Category: Supporter Stories

Arrow’s dedicated supporters turned out in style this June for a fashionable fundraising event: a glamorous race day at Royal Randwick, hosted by the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation. The event was part of their ongoing mission to raise vital funds for those in need, including the patients we support here at Arrow. The crisp winter […]

This month, we were honored to receive a generous donation of $31,953 from ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation, presented to our Fundraising Manager, Kags Garrard, by Barbara Colvin and Gerard Doyle from the ASX Foundation. This incredible donation reflects a full year of amazing fundraising events hosted by the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation including their Golf […]

It’s time to pop the (non-alcoholic) champagne and say a big THANK YOU to Dry July and everyone who participated to support Arrow in the 2024 campaign. It was our first ever Dry July here at Arrow, and we were left reeling with amazement at the support we received through your fundraising efforts: $45,000 raised […]

“We’d only kayaked at night once before. And that was by accident.” That’s not a sentence you expect to hear from someone who has just done their first ever Canoe Classic. The Hawkesbury Classic Paddle is a 111km overnight paddle from Windsor to Mooney Mooney along the majestic Hawkesbury River: an ultra-marathon paddling event. And […]

Wennie van Lint isn’t one to give up easily, and we’re extremely grateful for that, because we’ve just received another $4,500 donation from Wennie’s paddling adventures! You might recall Wennie. We’ve told you about his support of Arrow before. Most recently he decided to take on another big challenge to raise money for Arrow: A […]

Can we all just agree that 250km is a long way to paddle? Most of us would be so daunted by the thought of paddling that far that we would choose to do something else over our summer break, like watch the cricket, perhaps. Not so Wennie van Lint. Wennie is a long-term supporter of […]

Katherine Robertson, pictured in 1999, not long before her diagnosis with acute lymphocytic leukaemia. Anne Robertson  Anne Robertson was a refined lady, always impeccably presented, with a love for history and family. Anne had a love of the arts enjoying the theatre, Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and she spent much time travelling around UK and […]

The Vital Role of Pro Bono Partners in Supporting Our Charity’s Mission At the core of every successful charity lies a network of dedicated partners who provide crucial support, allowing us to focus on our mission of helping those in need. One of the most invaluable forms of support we receive comes from pro bono […]

The 2024 Hawkesbury Classic Paddle, held over the weekend, marked a successful 45th edition with 107 paddlers participating. Organized by the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic Association Inc., the event is a charity fundraiser for medically-based organizations, and this year, it raised $50,000 for the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation. Over its 30-year history, the event has […]

At Arrow, we are incredibly grateful to the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation for their unwavering support of Australian-based children, disability, and medical research charities. Through a variety of fundraising events and auctions, the Foundation has raised over $36 million, making a significant difference in the lives of many. We are proud to be one of […]

This year we launched our inaugural Paint the Town Red campaign, and had people painting the town red the whole of September during Blood Cancer Awareness month. In fact, there was some kind of event happening each and every week to help support bone marrow and stem cell patients across the country. What a fabulous […]

In 2023 Trista from Wallace Wilkinson and Webster made the lifesaving decision to donate her bone marrow to an unknown recipient in the UK. A year later she received a letter of gratitude from the lady she helped and her family. This generous act of kindness inspired Trista’s work colleagues to make a donation to […]