There are many ways that you, your friends and work colleagues can Fundraise and Get Involved to support Kidney Health Australia's work - and have fun!
We need passionate and inspired people to help raise much needed funds for Kidney Health Australia. If you are a member of a community group, school or club you may be interested in getting your friends together to have some fun, and make a difference by helping us.
Kidney Kidnections Book
‘Kidney Kidnections’ is more than just a story book, it is an account of the experiences of children and their parents struggling to come to terms with a diagnosis of kidney disease.
Simone Eyles, herself a parent of a young child with kidney disease produced and developed this wonderful publication, which contains inspirational and uplifting insights into the journeys experienced by our Australian kidney families.
Included are the stories of eighteen families, simple facts on kidney disease, how our kidneys work and a glossary of relevant, easy to understand terminology.
Copies of the beautiful 80 page, full colour publication are available for sale and proceeds will support our fight against kidney disease. A book of real stories of families whose children have been affected by kidney disease
Excerpt from Kidney Kidnection
Joshua’s Story – Through The Eyes of his Mother Melina
"Our lives were turned upside down when I was 30 weeks pregnant. I had gone for a routine ultrasound when the radiographer went silent and all I could see on the monitor were three big black circles on my little unborn baby’s stomach. She asked me if I had had my 18-week ultrasound done. I’d had that scan done and it had shown that everything was normal. I told the radiographer this, and she told me to go back to my obstetrician and have more scans done; this is when our nightmare began. After more tests were done, I was told one of my baby’s kidneys was full of cysts and they could not even locate the other one. So for eight long weeks we waited for our baby to be born, not knowing if he even had a kidney that could function. These were very dark times for my husband and myself".
For more remarkable stories like this, please email or phone us to secure your copy today.
Build Your Own Fundraising Page
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EverydayHero is a fantastic site that allows you to build you own fundraising page and send people the link and they can donate online immediately, it's quick and easy and a great way to get you message out. |
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MyCause is a fantastic site that allows you to build you own fundraising page and send people the link and they can donate online immediately, it's quick and easy and a great way to get you message out.
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Instead of giving platters, socks, photo frames and other useless gifts our initiative allows companies and individuals to give the gift of Charity Gift Vouchers. This Charitable voucher can be sent to families or friends, customers or colleagues, empowering them to give the donation to the charities they care about most |
Organise a Fundraising Event
Tell us about your exciting fundraising initiative, download our Community Fundraising Guidelines and complete your proposed idea so that we can all raise awareness of kidney health. Also see Community Fundraising Proposal & Agreement and Guidelines Form - Donating Shared income.
There are many ways that you can support Kidney Health Australia:
- Donation - you can donate online - click link . Donations of $2 and over are tax deductible. A donation receipt will be issued for all donations.
- Gift in Lieu - prefer to make a donation than purchase a gift. We can arrange an appropriate card to be sent on your behalf. Phone us to discuss your request.
- Become a Volunteer at one of our offices, or help at one of our many activities.
- Purchase a Lottery Ticket - click link or call toll free on the number below.
- Bequests - click link.
- Percentage of Sales - read the community fundraising guidelines and download an application form
For more information on any of these fundraising ideas, please contact Annette Smith on 03 9674 4305 or email annette.smith@kidney.org.au