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charity
The McKinley Plowman Community Fund was established to allow our clients, staff and directors to contribute funds to charitable organisations in a structured and meaningful way. Since its inception, the MP+ Community fund has distributed thousands of dollars’ worth of grants that benefit various causes.
March 2024 – Sports Memorabilia Charity Auction
In collaboration with our client Star Gallery Picture Framing & Memorabilia, we have some fantastic pieces of autographed sports memorabilia available for our MP+ Community Fund Charity auction. Pictured below are the items on offer, and the starting bid on each one. The proceeds of each sale will go to our next charity recipient (keep an eye on our socials and this page for an update).
If you would like to place a bid on an item, please email us using this link, and fill in the item you would like to bid for, the amount, and your name & phone number. As bids come in, we will update this page; and bidding will close on 19 April 2024.
Josh Kennedy (West Coast Eagles): Starting Bid $350
Luke Jackson (Fremantle Dockers): Starting Bid $270
Andy Brayshaw (Fremantle Dockers): Starting Bid $270
Robbie Fowler (Liverpool FC, England): Starting Bid $230
Shane Warne: Starting Bid $550
MP+ Community Fund – Recent Charity Recipients
March 2024 – We have donated $500 to ToyBox Australia – a charity dedicated to supporting Australia’s sick and disadvantaged children. Local Miss Universe Finalist Maisie Ninnim has been working hard to promote this fantastic cause and we’re proud to be able to make a contribution. Please consider donating here: https://bit.ly/48VW0Hv
Other recent donations from the MP+ Community Fund have included $400 to the Saba Rose Button Foundation, which raises funds to help children with special needs, and their families. In particular, funds raised through SRBF pays for these children to participate in ‘intensive blocks’ of physiotherapy, for specialised equipment that is needed, for parental respite and for care in the home. We also made a donation for Dandelions WA, which supports West Aussies impacted by homelessness, domestic/family violence, ill-health, natural disaster and/or financial hardship.
COVID-19 Nurses Care Package
At the height of COVID, the nurses at Joondalup Hospital were working incredibly hard and did some amazing work in the fight against COVID-19. To recognise their efforts, McKinley Plowman donated 40 care packs – which included snacks, drinks, and even a specially prepared, ribbon-wrapped roll of toilet paper. Pictured below are the treats the nurses received, Sarah from Joondalup Hospital with Finance Director Paul Moran, and the all-important toilet rolls!
Following the donation, Deputy CEO of Joondalup Health Campus Ben Irish sent us the following letter after the COVID-19 nurses at the hospital received our packs:
We would like to pass on our heartfelt thanks for your very generous donation to our hospital during the last few weeks. We very much appreciate the support of our local community members during these busy and confronting times.
As you can imagine, the hospital spends a considerable amount of time planning for dealing with times like these but with the additional acknowledgement and support from our local businesses, schools and families that job is made much easier.
Your donation and acts of kindness continue to motivate our staff as they work to care for our community and continue to receive and treat all of our patients.
Thank you again so much for your contribution to our hospital for which we are very grateful.
Conservation Volunteers Australia
Our Community Fund granted $3,000 to the Whitfords Nodes project led by Conservation Volunteers Australia. This project aims to rehabilitate and maintain the dunes just north of Hillarys Boat Harbour, and MP+ Staff then got involved in the project in a hands-on capacity:
Lions Cancer Institute – Special Children’s Christmas Big Day Out
Another recent grant made by the MP+ Community Fund was to a great cause: the Lions Cancer Institute Special Children’s Christmas Big Day Out. This is an event run purely on donations from businesses and the public, that helps the Lions Cancer Institute take local sick, handicapped and severely disabled children for an awesome day out at the movies. These kids fight significant illnesses and disabilities every day, and it is a great program that the Institute is running to get them out and about just in time for Christmas.
Other charities we have donated to include:
• Purple Bra Day
• Pink Ribbon Day
• Daffodil Day
• Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
• Footy Colours Day
• Movember
• Jeans for Genes
• Radio Lollipop
• Bowel Cancer Australia
• The Smith Family
• Australian Red Cross
Our whole team gets involved through our ‘Free Dress Friday’, where everyone contributes to the chosen charity in return for their fashion freedom. It’s a fun way to generate more cash for such important causes. If you have a worthy charity, cause, or community event that you would like to nominate for consideration, then please let us know about it. We’d love to help.