The Hon. Jill Hennessy MP, Minister for Health (VIC), officially announced the Gandel Philanthropy-Snowdome Foundation Innovation Fellowship today (Wednesday 24 August, 2016) at the world-renowned Walter & Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). Research into new therapies for patients with hard-to-treat lymphomas will be undertaken by the WEHI’s Dr Mary Ann Anderson with the support of the … Continued
Too often the word hero is used and abused. It’s used to describe an ingredient in a restaurant’s dish or a decoration in a room on a renovation show. For us at Snowdome, the word hero is used to describe those who selflessly donate or support our charity, especially considering they most likely don’t know … Continued
Five years in the making, the brother-in-law of Snowdome co-founder Grant Rutherford has released a solo album completely attributed to Grant’s daughter Chloe who lost her battle, aged 9, against leukaemia in 2009. Vincey (Vincent Giarrusso a.k.a. frontman of Underground Lovers) had a very special bond with Chloe and the deeply personal songs are inspired and … Continued
In news just to hand, we are thrilled to advise that a keen team of cyclists from Vision Super, a community super fund, has chosen to fundraise for Snowdome as part of their entry in next April’s 30th Murray to Moyne Cycle Relay (M2M). The Murray to Moyne is a team relay event covering over 500kms … Continued
Joining the ‘Great Shake-Up’ again in 2015, Brookfield Multiplex generously signed on as a Platinum sponsor and proceeded to invite building industry colleagues and friends to one of their Melbourne boardrooms to watch and participate in our October 8 event. Graham Milford-Cottam, Regional Managing Director at Brookfield, was interviewed during the event and said they had … Continued
Nicky Long, one of Snowdome’s Directors since foundation in 2011, has resigned her Board position to concentrate on her new role as Chief Executive Officer of Snowdome’s affiliate, Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision (MRV). Although we are sad to lose Nicky’s expertise and enthusiasm from Snowdome, we will continue to benefit as she brings her highly valued skills to help … Continued
Our 2015 virtual ‘Great Shake-Up‘ event (the one that you don’t have to leave the office for) has raised $400,000 to assist Snowdome’s fight against blood cancers in Australia. There are not too many events that raise this level of support in one hour! At lunch-time on October 8, a group of generous corporations joined together online to … Continued
Our annual ‘Great Shake-Up‘ virtual event is fast approaching and we would love your support and involvement again in 2015 to help us raise $1million for blood cancer research. Streaming live from AFL Media at 12pm on Thursday 8 October, the one hour event will be jam-packed with interactive, informative and educational pieces to help communicate … Continued
Snowdome was delighted this week to receive some photos from the purchaser of the Fat Duck table (in our exciting fundraising auction that was earlier this year). The lucky purchaser of the Chef’s Table for 4 at the temporarily re-located, ridiculously exclusive Fat Duck Melbourne has told Snowdome that ‘it was a night to remember and … Continued