News Archive

Despite Cyclone Sandy preventing our dedicated team of New York Marathon runners from competing in this year's race, they still managed to raise an incredible $278,000 for Little Heroes Foundation. More>>

A huge congratulations to Josh Kent and Dominic Cunningham who successfully completed the Busselton Ironman in Western Australia! Imagine swimming 3.9km, riding 182km and then to cap it off - running a further 42km?! And to make it worse - you have to do it in under 17 hours... Well both Josh and Dominic did and they raised valuable funds for Little Heroes Foundation.More>>

Children, choirs, dancers and bands - with a special guest appearance from Santa - helped celebrate the opening of the festive season in Victoria Square. Little Heroes Foundation representative Ashlei Blades was there to help Adelaide's Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood switch on the city's Christmas tree lights. More>>

Thirty lucky Little Heroes were treated to a day at the Magic Cave. Santa and his elves had as much fun as the kids did - click through to our image image gallery to see the joy of the day.More>>

Cricket legends, AFL Stars, Rock Gods and 'Ketut' put on a fantastic show for an enthusiastic crowd in the first ever XXXX Gold Backyard Bash at Gliderol Stadium. Fans were treated to a spectacular game of T20 cricket and were able rub shoulders with the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Darren Lehmann, Joel Garner, Brendan Fevola and Dave Gleeson.More>>

You can now purchase our special Christmas Cards from the Little Heroes Foundation office or order them online for just $1.50 each. The designs were hand painted by long time friend of ours, Meg Fauser. Buy as many as you like with proceeds supporting children with cancer and serious illness.More>>

Scooters will converge on Adelaide's coast this month in a Mini Toy Run. The ride, from Yamaha World to Semaphore Palais via Glenelg, will be run on Suday December 9 and will benefit children through St Vincent's de Paul and Little Heroes Foundation.More>>

Little Heroes Foundation is stepping up its fundraising efforts for kids in rural communities with cancer and serious illness by implementing NGR cards at grain receival sites across South Australia this harvest. Farmers can easily swipe a Little Heroes Foundation NGR card to make a donation to the charity and make a real difference to the lives of sick kids in the country.More>>

♫ Jim-bo, Jim-bo, Off to work we go♫ That jingle has been stuck in our heads all day because Jim's Removals & Storage are a new business supporter of the Little Heroes Foundation! They now donate $10 to the Foundation from every removal they do.More>>More>>

A South Australian made iPhone app - Lifetime In My Pocket - allows easy storage, fab presentation and lightning quick sharing of your photographic memories. It's a great way to track your kids growing up or, as the developers have quietly told us, the progression of a big night out! Proceeds from the app will benefit Little Heroes Foundation.More>>More>>

Our team of New York Marathon runners have been making the most of their time in the Big Apple after the event was cancelled in the wake of Cyclone Sandy. It was crushing news for our participants who have trained so hard to take part in the marathon. Despite the race not going ahead, our runners have been staying positive and doing what they can to help New York, which is still recovering from 'Sandy'. Little Heroes Foundation's Melissa Amee is traveling with the group and has given us a detailed account of how the team reacted to the cancellation, and what they've been up to since.More>>

Around 350 people raised more than $50,000 for Little Heroes Foundation at our 2012 Melbourne Cup lunch at the National Wine Centre. The ladies and gents soaked up the spring racing atmosphere and were treated to an action packed day of fashion parades, fine food and wine, some good old fashioned race day pampering and the odd flutter with the bookies!More>>

Joshua Kent is taking on one of the most grueling challenges possible and he's doing it to raise funds for a special cause. Please support Josh on his quest to become an Ironman and help the Butterfly Children.More>>

We are happy to report cousins Peter Clemente and Aggie Simeone are safe in New York, albeit a bit frustrated, hunkered down in their hotel! They are using the gym to keep their training and spirits up ahead of the New York Marathon. Catch up with the story here. More>>

This year's new season baby potatoes have been auctioned for a great cause.More>>

Congratulations to Foodland SA's Go The Distance team, which raised $32,000 at this year's inaugural event. Richard, Julie, Russell and Cathy rode 30 kilometres each while Ric, Silvana, Tony, Narita, Angela, David, Maria and Tony ran 7 kilometres. Nat and Jim were the marathon champions running a very impressive 21.1kilometres. A top effort by everyone! Thank you all for your wonderful support!

Go the Distance was a great success with more than 400 participants fighting against cancer and heart disease.More>>

Pete and Aggie presented Little Heroes Foundation with a cheque for $126,500 at their L42 R42 Gala Dinner at the Entertainment Centre on Saturday night. The boys are now in New York for the final leg of their incredible journey.More>>

The 2012 West End Slowdown saw us host Collingwood legends and bring our biggest Little Heroes Foundation event to the Bay for the first time. In what was a thrilling game, the Crows pulled off a dramatic one-point win after the final siren, and Olympic BMXer Sam Willoughby was awarded best on ground with five goals. Thanks to all who came along to the match.More>>

Kym Koster, 2010's healthiest man, has developed an app for sporty parents. And thanks to AdelaideNow for that great headline...More>>

Our Little Heroes Foundation Ambassadors are doing their thing at the London Olympics.More>>

In the lead up to Saturday's big clash between SA's own Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power, attendees of our Balfour's Showdown Luncheon started the festivities early with the help of some on-stage guests.More>>

Little Heroes Foundation Chairman Chris McDermott and Little Heroes Care Coordinator Danielle Whitaker travelled to Brisbane to attend the launch of our Little Heroes Care partnership with Muscular Dystrophy Queensland. More>>

Imagine waking up in the cosmopolitan West End of the Adelaide CBD, and strolling to the Adelaide Central Markets for a coffee and a read of the morning paper. This could be your new reality if you become the lucky winner of the Foodland City Living Apartment. Proceeds will help support Little Heroes Foundation.

Peter Clemente & Aggie Simeone (together with our other runners) have just 150 days until they pound the pavement in the ING New York Marathon, and have added a whopping $23,000 to their fundraising tally as they edge towards their $100,000 goal.More>>

In 2011 David Rice and Mark Pearce of Kellermeister Wines completed the Jerusalem Half Marathon in just over two hours and raised much needed funds for Little Heroes Foundation. While in the Holy City, the boys also took the opportunity to launch their first ever fundraising wine, The Pilgrimage Cabernet Shiraz. More>>

Little Heroes Foundation travelled to Malaysia where a group of keen trekkers made their way through the jungle and retraced the steps of our fallen soldiers. Sporatic tropical storms and towering rock faces couldn't stop our group from reaching their destination, and it sounds like they had an absolute ball at the same time.More>>

The Michael Rice Centre for Haematology & Oncology was officially opened on April 12 after months of hard work and anticipation. Federal Health Minister Tanya Pilbersek, SA Health Minister John Hill and Dr Michael Rice (who the centre was named after) came together to launch the brand new treatment facility with the Women's & Children's Health Network CEO, Gail Mondy. More>>

We were delighted to be invited to the RAAF base in Edinburgh last Friday (30/3/12) to join the Cancer Council and the Salvation Army and be presented with a generous donation from the recent fundraising efforts of the air force.More>>

Abbott's Village Bakery raised close to $1,700.00 for Little Heroes Foundation as a part of their Village Green promotion at The Parade Food, Wine and Music Festival this past Sunday.More>>

GE Capital's senior leaders were all heart on Valentine's Day this year when they raised $122,984 for Little Heroes Foundation at the company's annual fundraising auction.More>>

In an Australian first, the Woodville West Torrens Football Club (WWTFC) and Little Heroes Foundation have teamed up for a unique community-based partnership that will benefit children living with cancer and serious illness.More>>

Over the past three years Dr John Flett has been busy creating a collection of beautiful oil and watercolour paintings immortalising the vast landscapes of Australia of which he has given the fitting title of 'In Praise of Australia'.More>>

When Landmark recently launched Nufarm's new flagship herbicide products for Australian farmers, they also managed to raised $6,000 for Little Heroes Foundation.More>>

We have an Inca-ling that the walkers who recently returned from Machu Picchu had the time of their lives, with the incredible views, spectacular culture, and fantastic group of walkers making it the trip of a lifetimeMore>>

Every year the start line of the City-Bay Fun Run contains a wide variety of people praying that they've done enough training to make the distance. Among the participants this year a whole new crowd could be seen, with 120 members of the Army's 16th Air Defence Regiment (16AD) running for Little Heroes Foundation.More>>

The energy in the room this morning was flying high as Little Heroes Foundation's ChildFamilyCare program was officially launched, with great praise and excitement directed at the plans for the future.More>>

With the sun beaming down on Adelaide Oval, and the controversial vuvuzelas from last year's match no where to be seen, the crowd could not have hoped for a better day for this year's West End State of Origin Slowdown.More>>

State of Origin Football returns to Adelaide Oval on October 3 for the West End State of Origin Slowdown. AFL Legends of South Australia and Victoria will relive the grand old days of the 80s and 90s and raise over $200,000 for Little Heroes Foundation and the Reach Foundation. More>>

South Australian children will have a faster, more accurate and more comfortable experience when undergoing an MRI scan thanks to a newly upgraded MRI suite - including state-of-the-art digital MRI Unit and Philips Ambient Lighting Experience - which was launched at the Women's & Children's Hospital on Tuesday 6 September.More>>

We've been told that guests will be disappearing and reappearing when Australia's Got Talent runner up and the country's number one illusionist and escape artist Cosentino takes to the stage at this year's West End State of Origin Slowdown Gala Dinner on September 22.More>>

Legendary comedian and humanitarian Jerry Lewis accepted a donation of $600,00 to Muscular Dystrophy Foundation (MDF) from the head of Little Heroes Foundation and former AFL star Chris McDermott in Melbourne last week. This marks the beginning of a partnership to deliver the ChildFamilyCare services program to hundreds of children and families across Australia.More>>

The Pride of Australia medal program acknowledges ordinary Australians who do extraordinary things throughout our communities. The program is now in it's 7th year and was launched on May 8 with the simple aim to unearth, recognise and celebrate our state's unsung heroes. More>>

Myponga-based Fleurieu Milk Company and Fleurieu Yoghurt Company announced a new partnership with Little Heroes Foundation that will see the two South Australian organisations working together to support children living with cancer and serious illness.More>>