Tag: fundraising

Lisa Cuthbertson, bone transplant recipient and Transplant Games gold medalist is inviting you to join her to Paint the Town Red with her Funk Off 40+ party. If you’re over 40 and in the mood for a groove at the disco, then read on for Lisa’s invitaiton: Don’t fade to grey. If groove is in […]

The World’s Largest Fun Run – The City2Surf – will be back in Sydney on Sunday 11th August 2024. This iconic event brings 80,000+ people together from all walks of life to run, jog, walk or stroll the iconic 14km course from Sydney CBD to Bondi Beach and raise much needed money for charity at […]

Arrow is fortunate to have been named a beneficiary of the ASX Refinitiv Charity Foundation’s fundraising efforts this year, and you could win a new car! The raffle they’re running this year has a prize pool valued at over $29,000 with a Hyundai i30 hatchback as the first prize! Tickets are just $20 each (or less […]

Thanks to RITCHIES IGA, the simple act of putting food on your own table can help us put food on the table of families going through bone marrow transplants. Bone marrow transplants are grueling, and often require many months in hospital, plus many months after that in recovery. Bone marrow transplant recipients (or their carer […]

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 […]

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 […]

  Allan Frenkel lost his battle with Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia in 1996. He was just 18 years old. Every year since then, his family and friends have gathered to celebrate his life and to raise funds to support other families also dealing with teenage cancer. This year’s celebration is set for Saturday 11th November 2023, […]

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 […]

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’s what mates do.” That’s what Cameron Haynes says of his involvement in the Leukathon, a gruelling long-distance challenge that raises funds for bone marrow transplant (BMT) research. “We were reeling from the news about Luke, and we wanted to do something to help.” Luke (Chappo) Chapman was a fit and healthy young man, “a […]

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 […]