CIKA Supporters
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CIKA is indebted to our many supporters who give so generously. Large and small donations of time, money or goods and services are important in reaching our fundraising goals.
On this page we showcase some of the fundraising work done by individuals and groups who support CIKA.
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Jim Dawson |
Almost two years ago Jim and his colleague Luke had been talking about Luke applying to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Because only ten percent of first applications are successful, Jim unwisely said "I bet you don't get in on the first attempt", a simple throw away line that should have been thrown away.
At the beginning of 2012, Luke announced that he had been successful at the first attempt and then reminded Jim about 'The Bet'. "What bet?" thought Jim who swears that the stakes were never discussed at the time. Luke, however, remembered things differently!
So here we are on the last day of Luke's employment with AirServices, and the stakes being a pie in the face for Jim.
We see in these images Luke and Jim being very friendly and Luke handing over $100 for CIKA just so he can pie Jim who is not so sure that it was that friendly, particularly the others that followed at $20 each to put one in Jim's face.
Jim's ordeal raised $344 which will help CIKA's commitment to funding collaborative research to find a cure for childhood cancer. Australia's children, and children everywhere will benefit from this.
| Cream pie lovers should click here.
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Residents of Herbert Street, Middle Park |
| Each Christmas the Herbert Street families in Middle Park have a get together to celebrate and enjoy the wonderful friendships that have been established over several years. For the 2011 event they combined fun and fellowship while simultaneously raising $182 for CIKA.
| Click here to read more.
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O-I Melbourne |
Long-time CIKA committee member Julie Casilli and the team at O-I Melbourne organise several events each year to raise money for CIKA. One recent event was a sausage sizzle for which Julie collated a story board setting out all of our children’s stories together with their pictures. The event raised over $800.00.
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Macarthur and District Lions Club |
| Members of the Macarthur and District Lions Club in Victoria's Western District have long supported the Royal Children's Hospital. This year they presented CIKA with a cheque for $500 to help fund research in the Children's Cancer Centre.
| Click here to read more.
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| During the visit, Glenys Sharrock of the
Bessibelle Quilters introduced herself to CIKA
President, Sandra Lehrer, offering to
donate quilts to be used in CIKA raffles. A
subsequent meeting at the 2011
| Old Time Wood Days provided an opportuinty
to learn more about the Bessibelle Quilters
which was formed in 1991 after a group of local
women had been meeting informally for some
years and had been learning their craft from
a local identity.
Once the group started meeting regularly they
concentrated on perfecting their patchwork
skills and when they were confident in their
technique they made contact with Jacqui
Malseed at The Royal Children’s Hospital who
encouraged the group to make quilts for
children who were recovering from cancer
treatment at home.
The group has made many quilts to raise
funds for charities. Amongst those are
| Make A Wish, Warrnambool Palliative Care
| and Peters Project, a local initiative that will
see a cancer centre established in
Warrnambool. Naturally, this is a project very
dear to their heart.
From time to time members of the quilters move
on and prior to their move the group produces a
combined effort on a special quilt that reflects
the time spent and the friendships made
within the group
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|  The Bessibelle Quilters.
|  Left to Right: Jan Petersen, Cheryl Hill, Heather Rowbottom, Diane Cowland, Carmel Jasper, Gail Down, Glenys Sharrock and Sandra Boshma.
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Macedon Ranges Focus Group |
The Macedon Ranges Focus Group annual
Christmas luncheon is always a wonderful event which sees CIKA overwhelmed with the donations. We are so fortunate to have such great support from this magnificent group of people.
| Their 2009 donation helped to support the purchase of much-needed research equipment.
| Click here to read more.
| In 2010 Group members participated in the Robe-to-Bendigo bike ride which raised $3,259.50.
| For more click here.
| In addition to this, the Group presented CIKA with
a cheque for $5,000 and Vice President Gwen Kakafikas personally donated a further $1,000.
| Click here for some photographs of the 2010 Christmas luncheon and presentation.
| The June 2011 Focus luncheon gave over 90 guests the opportunity to hear CIKA Patron Peter Mitchell talk about his work in the media. Thank you to those that made the effort to attend. We were well rewarded with an interesting speech and great fellowship. Click here to see some pictures of the event.
|  | 2011 bike ride
|  | Chris Rhodes and friends
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|  | 2010 Christmas luncheon
|  | June 2011 luncheon
| The 2011 Warrnambool-to-Ballarat bike ride, completed on 24th November, raised $7,300. The riders are seen here taking a well-deserved rest at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. For a full report and some photographs, click here.
| Their Christmas lunch has long been a popular event and a great fund-raiser for CIKA. Group President, Chris Rhodes, is seen here with the Santas that she knitted to raise money for the annual donation. The 2011 lunch took place on Friday 9th December. Click here for details and photographs.
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Williamstown Rotary Club |
On Monday 7 December 2009 CIKA president, Sandra Lehrer, was presented with a cheque for $13,000 by the Friends R4 group of the Williamstown Rotary Club.
| Click here to read more.
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Methodist Ladies' College, Kew
Year 9 |
|  | For the past six years a small group of year nine students at MLC has elected to raise money for CIKA by creating a small catering business. Staff at the College have enjoyed the items cooked by the students and around five thousand dollars has been raised through their efforts.
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Methodist Ladies' College, Kew
Year 7 |
The year seven "Build a Basket" programme has provided hundreds of items for the silent auction at the annual CIKA Blue and Orange Ball over the past few years, raising over eight thousand dollars in 2010 and 2011.
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Sallyann Duke |
| | During September 2011 Sallyann Duke participated in the annual hundred mile "Tom Quilty Memorial" endurance horse ride for which she took the opportunity to chase people for donations or sponsorship for her successfully completed kilometres, whilst also raising awareness of CIKA, its work and objectives.
The Tom Quilty ride was originally founded by legendary Australian bushman R.M. Williams in 1966. Riders who successfully complete the 160 kilometre ride within the twenty four hour timeframe receive a silver "Tom Quilty 100 miles in one day" belt buckle which is a very sought after item amongst the endurance riding fraternity. This year's event was held at Mount Pleasant in South Australia with about 210 horse-and- rider starters; Sally, however, was the only rider to attempt the event on a mule, a feat which had only been achieved once before.
Sally and Joseph set off at the midnight start on the first of five legs. The weather leading up to the event was very wet making for challenging conditions over the whole course. Over the first two legs they travelled along well though some of the course was becoming very boggy.
Unfortunately, after the third leg, with a hundred and ten kilometres, completed, a perfect score by the vets and ruled fit to continue, Sally made the unselfish decision to withdraw as the conditions were so hard on Joseph. Although that meant no buckle for Sally it was still a hundred and ten kilometres completed for those who pledged a per-kilometre donation for CIKA.
Sally and Joseph's effort raised around five hundred dollars and, hopefully, some awareness of CIKA amongst a new circle of people.
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Joshua Brooks-Duncan |
As part of his Bar Mitzvah preparations in 2008, Joshua elected to raise money for CIKA. He sold chocolate and snakes and solicited direct donations. Joshua raised over $9,000 for CIKA.
| Click here for details.
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