Tag: donation

“My bone marrow transplant was the worst and the best time of my life.” That’s how Jordan Lambropoulos describes her ground-breaking stem cell transplant now that she has another year of living under her belt. Bone marrow or stem cell transplants are nothing new, so what makes Jordy’s transplant so ground-breaking? Well, as far as […]

The Allan Frenkel Foundation was born in 1997, the year Allan would have been 19. Allan Frenkel is described as joyful and happy young man, the life of the party, and always ready for fun. That’s how Allan’s family and friends remember him. Those fond memories are also tinged with great sadness though, because one […]

After a three-year hiatus due to COVID in 2020 and again in 2021, and then the devastating floods of 2022, it was a pleasure to be able to attend the start of the 2023 Hawkesbury Canoe Classic. And what a fabulous event it was! Hundreds of paddlers, along with their supporting land crew, gathered at […]

This month we attended the ASX Refinitiv ‘Racing for Good’ Charity Race Day at Randwick Racecourse. This is the first of several fundraising events the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation is hosting that will benefit Arrow. These events will raise over $20,000 towards our Patient Support Program which provides real and practical financial assistance to people […]

Lismore is doing it tough. First the COVID pandemic, and then the devastating floods just over a year ago now, the effects of which are continuing to be felt throughout the community. During these difficult times, people of Lismore and the Northern Rivers region have still been diagnosed with cancer, and have still needed chemotherapy. […]

Robyn (Robbie) Canner was a single mum with little support around her when her son Scott was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “It was a tough time,” Robbie says. “Everything happens so fast with this disease. We got the diagnosis, Scott went into hospital to begin treatment, and he never came home.” The two years between […]

We have recently received an extremely generous donation from the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC) Association of $25,000 to help support our work here at Arrow. It is an especially generous donation this year because their event, the 111km overnight paddle down the Hawkesbury River, hasn’t been able to run for the last three years: two […]

Our attendance at the recent BLOOD Conference was a runaway success. How do we know? Because since then, we have built new relationships with many social workers across several new hospitals, and the number of families who have asked us for financial assistance has doubled. What a terrific outcome! A doubling of the number of […]

High Achiever.  That’s an apt description for Wennie van Lint. He has been an academic (Head of Department, no less), has had a football career including a couple of games with South Melbourne (now known as Sydney Swans) and is currently a Leader in finance and economics with GHD Advisory.  And what does that have […]

It was soon after the birth of her second child that Emma’s unusually high platelet count was noticed for the first time, and just 2 months later she was told she had Essential Thrombocythemia, usually diagnosed in people much older than Emma.  Here’s Emma’s story:    Can you tell me, Emma, how you were first […]

Settle down, get married, have kids, endure the sleepless nights, kiss the bruises better, console them for lost first loves, support them through high school and uni. Watch them settle down, get married, have kids… And so it goes, right? Not always. For so many families, the joy and comfort found in the mundane routines […]