Brain Matters
Stories from the RCD Foundation
Connor's Run 2015 Recap
September 30, 2015
Our 3rd Connor’s Run sold out 2500 spots in just 6 weeks. In doing so you helped us keep Connor’s spirit shining bright (with some welcome assistance again this year from the sun…and maybe...
Hayley & Pippa's brain matters
September 8, 2015
In what has quickly become one of our proudest stories, Hayley White and Virginia Rea joined Liz to donate $20 000 to the Royal Children’s Hospital, in honour of Pippa Rea. This donation was...
A 'header' from the Brighton Soccer Club
July 15, 2015
The term 3 season sees the Brighton Soccer Club making brains matter with #beaniesforbraincancer. Players will be warming up in beanies which is the perfect way to get hyped up before a match on...
Brain Week 2015
June 2, 2015
Bringing Bubbly Brains Together We were delighted to team up with 15 schools in this year’s Brain Week. Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand were all represented, raising funds...
Harry. One of the lucky ones.
May 8, 2015
Changing the horrible odds young brain cancer patients face is what we're all about. Harry Dunn is one of the lucky ones. He survived his encounter with a brain tumour. His story is of strength &...
Olie & Ari – A feather in our cap…puccino
April 30, 2015
Sitting amongst the freshly baked muffins and take away skinny (ristretto) lattes, you will find Three Little Birds... Earlier this year, Brighton café Olie and Ari reached out to us. They wanted...
Ball Up! RCD & SMJFL 2015
April 23, 2015
This year there will be over 9 500 young footy players ‘holding the ball’ proudly featuring Robert Connor Dawes Fund logo. For the second consecutive year the SMJFL has chosen the RCD Fund as...
Glow For Good Record
April 21, 2015
Hampton Rotary in collaboration with a number of Bayside Rotary Clubs set out to break the Guinness World Record to have the most people lighting glow sticks simultaneously on Saturday April...
An Appetite for Awesome
December 13, 2014
Rarely is a donation this delicious. But on Dec 8, The Royale Brothers in Brighton created Connor's Burger Day. A 6 hour burger frenzy where a Royale with Cheese was sold at a special price of $10...
RCD CrossFit WOD
December 5, 2014
If you haven't tried Crossfit then you're missing out on a fantastic high intensity workout. Our friends Crossfit8848 and PureCourage presented the RCD WOD (Work out of the day) on Saturday the 6th...