Sisters Kayla and Jasmine have a powerful reason to run this year in the 2019 HBF Run for a Reason. At just three weeks of age, Kayla’s infant daughter Scarlette contracted late onset group B streptococcus, a bacteria commonly found in the intestines. In most people, this infection requires a course of antibiotics, but newborns
The Euroz Big Walk for Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation on Sunday 17 March is a chance for our community to come together, have fun and raise money for sick kids in hospital. Over the years, the Euroz Big Walk has raised more than $1 million for the Foundation, and it’s the ongoing support of the
Local motorcycle club the Guardians of Innocence are putting their money where their wheels are to support kids at Perth Children’s Hospital. In November 2015, a couple of mates decided to combine their love and enjoyment of riding their Harley Davidson’s, with helping others, specifically kids. They noticed that kids would get very excited when
While being told her pregnancy was deemed high risk was a shock, Leana and her husband Kyle knew that remaining calm and centred would give their unborn child, Evelyn, the best possible chance. Leana’s 12 week scan showed that Evelyn had gastroschisis, a condition which caused her intestines to protrude through a hole in her
At five months of age, Robbie Buchan contracted Meningoccoccal B Septicaemia. He spent the next 18 months in PMH – two months in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and sixteen months in the Burns Unit. Robbie tragically lost most of his arms and legs, but burns specialist Dr Fiona Wood and her team managed to
Foundation supporter, Tony recently organised a sausage sizzle at Bunnings Mindarie to raise funds for Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation, something he says just felt like the right thing to do. “Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation is a very worthy cause and my own daughter has spent a good amount of time at the hospital; in my mind
Fun with friends, fishing and photos were the order of the day when Jim McLarty embarked on a fun fundraiser to raise funds for three high acuity paediatric cots for West Australian babies in need. Jim’s ‘Blue HQ’s Take the Kids Fishing’ event – which took place in November 2016 – succeeded in raising $24,000
The team at Ocean Keys Shopping Centre helped by our amazing volunteers put the fun into fundraising last festive season, by wrapping customer’s gifts in return for a gold coin donation! And the fantastic news is that the festive fundraiser netted over $3,300 for Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation! Ocean Keys Shopping Centre Assistant Marketing Manager,
More than 35 Little Athletics WA centres across WA banded together last November as part of their annual fundraiser day supporting the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation! Each Little Athletics WA centre took on their own challenge – ranging from lap-a-thons to tin shaking to barbeques and cake stalls – all in the name of supporting
It took three year’s hard slog growing her hair, but by the middle of 2016, 13-year-old Neve had managed to grow her hair long enough to sit on the end of her long locks! But rather than ‘rest on her locks’, the compassionate teenager then decided she wanted to cut it all off and donate