The Fremantle Dockers are proud to announce that a record $151,163.30 was raised as part of Starlight Purple Haze Game, which is proudly supported by Fremantle Ports.
The 12th annual game’s fundraising efforts surpassed last year’s fundraising total of $106,100.
Since the first Starlight Purple Haze game in round 18, 2003 against Richmond, where $14,000 was raised, fundraising records have been set each year.
The grand total donated to Starlight has now surpassed $786,580.
The support this year came from far and wide throughout Australia.
There was a fantastic fundraising effort from the Dowson Family of Kalgoorlie, who alone raised $55,500 from a sold out cocktail part at the Kalgoorlie Community Club and a family movie day at the local cinema.
A record 31 schools held Purple Haze Parties, and numerous businesses in Fremantle held Purple Haze Promotions in the week leading up to the Purple Haze Game.
Chris Henderson from Maroubra, New South Wales showed he was a dedicated supporter holding his own Starlight Purple Haze Game on the East Coast.
On game day, Starlight had more than 100 volunteers tin rattling, and the club had 15 non-playing players tin rattle in the Patersons Oval precinct before bounce down.
The Starlight Children’s Foundation provides programs integral to the total care of seriously ill children.
While health professionals focus on treating the illness, Starlight is there to lift the spirits of the child, giving them the opportunity to laugh, play and be a child again.
The six player ambassadors give a great deal of their time over the year to visit children in hospital and help increase the profile of the Starlight Purple Haze Game.
These players are: Aaron Sandilands, Chris Mayne, Matt de Boer, Garrick Ibbotson, Alex Silvagni and Lachie Neale.
In emotional scenes after the 2014 Purple Haze Game, de boer and Mayne carried two Starlight Wish Kids, Tayten Dowson and Jackson Menegola, off Patersons Stadium while Aaron Sandilands took the time to introduce fellow Starlight Wish Kid Marley Kiernan to his teammates.
There was a genuine involvement from the players and in a heart-warming scene, the wish kids were included in the circle when the players sang the team song while their families watched on in awe.
The club is proud to support the foundation as a principal charity partner and looks forward to breaking more records in 2015.
The Fremantle Dockers and The Starlight Children’s Foundation would like to thank the following for their support of Starlight Purple Haze in 2014:
Australian Islamic College
Benny’s Bar and Café
Busselton Primary School
Christ Church Grammar School
Cottesloe Primary School
Creaney Primary School
The Dowson Family
East Maddington Primary School
Ellen Stirling Primary School
Good Shepherd Catholic School
Harmony Primary School
Kent St Senior High School
Makybe Rise Primary School
Mandurah Catholic College
Maylands Peninsula Primary School
Kondinin Primary School
Kwinana Christian School
Settlers Primary School
St Andrew's Grammar
South Coogee Primary School
South Lake Primary School
Spring Hill Primary School
Three Springs Primary School
Victoria Park Primary School
West Greenwood Primary School
The Monk Brewery
Mosmans Restaurant
The Newport Hotel
The Norfolk Hotel
The Sail and Anchor
