By Alesha Capone
Pupils, staff and parents at Tarneit P-9 College took part in a special ‘Dress up as your hero’ fundraising day on Friday.
The college’s community engagement manager Emma Stevens said the day was held in support of pupil Milan and his efforts to help Challenge, a charity which supports children with cancer and their families.
When Milan was three years old, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
While undergoing chemotherapy, Milan told his mother he wanted to share his birthday with other patients at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Magic for Milan, an annual event during which Milan and his family collect presents for children with cancer and also fundraise for charity, was born.
Milan, who has been in remission for almost three years, was 10 on September 25. This year, he chose Challenge as the charity he wanted to support during Magic for Milan.
The school’s dress-up day raised just under $1555. Parents also donated boardgames to give to ill children.
Ms Stevens said that before-and-after school care provider, Big Childcare, also donated a coffee van for the day with all money from coffees sold donated to Magic for Milan.
