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1Sony Foundation Newsletter SHOUT • ISSUE 44 • WINTER 2014WWW.SONYFOUNDATION.ORG.AU

ISSUE 44 - WINTER 2014

CELEBRITY GOLF CHALLENGE RAISES

RECORD FUNDS FOR HOLIDAY CAMPS

TAYLOR HENDERSON ROCKS SOUNDPOINT

CAR RACES, HORSE RACESAND NEW FACES FOR YOU CAN

CAR RACES, HORSE RACESAND NEW FACES FOR YOU CAN

That’s right, rugby legend John Eales is captaining the Sony Foundation City2Surf Team this August, to raise funds for the Children’s Holiday Camp Program. We are encouraging everyone to pull on their sneakers, start training and join in the fun at City 2 Surf 2014! Plus, if you raise more than $400, we’ll even pay for you to come along.

Joining us is as easy as...

1. Registering online at www.city2surf.com.au (you can join as an individual or a team)

2. Joining the Sony Foundation Everyday Hero Fundraising Team at https://city2surf2014. everydayhero.com/au/team-sony-foundation by clicking the JOIN NOW button. In doing so, you will be able to raise funds for Sony Foundation’s Children’s Holiday Camp Program

3. Start raising money!If you raise $400 or more, you will receive:

• Your entry fee (this will be reimbursed upon your Everyday Hero page reaching $400)• A Sony Foundation running singlet• Team breakfast and transport to and from City2Surf from Shore School (North Sydney)• Two tickets to the Sony Foundation City2Surf Celebrations (two weeks after event)

Dear Friends of Sony Foundation,I would like to invite you to join me in running the 2o14 City2Surf to raise funds for Sony Foundation's Children's Holiday Camp Program for children with special needs.As a proud ambassador of the Foundation, I will be joined by a group of children with special needs as we run, walk, huff and puff the 14km from the Sydney city to Bondi Beach. These children, many of whom have had the chance to attend a Sony Foundation Children's Holiday Camp, are being given the opportunity to participate in a fun day that may have otherwise been deemed too hard.

The Holiday Camps Program is incredibly special. It sees Year 11 and 12 students, from high schools all around Australia, take on the role of full time carers for children with special needs. The camps are hosted at high schools, and are supported by volunteer medical staff, teachers and former carers.Sony Foundation began funding a single camp in Sydney in 1999. Since then, it has grown exponentially, with the Foundation committed to funding 25 camps in 2014. This will give hundreds of families much-needed respite as their children experience the holiday of a lifetime.I hope you can join me for this special event and help with those wheelchairs up Heartbreak Hill!

John Eales

Please get in touch with [email protected] for more information

Save the Date SONY FOUNDATION CORPORATE PARTNERS’ APPRECIATION EVENING

Wednesday 25th June 2014 7pm – 10pm

The Harbourside RoomLevel 6, The Museum of Contemporary Art

140 George Street, The Rocks NSW 2000

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Dear valued Corporate Partners and Supporters,

Over the past three months, Sony Foundation has teamed up with some of Australia’s leading brands, events and personalities to raise awareness and funds for our youth-related charity campaigns. From our Celebrity Golf Challenge for the Children’s Holiday Camp Program to partnerships with Ferrari Racing Days and The Championships, at Royal Randwick. It has been invigorating to see so many new faces supporting Sony Foundation, learning about the vast array of work we do for Australia’s youth.

It is fantastic to see the forging of new relationships and the strengthening of existing ones. Collaboration is often the key to success, and certainly important in increasing impact. It is with great pride that I see Sony Foundation’s network of partners and supporters increasing, and not just from a donations point of view. The You Can Program is the subject of discussion with hospitals in Sydney and Melbourne following the opening in May 2013 of the first You Can centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. The Children’s Holiday Camp Program is committed to introducing two new camps this year, ensuring the growth of the Program. Our charity partners, The Salvation Army and Youth Off The Streets, are always introducing us to incredible and inspirational young people.

Our Operation: Acoustic program which has been warmly and enthusiastically received is set to expand into more hospitals by the end of the year.

These collaborations and partnerships work to strengthen and support the Foundation in its mission to assist Australia’s youth and foster its talent, guided by the principle that ‘Anything you can imagine, you can make real.’ This issue of Shout will feature some of these new collaborations, including our work with the Ferrari Racing Days, The Championships and Young Professionals in Racing. I would like to take this chance to welcome two new Gold Corporate Partners into the Sony Foundation network, Initiative and Jets Digital. Thank you for your support, we look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

The Foundation is also committed to strengthening our existing relationships with Corporate Partners and supporters. On this note, I hope to see you all at our annual Corporate Partner Appreciation Evening, which is to be held on June 25. Please look out for the invitations coming your way

Warmest regards,

Jim Dwyer OAM

Chairman

Sony Foundation Ambassador Peter Overton with Chairman Jim Dwyer

The Ferrari Racing Days zoomed into Sydney from April 11 to April 13 and put You Can in the front seat. The Ferrari Racing Days, which were being held in Sydney for the first time, were filled with Ferrari races, demonstrations, hot laps, driver experiences, world class displays and plenty of revving! Together, Sony Foundation and Ferrari worked to raise funds for a much-needed youth cancer centre in Sydney.nt.

A special group of young people took part in the weekend’s activities, as Ferrari gave our You Can Champions the chance of a lifetime. Sony Foundation’s You Can champions, who are young patients aged 16-25 currently undergoing treatment in Sydney, had the chance to ride in Ferraris on the morning of Saturday April 12, as a 150-car cavalcade of Ferraris drove from Glebe Island to Sydney Motorsport Park. The young patients and their siblings all hopped into their exclusive rides on Saturday morning, to the deafening roar of 150 Ferraris starting their engines at once. Following the drive to SMP, the group was given a VIP tour of Pit Lane with one lucky young patient given the chance to do some laps of the course in the Ferrari Safety Car.

Sony Foundation was involved in a number of activities over the weekend, including the Opening Party on Friday night at the Opera House and at the Closing Party on Sunday night at the Museum of Contemporary Art. You Can Champion Jason Carrasco silenced the room at the MCA on Sunday night as he spoke of his battle with cancer, his struggle to deal with the passing of his best friend Cass Nascimento and why You Can is a cause so close to his heart.

At Sunday night’s closing party, Sony Foundation held a live auction, hosted by Jason Roses, to raise funds for the Sydney You Can Centre. Incredible prizes including a trip to Abu Dhabi with flights, a signed Hublot Wall Clock and a behind-the-scenes X Factor Grand Final experience were auctioned off and a silent auction, with highly coveted items including a race suit signed by Fernando Alonso, was held. Thank you to everyone, including drivers from Japan, Dubai and New Zealand, who rallied together to support the Foundation, raising a staggering $73,000 for You Can. It was a remarkable achievement.

Sunday night’s closing party also saw Sony Music artist Samantha Jade perform, ensuring the drivers and owners let their hair down after a weekend behind the wheel.

For three days, Sydney was treated to the unmistakable roar of Ferraris across the city. For our young cancer patients, it was an experience they will never, ever forget.

Left page top to bottom: Sony Foundation CEO Sophie Ryan with Ferrari Australasia CEO Herbert Appleroth. The sails of the Sydney Opera House were lit up in red on Friday night. You Can Champion Emma Kelly takes a ride in the safety car. You Can Champion Jason Carrasco tells his story.Right page top left: Sydney Motorsport Park was turned into a world of Ferrari for the weekend. Left: Samantha Jade had the crowd dancing. Below: Young cancer patients represent You Can at the Ferrari cavalcade.


THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORSFerrari, Sydney Motorsport Park, Australian Racing

Drivers’ Club, Hublot, Chateau Elan - Hunter Valley, Virgin Airways, Veuve Cliquot, Yas Marina Circuit - Abu Dhabi,

St Regis - Abu Dhabi, FremantleMedia.


Sydney’s favourite celebrity golfers braved the weather in March to tee off and raise record funds for Sony Foundation’s Children’s Holiday Camps Program for children with special needs.

Sony Foundation supporters Karl Stefanovic, James Tobin, Danny Clayton, Tim Gilbert, Barry Du Bois and Adam Peacock teed off in the rain at Terrey Hills Golf Club in support of Sony Foundation and helped to raise $85,000 for the Children’s Holiday Camp Program.

James Tobin was the best dressed on the course with his bright ensemble but it wasn’t enough to distract Karl Stefanovic from the job at hand. Karl had one of the most powerful drives on the course and put it to good use! But no-one could topple the Sony Pictures Releasing team from their winning spot, as they took home first place for the second year in a row. Congratulations to Stephen Basil-Jones, Ian Mayer, Paul Johnson and Ken Druce.

Sony Foundation’s celebrity supporters and partners were taking part for a good cause – to raise funds for the Children’s Holiday Camp Program. These camps, which are hosted at high schools and universities around the country, see Year 11 and 12 students become the fulltime carers for children with special needs. The camps provide much-needed respite for the parents and families, who have often never spent a night away from their children.

They also provide the kids with the holiday of a lifetime and are life-changing experiences for the student carers. Father Peter Revelos, whose daughter Anastasia attended the PLC/SHORE Holiday Camp last year spoke of the difference the camp made to his daughter and how valuable a weekend of respite was to his family.

A number of Corporate Partners and Sony Companies took part in the day, which featured plenty of on-course activities (to help distract those who weren’t playing so well!) Thanks to all of our sponsors and the Sony Companies who helped make the day such a success.

The $85,000 raised will contribute to funding 25 Children’s Holiday Camps around Australia.

Left page from top to bottom: The victorious Sony Pictures Releasing Team (L-R) Ian Mayer, Paul Johnson,

Ken Druce and Stephen Basil-Jones. Team Activision - Peter Vogel, Kathryn Roberts, Philip Earl and Luke Elvy. Right page fromtop to bottom: Former cricketer Stuart

Clark was looking dangerous on Team SCGT. Danny Clayton with his Initiative team. It was a battle

of the breakfast TV stars with TODAY’s Karl Stefanovic taking on Sunrise’s James Tobin. The Living Room’s Barry

Du Bois was playing his first round in years (and still looked sharp!). Celebs Karl Stefanovic, Tim Gilbert, Barry Du Bois, James Tobin, Danny Clayton and Adam Peacock.


Young racing enthusiasts gathered together at Doltone House on Friday, April 11 to discuss The Championships, Sydney’s premier horse racing event. The Young Professionals in Racing lunch kicked off in style, with drinks on the turf alongside champion racehorse Takeover Target. Hosted by Jaimee Rogers and Ben Damon, the event raised $25,000 for Sony Foundation’s You Can program! It was a fantastic partnership, encouraging young Australians to build a better future for their other young people with cancer.

Racing fans from all over the state were treated to a Fashion Show, hosted by TODAY presenter and Sony Foundation ambassador Emma Freedman, a panel of racing experts previewing the headline Championship races and a charity Phantom Race called by Sky Racing’s Matt Hill.

Sony Foundation was the beneficiary of a very successful live auction, thanks to an enthusiastic guest who took on the role of auctioneer. Thank you to Sky Racing, Arrowfield Stud, Racing NSW, Gai Waterhouse and Allianz Stadium for your generous support.

The day provided a perfect segue into The Championships, which were held the following day at Royal Randwick Racecourse.

Sony Foundation is extremely excited about our partnership with YPR and looks forward to working again with the organisation to achieve a positive outcome for the You Can program.

It was touted as Sydney’s premier racing event and The Championships did not disappoint. Men and women from all over Sydney descended on Royal Randwick Racecourse across two Saturdays in April to enjoy the exciting addition to Sydney’s racing calendar. Thousands of these punters also helped to support Sony Foundation’s You Can program, which was the official charity partner of the prestigious racing event.

The Championships, which were held on April 12 and 19, partnered with Sony Foundation to raise $20,000 for You Can. All funds raised from the Pin and Win competition, through which racegoers purchased $2 pins trackside, were directed to build a state-of-the-art You Can Centre at Prince of Wales Hospital, located next door to the esteemed racetrack.

Sydney jeweller Nic Cerrone designed a limited-edition, Pink Argyle diamond commemorative pin which was also sold to VIPs and owners to raise funds for You Can. Only 20 of these unique pins were commissioned for The Championships.

Sony Foundation is grateful to The Championships and NSW Racing for stepping up to help build this new You Can Centre which will provide much-needed support for young patients battling cancer. Thanks must also go to TAB for their generous support.

The custom-made Nic Cerrone pins featured a Pink Argyle diamond in the eye of the horse. Main photo: You Can

Champion Christine meets winning horse, Lankan Rupee.

Main photo: Sony Foundation CEO Sophie Ryan, Takeover Target and Emma Freedman. Photos from top to bottom:Emma Freedman and Michael Brown hosted the Fashion Show.Guests discussed their racing favourites and analysed the form of recent horses.


Sony Music artist and Sony Foundation ambassador Taylor Henderson headed up to Goodna, Queensland on April 10 to throw a huge street party at SoundPoint, celebrating National Youth Week and the 18 month anniversary of SoundPoint Youth and Community Centre.

Taylor performed for hordes of screaming fans and local residents in what was the biggest celebration SoundPoint had seen since the opening 18 months ago! Partygoers were also treated to a rock-climbing wall, Youth Week activities, and performances from local artists and the MMAD Street Dreams Crew.

SoundPoint was built by Sony Foundation and The Salvation Army following the devastating Queensland floods of 2011 in an effort to reengage the community. It was built with a Sony Foundation donation of $2 million which was raised through the sale of Sony Music’s “FLOOD RELIEF – Artists for the Flood Appeal” CD released by Sony Music CEO and Chairman, Denis Handlin AM, shortly after the floods hit.

“SoundPoint is more than a building, it has become a beacon of hope for those affected by the floods, demonstrating the real and tangible evidence of the power of music in changing lives,” said Sony Foundation CEO, Sophie Ryan.

“It is a tribute to people’s strength and resilience and we are proud to be working with an extremely dedicated Salvation Army team, who are committed to generating hope and healing for the community.”

Right: Taylor gets to know his Goodna fans.

Main image: SoundPoint threw a huge street party for National

Youth Week. Bottom Left to right: Taylor performing ‘Borrow My Heart’.

Taylor greets a horde of screaming fans. Waimania Paikea, Taylor Henderson, Keana

Turner and Jessie Perese.

Congratulations to Gloria Nascimento, the mother of our beautiful You Can Champion Cass who sadly lost her battle with brain cancer last year. Gloria has been awarded the Barnados Australian Mum of the Year at a recent ceremony in Sydney.

Gloria was up against incredible finalists from each state and territory, with every single mum an inspiration to all. Gloria was recognised for her tireless support of young cancer patients while Cass was going through treatment. You Can Champion Jason, who spoke at Wharf4Ward last year, secretly nominated Gloria.

Jason wanted Gloria to be recognised for everything she had done for not just him, but countless others in hospital.

“Unless you’ve been through it you don’t understand what these young people, and their families, go through,” Gloria said.

“They go through so much pain every day and they still manage to smile. If there’s someone who can support them and who can understand what they’re going through, then that can make a real difference.”

‘‘We have always believed wine is fashion andwork to that principal daily, ensuring

Fox Gordon delivers wines and a brand that we are truly proud to call our own. ’’Natasha Mooney (Winemaker),

Sam (Managing Director) and Rachel Atkins.

Building a wine company of real integrity takes enormous commitment, investment, belief, passion and time. The owners of Fox Gordon would not have it any other way.

For a period of time Fox Gordon is offering Eight Uncles Shiraz and Sassy Sauvignon Blanc at 25% off the recommended retail price. With every bottle sold,* $2 will be donated to the Sony Foundation Australia.

For online orders go to foxgordon.com.au/sony or phone 8377 7707 and use the exclusive code word SONY.

*Minimum order is 6 bottles. Offer is valid until 31/10/2014.

Eight Uncles Shiraz

$1495*Sassy

Sauvignon Blanc

$1195*

Cupcakes for Cancer may just be the most delicious fundraising organisation going around, and Sony Foundation is excited to announce our partnership for the next 12 months! Cupcakes for Cancer is encouraging everyone to get baking to support You Can, whether that means hosting an office morning tea, a baking contest or just having some friends over for morning tea. Check out www.cupcakesforcancer.org.au for all the mouth-watering information you need.

Please contact Elle ([email protected]) for more information or if you would like to be involved in some way.

June 25 Corporate Partner

Appreciation Evening

July 24 Skipper’s

Lunch

August 10 City2Surf with

John Eales

October 23 Wharf4Ward

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