It all started with a $1.5 million donation by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on behalf of the Australian Federal Government, followed by other signifcant doners such as The Lexus Ball, Mirvac, Mr Kerry Stokes, Beth Scott (who for the past five years has walked from Fremantle to Perth for Telethon, which this this year she raised $3,390 - adding to the $75,000 she's raised for Telethon over the years).
Other significant donations included:
$62,593 from the Vietnamese Community
$53,265 from WA Italian Club
$50,423 from Bunbury Forum
$35,000 from Westrac
$27,315 from Peter Moyes Anglican School and Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre.
The true stars of this year’s Telethon were 11 year old Wade Clare (metropolitan child) and 6 year old Trent Wailu (regional child). The boys gave Telethon countless magic moments with their smiling faces and adorable personalities, not only on stage but also behind the scenes as they won the hearts of all those who met them.
Soul Mystique, amongst a huge line-up of Seven Network talent who flew in from around Australia, donated their time on air to run the 40 hour event.
Revved up by the one and only John Deeks (known as the 'voice of Channel 7'), Soul Mystique joined an incredible array of talented performers to entertain the crowd including Jimmy Barnes, Jessica Mauboy, Ian Moss, Guy Sebastian, The Ten Tenors, Vanessa Amorosi, Damien Leith, & Carl Riseley. Other stars included Hugh Sheridan & George Houvardas (Packed to the Rafters) / Jack Campbell & Alix Bidstrup (All Saints) / Jon Sivewright, Todd Lasance, David Jones-Roberts, Luke Jacobz, Axle Whitehead & Rebecca Breeds (Home and Away) / Natalie Barr, David Koch, Nuala Hafner, Mark Beretta & James Tobin (Sunrise) / Larry Emdur & Kylie Gillies (The Morning Show) / Sally Stanton & Jack Yabsley (Saturday Disney) / Todd McKenney, Sonia Kruger & Carmelo Pizzino (Dancing with the Stars) / Grant Denyer (Destroyed in Seconds) / Jeff Newman, Rick Ardon, Susannah Carr, Basil Zempilas, Natalia Cooper, Emmy Kubainski, Sally Bowrey, Adrian Barich, Tina Altieri, Paula Voce and Today Tonight’s Monika Kos, Mark Gibson & Graeme Butler.
Seven Network writes :
Telethon General Manager, Steve Mummery was thrilled with the outcome of the weekend. "Many people are required to make something as special as this happen, and when you see the faces of the beautiful children such as Wade and Trent, it simply reaffirms the reason why the WA community gets behind this incredible institute with so much generosity.Telethon is the number one charity in WA because of this generosity and child health and research is the winner!”
