Giddy Up! Melbourne Cup Luncheon raises over $80,000 for Little Heroes!
Over 360 guests joined us at the National Wine Centre for a fun-filled day, supporting our Little Heroes. Thanks to the outstanding National Wine Centre staff, AV Plus, The Wonderland Company, SmartPosts, and our events team, Hickinbotham Hall looked amazing!
The Lolly Bar and Donut Wall proved to be a huge hit with our guests, thanks to The Wonderland Company, Vili’s and Sweet Designs Buffet.
As our way of saying thank you, all of our guests received special gift bags with Davroe Hair Wellness products, exclusive vouchers from our designers and more!
Our guests had some special visitors in the morning, with some dressed up greyhounds joining them in the Wine Centre courtyard! These lovely pets and their owners were invited to attend the day to raise awareness for the Greyhound Adoption Program of South Australia, and they were certainly quite a hit with our guests!
Channel 7/Today Tonight’s Rosanna Mangiarelli returned at our MC for the day, who helped kick off the day with a stunning fashion parade! The parade featured designs by Two Pairs, Couture Love Madness, Vacay Swimwear and Oxford Menswear. A big thank you to Markus Hamence for again organising the amazing parade, as well as RMT Model Management and Davroe Haircare.
To accompany the 3 course lunch by the National Wine Centre chefs, our gyests enjoyed some delicious wines by one of our major sponsors – Paracombe Wines. Throughout the day, guests also had the opportunity to purchase some premium wines from our Wine Wall and also for the chance to win a pair of silver diamond earrings, valued at $350, donated by Diamond Design Studios. The lovely Sonya from Nutrimetics was also set up for the day, offering free makeup touch ups for our guests.
Next up, our guests heard from one of our Little Heroes families, with Phil and Jo Tann attending the day to talk about their brave song Alex, and how his diagnosis and has changed their lives. From all of us at Little Heroes Foundation, we thank Phil and Jo for taking the time to talk to our guests, showing them how the funds raised through events like our Melbourne Cup Luncheon help families when they need it most.
This year’s major auction, hosted by Greg Moulton, featured some amazing prizes donated by FiveAA, Newscorp Australia, Boileau Business Solutions, Davroe Hair Wellness, Halls Cranes, Wayne Walker, Adelaide Football Club, Adelaide United, Adelaide 36ers, Coca Cola, Sea Temple Resort and Spa, and Alisa and Lysandra.
From the auction alone, we raised $23,000, an amazing result for our Little Heroes Care program!
To end the lunch, guests were invited to vote (with their applause, of course!) for the day’s best dressed in our Fashions in the Field competition, before all tuning in for the big race! All guests were then invited to our Melbourne Cup after party in the courtyard, with drinks and seafood, provided by International Oyster and Seafood Distributers.
From the team at Little Heroes Foundation, we would like to thank all who attended or supported what was a very successful event for our Little Heroes, raising over $80,000! We can’t wait to do it all again next year! Please check out the full photo gallery below!
If you would like to be added to our 2018 Melbourne Cup Luncheon wait list, please contact our office on (08) 7099 3628.
Major Sponsors
Fashion Parade
