12wbt Perth Crew: Why I think Perth Crew is kinda cool

One of our Perth Crew members Kerrin is an amazing woman. I know she will be pissed off with me saying any of this, but that says a lot about her character really. Kerrin is a single mum to two beautiful little boys Morris & Marley. Around 18 months ago Marley (at the age of 15 months) was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (you can read more about his journey here). So not only is Kerrin parenting these 2 boys and dealing with regular hospital visits for Marley's treatment (and all that comes with it) - she also works full time AND makes the effort to workout attending boot-camp regularly. Frankly, it pisses me off when I hear people make excuses about how they can't find time to workout, because if ever there was anyone who had a potentially valid excuse it's Kerrin. Anyway, that's all just a bit of background.

A little while ago Kerrin mentioned that the Make a Wish foundation was no longer accepting wishes due to funding cuts. Kerrin was given the opportunity to make a wish on Marley's behalf some time ago, but felt Marley needed to be old enough to make his OWN wish and that it wasn't right for her to decide for him (just another testament to the amazing woman she is). Marley's wish was to swim with dolphins. Things started ticking over in my head, and I ran past a few close friends the idea of fundraising to see what we could possibly organise. I wasn't 100% sure given our members had just so generously donated to get Andrea over to see Mish (see my previous post). This wonderful group of ladies encouraged me to pursue the idea further, especially the beautiful Lara who really helped me dream bigger than I ever thought possible.
Long story short...we were able to send Kerrin, Marley and Morris over to Coff's Harbour for a week all expenses paid - including airfares, accommodation, meals, tours and an amazing experience swimming with the dolphins. We even had enough funds left over to purchase Marley a new Ipad 3 to use for all the time he spends in hospital and made a small donation to the Make a Wish foundation.
I need to send out huge thank you's to - the 12wbt Perth Crew (and their friends, family and workplaces) who donated the bulk of funds, to the Qantas Perth Help Fund who also made a substantial donation as well as some of their very special employees who organised access to the lounges, a business class upgrade and getting the boys in to the cockpit, to Novotel Coffs Harbour Resort who put together an amazing discounted accommodation & meal package for us and to Pet Porpoise Pool who were nothing short of amazing, and lastly to my parter in crime Lara who was instrumental in putting it all together with Novotel & Pet Porpoise Pool. Here are a few of the highlights...