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Meet the children your generous donations support directly—hear their stories, meet their families, and see the impact the Foundation has on these young lives. News and media coverage give us the opportunity to share our stories with the broader community, important for continuing to garner support for those who need it the most. Here we share Foundation news that matters the most to people we support, our generous donors, and the broader WA community.
Our stories.
How making pizzas can support WA’s sickest kids.
Did you know every time you buy a Mum’s Sause pasta or pizza sauce from a Coles supermarket in WA, 50 cents from each product sold comes to Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Move to Improve: Mary’s Rottnest swim to bring joy of surfing to WA kids.
Mary Rogers is set to take part in the 400m Kids’ Swim for Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation (PCHF) on Saturday March 18
Fund cutting-edge brain cancer research equipment.
Dr Santosh Valvi – Paediatric Oncologist at PCH Meet Dr Santosh Valvi, a paediatric oncologist at Perth Children’s Hospital. Santosh is just one of the incredible medical professionals that played a crucial role in helping Luca recover from a very rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. Luca’s mum, Brooke was told her then three-year-old
Christmas comes early for Mariah
Puppies have a way of instantly melting hearts and nine-year-old Mariah was immediately smitten when she collected her new four-legged friend, Charlie.
Meet Andie
For most of her life, Andie’s family didn’t know why the left side of her body was larger than her right and why she had facial and dental abnormalities, along with vision and hearing impairment. It was through global collaboration that doctors finally received the diagnosis of an extremely rare condition, RHOA related mosaic ectodermal
Meet Sam
When Sam and his twin brother, Brody, were born, his mum and dad suspected something was not quite right. Sam displayed the features of spinal kyphosis, curvature of the spine. After visits to a succession of health professionals, blood tests revealed Sam’s condition, MPS1. The lack of a certain enzyme causes a build-up in the