The Grow Foundation is all about ‘Kids Helping Kids’ in need.
Established in 2011, Grow’s mission is to help families of children with special needs who are often given little to no hope for their kids.
We aim to give them a FIGHTING CHANCE to live a life we hope for all of our children.
Today, Grow Foundation helps families and children by providing grants and access to programs that are not otherwise readily available.
Grow has a strong focus on community and education. We believe that if we can show children and adults alike that they can make a change in this world they will then go on to help change the world in a significant way.
Each year Grow trains children from 4 – 16 years of age to run distances between 3 and 10 kms to support their peers who cannot. Our inspiration came from one of our Grow kids. Told that he could never run again after a severe stroke, this impressive young man achieved the impossible and ran the 5.7km event in the Melbourne Marathon. Through his efforts the Grow Kids Helping Kids campaign was born.
Guest speakers – like the inspirational Don Elgin – come along to tell their stories and to give our Grow Kids some encouragement as they surpass their own expectations in terms of distances they can run. Children we have helped in previous years – like Zac pictured here with Don Elgin – come along to show us the progress they have made, so the Grow Kids can see that their sponsorships have truly made a difference for another child.
Today we celebrate the success of many Australian children achieving milestones never before thought possible, and watch as the Grow ‘Kids Helping Kids’ Team, in their endeavours to help other kids in need, proudly take responsibility for making the world a better place for all.
Together we inspire children across Melbourne to develop a LOVE of running, a sense of community and responsibility, compassion and charity and all with the vision of helping another.
Grow Foundation is wholly run by unpaid volunteers and all funds raised go towards supporting the children in need of help.
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