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SIGNATURE FUNDRAISING EVENTS

The Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre FOR TELETHON
receives no government funding.

Income from our signature fundraising FLAMETREE WINES
events ensures that our team can LUNCHEON, MAY 2019
continue to reach, inspire and connect The Flametree Wines Luncheon at
our type 1 tribe, and play a vital role Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
in raising awareness of the challenges on Friday 3 May 2019, was hosted
and complexity of living with type 1 by comedian Peter Rowsthorn
diabetes. We gratefully acknowledge and a highlight was a captivating
our collaborating partners, guests, performance by type 1 teen, Anastacia
participants, sponsors and volunteers Dawes, who sang ‘A Million Dreams’
who joined us to help build memorable from the movie, ‘The Greatest
events this year.
Showman’. This year’s event sold out
in record time and lunch guests dug
TELETHON LEEUWIN LUNCH, deep to reach new heights, raising
NOVEMBER 2018 over $67,000. Heartfelt thanks to our
The annual Telethon Leeuwin Lunch generous sponsor Flametree Wines,
on 11 November 2019, hosted by Rob Towner and his family, auction
generous supporters Denis and Tricia donors and bidders, camp pledge
Horgan, raised $498,247 for Telethon. supporters and guests.
As the official charity beneficiary of
the lunch, the Type 1 Diabetes Family BEC’S SOLO FOR TYPE 1,
Centre received half of the proceeds. FEBRUARY 2019
Over 150 guests flew to Leeuwin Our CEO, Bec Johnson, lives and
Estate’s Margaret River winery for a breathes the Type 1 Diabetes Family
stunning lunch featuring the very best Centre’s mantra ‘life without limits’.
local produce paired with Leeuwin’s Bec spent six months training in the
award-winning wines. Guests bid on pool and open water for the 2019
incredible ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ holiday Rottnest Channel Swim, fine-tuning
and dining experiences, artwork and her swim technique and type 1
jewellery in the main auction.
management strategies in preparation
for her solo. On 23 February, Bec
DOGS FOR DIABETES, completed the 19.7km crossing in
APRIL 2019 6 hours 58 minutes, smashing her
Our totally pawsome new event previous solo time by nearly three
for dogs and dog lovers, Dogs for hours. Along the way, Bec raised over
Diabetes, was proudly supported by $32,000 for the Type 1 Diabetes Family
RAC Insurance and held on Sunday 7 Centre. Thank you to Bec’s swim
April at Trinity College. sponsor, Rottnest Express, and to the
generous donors for contributing to
The event featured a 5km walk around Bec’s Solo for Type 1.
the vibrant East Perth precinct and
Swan River, fur-tastic market stalls,
kids’ activities, food trucks and loads of
entertainment for four-legged friends
and their families. Our heartfelt thanks
to our volunteers, Millpoint Rotary,
generous sponsors and, of course, the
many hundreds of pooches and their
families who helped raise funds for
people impacted by type 1. We are
excited for this new event to grow into
our signature community fundraiser!

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