motors Mildura

As promised our extra contribution to such an amazing cause! As promised the donation of $500 for Ben Ridley joining the slide!

$309

Tankard Dental

$264

Michael And Leanne Collicoat

In memory of a lovely lady who is never far from our thoughts.

$264

Mildura Performance.

I would like to thank all the people that have support us for this fight against MND.

$211

Nathan Falvo

$211

Tim, Selinda, Aunty Sue And Uncle Chris

Go get em kimmy. Cant wait to see it

$211

Arb Mildura & Markraft Engineering

Well Done Reu! Hope its extra chilly

$211

Gavin Billington

Well done mate

$211

Johnson’s Trucks

Well done Reuben on taking a plunge for the Big Freeze! 🥶 Raising Awareness & funds for FightMND — a cause that’s close to so many. Let’s beat the beast together. 💙

$211

Spacetek It & Communications

$211

Sun World

$211

Maria, Seb & Leila

Always here to support my big brothers! They are true fighters. Sending much love and support to you Cosi & Son Xxx

$200

Cosi & Joanne Dichiera

Well done Vince. We love you Cos & Sonia, we are with you all the way. ❤️

$200

Sandra Charles

$181

Paul D Shelly

$175

Cash Donations

$160

Ada Ragga

$158

Meegs & Hem

For you Cos and your beautiful family❤️ we are praying every day. Keep fighting and reach out any time for anything! Anyone reading please SHARE SHARE SHARE 🙏 ❤️ Love Meegs & Hemi

$158

James Wilson & Mildura Sporting Precinct

On behalf of the entire team at MSP, congratulations on all of the work that’s gone into this event and what an amazing amount raised! James & team.

$158

Tc & Jodi

Keep fighting Cos & Son Sending big hugs, love you guys. Good on you Vince

$158

Romarna Dichiera

Well done Vince! And much love to Cos and Sonia - unleash that stubborn Dichiera gene!! Xo

$158

Cafe Thirty Nine

$158

Lisa Zappia

$158

Elvin Naidu

$158

Cos And Kylie Cirillo

All the best Vince …. Such a wonderful thing to do

$158

Michael Brown

$158

Ausloans Mildura

$158

Chris & Bernadette Cagney

Well done James

$158

Melissa & Reece

Good job Jimmy um Grinch xx

$158

Larry Dimasi

Good luck my friend...great effort 💪

$158

Ross Gray Motor City

$158

Anonymous

$158

Mick & Ange Garreffa

Congratulations to all involved on raising money for such a worthy cause. special mention to our U11 netballers who are braving the cold in the ice bucket challenge. we are so proud of you.

$158

Bradie

Best of luck old mate

$158

Euston Royal Hotel Pty Ltd

$158

Jo Hepburn

$158

Ben And Silvana

Well done Vince, go Cos❤️

$158

Julie-ann And Charlie

Lots of love and support always. 🧡🙏🧡

$156

Indi

Love you

$155

Teresa (dichiera) Ward

Prayers for Cos and family 🙏🏼🤍 God Bless you all xo

$155

Enzo And Liliana

LETS GO PAPA!

$0

Sarah Rutten

$150

Carmel Pileggi

$150

Renay Handley

$150

Wes Dawson

Bring a new meaning to "Frozen Peas" Good Luck mate

$150

Silver Bullet

$150

Mildura Waste & Recycling

Braving the cold for a great cause—you’re amazing 💪💙

$150

Sarah Rutten

$150

Son Simonetta

This one’s for you babe, (Cos). You are my everything & we won’t give up this fight. Love you.xx❤️

$150

Mandy Polgar

Hi Mia This is to send all my love - I am Wendy’s cousin from Sydney - I hope you reach your goal beyond your dreams - it is such an important cause. Mandy Polgar

$106

Peter Loy

$106

Aiden Mcdonald

$106

Jack & Grace Brown

$106

Vince Simonetta

$106

Darius Modoo-loy

Great work Mia

$106

Sue Smith

$106

Fiona Kemp

Wishing you well with your icy plunge. Cos and Sonia are close friends and this breaks my heart for all. But with the love and support of family, friends and the wider community hopefully we are one step closer to a solution 🤎

$106

Dr & Aj Parker Livestock Transport

$106

Stevie Falvo

$106

Meeks

What an incredible family Nev has 😘💪🏼 He's so bloody proud.

$106

Vince & Tania Pollifrone

Well done to Vince and everyone participating in this great event, and wishing Cos much love and support.

$106

Jane Hollis

To your beautiful family, who have endured more than their fair share of medical issues. May your strength continue 🌻

$106

Fiona Reck

❤️❤️

$106

Doug And Jenny Eagle

$106

Kelly Wandel

Collective efforts can achieve so much.

$106

Karen Modoo

A small step closer 🌟

$106

Sandra Rielley

Well done Vince on raising fund’s & awareness for MND.

$106

Ross & Fal

$106

Interlink Sprayers Mildura

Brotherly supportive love means everything. Thinking of you all x

$106

Lee Carter

Well done on participating in such a great cause ... hope the water isn't too cold! Have fun!

$106

Maureen

Well done to both you fellas for your amazing effort and support to a great cause.

$106

Anonymous

WITH PAIN COMES STRENGTH KEEP FIGHTING WITH THAT SIMONETTA STRENGHT COSI XX

$106

Callaghan Motors

$106

Rhonda Watts

Well done Zoey. So proud of you for doing this to support the fight against MDS.

$106

Kay Family

Good work boys - hope you smash your target!!!

$106

David &:olivia Mcnabb

$106

Susanne Lakatos

$106

Jarrod Taylor

$106

Tara

I hope this helps your brother and family. Such a shit disease ❤️

$106

Gorgia And Charlie Highdale

$106

Lisa Pardo

Sending all our love to Cos and Son, from Lisa, Charlie, Josh, Curtis & Sophie xo

$106

Evie Dichiera

$106

Coop (dad)

Well done boys 👍👏

$106

Sonia Dichiera

$106

Toni Easterbrook

$106

Connie & Kepa Aldamiz

Love to you all 😘

$106

Joe Z

$106

Christine And Patrick Oreilly

Fantastic effort Kim on supporting MND big freeze Have a fun day and all the best xx

$106

Katie Tuppurainen

❤️💔

$106

Grz Table Grapes

$106

Aikman Family

Well done to everyone involved…BIG pat on the back to our U11 girls for braving the ice bucket challenge 👏🏻. Good luck for Saturday Vince 🥶🫶🏻!

$106

Marilyn And David Wilson

Much love and good wishes Cos

$105

Bottrell Family

$104

Nina Woulfe

Cannot wait to see you slide tomorrow Choppy!! 👌👏💪🤦‍♀️🥶🥶🥶

$100

Megan Smithers

For Dad & Poppy xxx

$100

Iencos Transport

Under 16s Support to get Chops on that slide !!

$100

Jack Dyson

$100

Evette Turlan

Plunge away!

$100

Louise Frasca

So deeply heartfelt 🥹 Your Mum was a beautiful lady 😘

$100

Jess & Kurt Mattschoss

$100

Michael Alderton

$100

Elliot Penniall

$100

Kerry O’rielly

So proud of you xxxx

$85

Anonymous

Can’t wait to see Cam get dunk’d

$80

Daine Grace

You are a legend

$80

Kristy Helgeland

$80

Denise Parr

So very proud of you Lovely Heart ❤️

$80

Nina Woulfe

Great stuff Sam!!

$80

Will And Dan Castleman.

$80

Ruby Bellinger

$80

Brendan, Ebony, Oliver And Darcie Gove

Such a worthy cause, we fight for a cure 🩵💙

$80

Judy Forbes

$80

Susan Smith

Thinking of you Cos and Sonia! Keep fighting!!

$80

The Gardner’s

Thanks for taking one for the team. Well done Vince

$80

Ben & Jane Rogers

$78

Mia Collicoat

$78

Suzanne Connell

Good luck Kim. I would to watch you do it. I am watching the big freeze happening in Melbourne today, Monday.

$75

Murph

In support of Cos and Son, good onya Vince 💪🏼 and in memory of Nev Pomroy 💜 Happy sliding 😁

$75

Sylvia/steve

Amazing work Kimo, S&S

$69

Dean Oven

You will need it.......

$54

Brad + Ilia Cooper

$54

Nicole Mammone

Fantastic cause

$54

Anonymous

You guys are doing a wonderful thing, what a great cause to fund raise for

$54

Angus Nicholds

$50 to see Chops slide

$54

Connor Aunger Prd Real Estate

Really love what your doing Al. Keep it up mate.

$54

Tom Helms

$54

Betty Blake And Family

$54

Ernesto Davoli

$54

Anonymous

$54

Lana Durie

Thinking of you all Cos, Son and family x

$54

Sophie Bowring

$54

Grace Caminiti

$54

Xavier Erskine

$54

Leah Merrick

$54

Riley Cox

$54

Bernie Chaplin

Amazing work once again Mia Collicoat for organising such a successful local event. Very well done. :)

$54

Wayne Shaddock

$54

Clint King

$54

Jarod Waters

$54

Raymond And Kylie Scott

Wonderful Kim good luck tomorrow

$54

Brooke Dunstan

$54

Darren And Wambui Scott

Good luck tomorrow Kim Darren and Wambui

$54

Bear

Go Chopper from the U14s and U16s!!

$54

Pete Moore

Keep it going boys. Love the style!

$54

Sandra & John Surace

$54

Francesca Bulzomi

You are an amazing person Sammy Respect to you it is such a great cause 👏👏👏

$54

Janine Bussell

$54

Paul Okane

$54

Kevin & Gail Sharp

Good Luck Vince & thank you

$54

Alisha Parker

$54

Cheryl Holdsworth

Proud of you for doing this cousin - Glenn Bussell.

$54

Damo & Alesia Pileggi

$54

Kyle Williams

$54

Paul Andriotis

Great work brother! 💙

$54

Always Was Always Will Be

For another Brother

$54

Sylvia Pileggi

Go Sammy ❤️

$54

Ellen Mackay

Hey Vince, hope my Donation is helping. Also bought the MND Beanie. Take Care. Love to you all in this difficult time Xxoo

$54

Emilia + Kyre

$54

Arb Mildura & Markraft Engineering

Additional $100 for Alastair to take his shirt off !!

$54

Tracy Hocking

So proud of our granddaughter Tilda in taking part of the big freeze to fight MND !

$54

Kristy Carter

You've got this arrrawwaaarrrr army

$54

Nonna Lina And Nonno Lucky

$54

Mark Tavcar

Great cause Mate, well done

$54

The Obriens

$54

Angela Pisano

Freezing for a great cause ! Go you!xxx

$54

Olivia Janssen

$54

Derek Morris

Love your page and content. Must be a cause you believe in and u am happy to contribute!

$54

Josie Scullino

$54

Harley Cole

❤️

$54

Kylie & Phil

WTG Bridge and Cam! Donating in memory of Sandra Foster (Kerr) 💕

$54

Bronwyn Lambert

$54

Lily Bussell-poole

$54

Bernard Rigby

$54

Adam Knoll

Good work for a good cause, well done Vince!

$54

James Rogers

Good luck mate

$54

Sam And Megan Bonnici

Awesome effort, well done :)

$54

Antonette Dichiera

Thinking of you

$54

Tara & Brad Sharp

$54

Amanda Cameron

Craig and I are here for you as your family go through this. Please don’t hesitate to reach out, we’re thinking of you all.

$54

Mckenzie

$54

Andrew Ward

$54

Narrah Hargreaves

$54

Jen And Margot

xx

$54

Ben Erskine

$54

Ducnan Cooper

Good luck buddy

$54

Anonymous

Good work gents. This one’s to get chops down the slide. On behalf of u/16s parents

$53

Mackenzie Book

$53

Anthony & Josie Pollifrone

$53

Sarah & Fishy

$53

Delina And Matthew Herreen

All the best Vince!! We are praying 🙏 they find a cure for this nasty disease so Cosimo Simonetta and others get the help they need to make a full recovery ❤️‍🩹

$50

Peta Rouse

$50

Claire, Dave & Sebastian Xx

Well done Kim!!!

$50

Andy Nguye

$50

Brooke Prichard

$50

Sioeli Fangaloka

$50

Sheilla Linder-auricht

$50

Greg Andriske

Luv ya work Reuben 😎

$50

Deb & Pete Byrnes

Good luck with the BIG FREEZE. Thanks showing the world that disabilities, down syndrome & different coloured skin can all work together ❤️

$50

Aimee Fontaine

Well done Bridge and Cam, thanks for supporting such an amazing cause.

$44

X&t Williams

👍🏽

$44

Deb And Fred Rouse

Good luck Choppy. Very cool !!!!!!

$44

Karen & Tasmin

We hope you have a great day & many warm beverages after...it looks way too cold! Much love xx

$33

Sharne Lane

Good luck boys. Hope it’s super cold!! Two legends raising funds for one BIG legend.

$33

Borderland Bookkeeping

Well done Zoey for doing this.

$32

Clare Southwell

Sending our love to you Sonia and Cos. Beautiful people and we send all our love ❤️

$28

Jorja Del

$28

Anonymous

$28

Merrilyn Kelly

Thinking of you and Cos and Son

$28

Jack Bakewell

My dawgg!

$28

Siobhan Wilson

Well done Grinch. It was a pleasure making you freeze.

$28

Carly Landkroon

Good luck Big Al! BRRR

$28

Gail Watts

$28

Gail Watts

$28

Leah Connelly

$28

Robyn Smythe

$28

Bradley Clewes

$25

Tom

Go Snowflakes!!

$23

Claire Davies

Nice work The Brotherboys

$23

Anonymous

Great work guys

$23

Julie Galy

This is a horrible disease and way too common for those that are loved . I hope they find a cure real soon x

$23

Nath And Lan Baird

Well done Boys! Great cause 💙

$23

Blake Lambert

So keen to see chops go down

$23

Joan

$23

Katarina Stice

$23

Tim & Jordan Fennell

$23

Mark Grima

$23

Sharon Williams

XXX

$23

Ella

$23

Bronte O'donnell

💙

$23

Himmy Stephens

Get it King

$23

Robyn Lambert

$23

Anonymous

$23

The Haskells

You guys are amazing 👏

$23

Anonymous

$23

Anonymous

$23

Anonymous

$23

Jaxson Lia

$23

Donna

People Helping People!

$23

Frazz And Zara

$22

Narelle Bennett

$22

Anonymous

Well done

$20

Teresa Lia

Go Chopper !!

$20

Britt Carter

Good luck and enjoy the slide! 🥶

$20

Meg Byrnes

With love you Unlce Bill and Uncle Ky Love from Violet and Oscar x

$20

Steph Black

$20

Kyla Court

$17

Val Lynch

$12

Nathan Chamberlain

$12

Anonymous

$12

Dot

Go Boys

$12

Annette

All the best with your fund raising for such a worthwhile cause.

$12

Margi Sycamore

Keep up the good work Brotherboys!

$12

Corrina C

I think it's great you're doing this for a great cause. Im happy to support you both because you crack me up daily with your antics. Too deadly!

$12

Anonymous

$12

Anonymous

$12

Lou

Love you two too bits💙💙💙💙

$12

Anonymous

$12

Rebecca Brown

$10

Rhory Adams

$10

Tauree K

$5

Andrew Biwer