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Over $400,000 has now been raised for Aussie firefighters thanks to Russell Crowe, his sweaty Rabbitohs cap and three billionaire entrepreneurs!
The hat was sold during a Twitter auction to Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes who bid $100,000 (US $68k)
"Sign it 'Today is the day' and add your name...then find a kid affected by the bushfires and make his day by giving him the hat," Cannon-Brookes tweeted just before the bidding closed.
Crowe who had earlier vowed to match the donation, raised the overall total to $200,000 before Scott Farquhar, also an Atlassian co-founder, announced he would donate $100,000 along with Ryan Smith co-founder of Qualtrics who also contributed the same amount.
As it turned out, Russell Crowe ended up donating $105,000 because, as he puts it, he "can't count":
So... delivered 19 cheques to RFS Captain John Lardner, a total of $105k because I cant count apparently, haha all good@NSWRFS pic.twitter.com/QlCEXMBlm6
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) November 29, 2019
Who would've thought, a sweaty, dirty Souths cap could do so much good?
