After helping the Oster family create memories, our hearts broke as we joined the wool industry saying goodbye to the beautiful Kursha Oster.
MMWIF funding new prosthetic eyes and a braille machine for 8 year old Jarrah who lost his eyes to cancer.
Sending 9 year old Annie Singe to the USA to better understand her delibitating Nevus condition.
19 June, 2023: Little Maya’s surgery in Spain seems to have been an outstanding success. We at the MMWIF are extremely proud and honoured to have made this all that much easier for the family with Maya now able to continue her life without the challenges her condition would have encumbered her with. Congratulations toContinueContinue reading “Maya’s Milestone”
Meet Grayson. He is a true warrior boy. The list of battles this brave 2-year-old has already endured is beyond devastating.
Meet Troy Stoeckel. Troy and his wife Kellie are from Mukinbudin, in the Eastern Wheatbelt of WA. Troy is a retired farmer from the area who in the act of helping a local farming mate of his, was badly injured when the tractor he was moving, lost its steering and suffered a rollover pinning TroyContinueContinue reading “Meet Troy – MMWIF Tough Guy Of The Year Award”
Having battled and seemingly beaten three(!!) brain tumors since first diagnosed a month before Peyton turned 5, the family have recently been devastated by another tumor.
Our latest beneficiary is most certainly an extraordinary deserving individual having herself dedicating much of her life caring for close family members in need and having the inner strength to overcome her own significant challenges and heartbreak that has come her way. Kerry Harris lives in Castlemaine with her kids at school in Cambells CreekContinueContinue reading “Hair We Go, for Kerry!”
Meet Logan Treasure, his mum Kristie, his dad, Jake and Logan’s great grandfather Peter Pagoda. Peter is a well known and loved wool buyer in, particularly around the great wool and sheep town of Narrogin where Pete has serviced for half a century. Thanks to the actions of Peter’s wool colleagues Russell Fraser of TechwoolContinueContinue reading “Logan Treasure: Battling Leukaemia and Receiving Support from MMWIF”
Kursha and her family are the latest beneficiaries of the Michael Manion Wool Industry Foundation. Kursha is a much loved wool classer and TAFE teacher from Naracoorte in South Australia. Heartbreakingly, Kursha has been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer which has the worst possible prognosis. It was paramount to us that this family hadContinueContinue reading “Our hearts to the Oster Family”
Lucas Scobie is from Blackall, Queensland. He was until last week working on a contract mustering team in the Kimberley Ranges, W.A. Lucas’ 4 wheel mustering bike literally blew up on him a long way from anywhere. Fortunately his fellow ringers were not too far away when it happened. Lucas has suffered serious burns toContinueContinue reading “Lucas Scobie’s Mustering Misadventure: From Outback Accident to Perth Hospital Recovery”
CREATING SMILES AND MEMORIES FOR BUSH FAMILIES IN NEED Michael ‘The Legg’ Manion was a vibrant character of the Australian wool industry, who passed away too early in 2014 at age 61. But his vibrant spirit lives on. With the creation of the Michael Manion Wool Industry Foundation (MMWIF) families in the bush with specialContinueContinue reading “Holiday help for the Mills Family”