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More than half of the funds raised through the Charity Home have already been directed to both individual families and organisations in the local community, with further grants to be presented in 2010.
- ‘Malibu Variety House’ in Safety Bay. Variety WA contributed $50,000 towards the construction and fit out of the ‘House’, which is designed as an independent living centre. This centre will support students with various intellectual and physical disabilities to learn and practise independent living and self care skills in a realistic environment. In turn, the Malibu House program will help prepare students for life after school, and encourage increased self confidence and self sufficiency.
- Modifications to make the family bathroom accessible for a two year old boy with Cerebral Palsy, valued at $1,818 (Warnbro)
- Lap top and specialist software package for a 14 year old boy, to help him overcome Dyslexia and maximise his learning, valued at $2,492 (Safety Bay)
- Christmas Party funding for the Rockingham Department of Child Protection, providing a Christmas fun day for 100 children living in foster care, valued at $4,254 (Rockingham)
- Lap top and specialist software package including headphones and keyboard for a 12 year old boy living with Cerebral Palsy and intellectual disability, valued at $1,377 (Spearwood)
- Springfree, enclosed trampoline for a family with three children (two girls aged four and six, and their brother, aged two) with a rare neuromuscular condition causing muscle weakness and wasting, valued at $1,649 (Baldivis)
- Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit game for a seven year old girl, used as a fun form of physiotherapy to help overcome her Cerebral Palsy, valued at $550 (Waikiki)
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