help us sprinkle some magic this christmas

Our flagship fundraiser is back for its fifth year, and we need your help to raise $125,000 for kids with DIPG.

We have 700 fresh 6ft Merlino’s Christmas trees to purchase, plus 50 7ft trees. UPDATE: ALL 7ft TREES ARE SOLD OUT. There’s also tree stands, home deliveries, Shire Santa visits, gourmet food, barista coffee from Three Pence, treats and prizes on offer. Every tree purchase comes with a free, professionally-styled Santa photo (print and digital copy) with Shire Santa, thanks to Innovative Home Loans. 100% of proceeds from every purchase will fund research and clinical trials for kids with DIPG at Children’s Cancer Institute.


PICKING UP YOUR TREE?

Trees will be available to pick up at Cronulla Seagulls Clubhouse, 55 Caronia Avenue, Woolooware Oval.

  • Saturday, November 30, 12pm - 4pm

  • Sunday, December 1, 8am - 12pm


HOME DELIVERY

Home delivery is available on the following dates and times for delivery within most suburbs of the Sutherland Shire only:

  • Friday, November 29, 3pm - 5pm

  • Saturday, November 30, 7am - 9am

  • Sunday, December 1, 7am - 9am


FOOD & FESTIVITIES

We’re cooking up delicious food in the canteen. There’s also great coffee, cold drinks, pastries from Sonoma, cupcakes and a lolly guessing competition for the kids with some epic prizes. Remember, all proceeds go to paediatric brain cancer research, so please come along with empty stomachs and support.

Thanks to our sponsors Abode Property, Cronulla Pools and Marine Co.


tree sizes and prices

  • Trees come in two sizes and prices: 6ft trees are $150 and 7ft trees are $180. This price includes a gorgeously styled Santa photo (printed photo and digital download) for you and your family (including your pets) with Shire Santa. If you opted for home delivery, you can still come down to the Clubhouse for a photo at any time during the event.

  • For the 6ft trees, while we are given a 6ft guideline from our suppliers, we have found that tree sizes vary considerably from 5ft to 6.5ft.

  • Our supplier for 700 of our trees is Merlinos Christmas Trees - the best trees in the biz - from the Merlino Monterey Pine farms in Ben Bullen, NSW.

  • Our trees are living, breathing, beautiful things, grown with love over five years from seed to maturity from our farmers in NSW and Victoria. They will have imperfections and gaps in branches. Some will be bushy and some will be lean. There may be some brown bits and some bare bits. With some carefully placed decorations, all of them can look magical.

  • We have a guaranteed allocation of 50 7ft trees, which are coming from a different supplier. Once we exhaust our allocation of larger trees, we won’t be able to get any more.

  • Everyone who works on and at this event is a volunteer, and we feel very proud that every cent we make will help Aussie kids with brain cancer. We hope you feel proud too, knowing what a difference your tree purchase is making.