31/12/2025
Hi Everyone,
We have tallied the funds raised for MakeAWish and we came very close to beating last year's total.
From my calculations (which includes a donation matching amount from a USA based company (which will probably go to MAW USA)), we have raised a total of $5895.68 which is amazing. Thank you to everyone who had the capacity and desire to assist us with our 2025 fundraising!
If anyone still had a plan to donate, we'd welcome that here (before 2/1/26 when we close out the books and transfer all funds to MakeAWish): https://maw.org.au/DernancourtDelights
In terms of our display infrastructure, we didn't fare so well this year, with failures of our Blowup Toyshop Arch, 2 smoke machines and 2 snow machines (both primary and backup devices). So, we'll need to dig deep this year before the 2026 season to replace those items. Sorry to those who looked forward to those effects being available but when the machines died, it was too late to get any delivered by Christmas. We fund all infrastructure and never take any money from public donations for our display items or operating costs. Thanks again to Vanessa Bianco - Ray White Norwood for supporting me in offsetting some of these costs.
So if anyone has contacts for special pricing @ DJ City, Derringers or StoreDJ, I'd love to meet you :)
2025 was a first for us with two radio interviews which helped us get the word out to potential visitors.
This will now be radio silence for us now until late in 2026 when we do it all again! :)
Enjoy your New Year everyone!
Regards
Rob
