Ingham Institute research into brain trauma, breast cancer, diabetes and mental health were the big winners of this year’s Narellan Rotary Club’s Friends of Rotary charity ball.
The Perich family company led the way as more than $180,000 was pledged by them and other South West Sydney benefactors at what has become one of the biggest fundraising nights of the year in the region.
Brothers Ron and Tony Perich donated $20,000 for diabetes research and $15,000 for research into brain trauma.
“The Ingham Institute is a not-for-profit, world class medical research facility and without donations from businesses or individuals it would not be able to conduct their ground-breaking research, here in the heart of Liverpool,’’ said afterwards Tony Perich, who is the managing director of the Perich Group.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]“We are grateful to be in the position where we are able to make these donations that will make a difference to lives of the people in our community who have supported us and helped us to be where we are today,” he said.[/social_quote]
Harrington Grove donated $25,000 to brain trauma research, Villaworld $15,000 to both brain trauma and diabetes research and Perfection Landscapes $12,000 for mental health research.
Other major donations included Gunlake Concrete, Calibre Consulting, Dartwest, Douglas Partners, Tripodi Transport, Multiquip, Nepean Engineering, Edgewater Homes and Regal Henley.
Each of them contributed $10,000.
The charity ball was held last Saturday, August 12 at Liverpool Catholic Club.
Ingham Institute’s chief operating officer, associate professor Greg Kaplan, said that the donations received were a testament to the generous spirit of corporate organisations in South West Sydney.
“Charitable corporate philanthropists should be applauded for their commitment to improve health and eradicate serious diseases, whilst transforming wellbeing locally and globally,” he said.
“We are always grateful to our community for philanthropic support of the Ingham Institute research that complements research grants, which are highly competitive and often the sole source of funding.
“The Ingham Institute was founded by the community for the community and 100 per cent of funds raised at the Ball will go directly to support brain, diabetes, breast cancer and mental health research at the Institute,” Prof Kaplan said.
For more information or to make a donation to Ingham Institute please visit www.inghaminstitute.org.au
