Beneficiaries

Over $150,000 has been donated to a variety of organisations since 1981, either by way of equipment purchases, funding research, or donations of money for a specific purpose.

In 2011, funds will be donated to the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation and the Brightspark Foundation

Some of the previous beneficiaries include:

• Humour Foundation (Perth Clown Doctor Unit): $10,000 (provided over 250 hours of clown doctor visits to Princess Margaret Hospital for Children)
• SIDS:
  • production of emergency support manual for police and emergency services personnel attending a cot death ($8,000);
  • funding a postgraduate research scholarship to study the development of infant airways ($34,500);
  • $15,500 donated directly to SIDS for research;
  • other funds donated to SIDS via the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund ($18,900 donated over 3 years, plus an unknown amount donated over another 3 years).
• Cystic Fibrosis: $2,000.
• Bentley Hospital: an infant warmer (worth $2,650).
• Cerebral Palsy Association: $2,000 worth of equipment.
• Speech & Hearing Centre: a $2,400 amplifer for their "talkabout" program for children aged 18 months to 5 years.
• CanTeen: $1,500 worth of equipment, including a sports trailer, 2 massage tables, a 94 litre esky and a 20 litre water cooler.
• King Edward Memorial Hospital:
  • special chairs for the Special Care Nurseries (worth $3,500);
  • an infusion pump (worth $4,200);
  • a breast pump (worth $600);
  • $2,000 for the Womens & Infants Research Foundation;
  • $5,000 for their Bone Densitometer appeal.
• Princess Margaret Hospital: $5,342.50 for research.