Gidget Foundation Australia
Gidget Giving Day 2022
DOUBLE your impact on Wednesday 22 June... so that Gidget Foundation Australia can support more families like Melissa’s, who are struggling with perinatal depression and anxiety.
Our fundraising target of $150,000 will allow us to provide complete care to 50 of the most vulnerable expectant and new parents nationally.
Thanks to some of our most generous supporters, all donations will be matched from 9:00am Wednesday 22 June - 9:00am Thursday 23 June.
Gidget Giving Day 2022 Matchers:
Charles Warman Foundation
Eureka Benevolent Foundation
Prendiville Foundation
It is critical that we are able to reach and support as many vulnerable families in need as possible. Recent research conducted by Gidget Foundation Australia revealed that 65% of expectant and new parents feel that they don't have a strong network supporting them through parenthood.
We are seeing enormous demand for our perinatal mental health services, and we must be there to support new parents like Melissa and her husband Ben.
“I remember feeling so fortunate to fall pregnant quickly. I’d felt prepared for motherhood for a long time and my husband and I were excited and ready to start a family.
Within days of my first scan at six weeks pregnant, I soon realised how mentally unprepared I was for the pregnancy journey ahead. As I progressed through the first trimester, anxiety began to creep deeper into my days and nights.
The anxiety would find different ways to attack me each day, or sometimes even hourly. How sick would I feel today, and what pregnancy symptoms would I get? What if I fainted while I was alone? Would my fears and anxieties pass onto my baby, did I actually still want a baby, and could I give them the life they deserved?
Getting out of bed was enough to induce the feeling that I wasn’t safe. I felt fear everywhere and began shutting off from the world around me. I started declining invites from friends and family and friends to catch up and hoping my phone wouldn’t ring.
The feelings were so overwhelming that I lost all excitement I once had about bringing a baby into the world.
As my pregnancy progressed further into my second trimester, my mind turned past pregnancy to birth, and my next challenge – my deep fear of hospitals which I’ve had since I was a child. By this stage, the thought of being in a hospital had become so overwhelming, that I could no longer attend my routine scans or obstetric appointments.
I’d heard of Gidget Foundation Australia through two friends and although I wasn’t sure how I could be helped, I was willing to give anything a try. I attended my first appointment with angst and uncertainty, but it proved to be a turning point in my pregnancy.
I have shared my story in the hope of helping anyone who is experiencing or knows someone who is experiencing, anxiety or mental ill-health. If my story has resonated with you, know that you don’t need to do it alone and there’s help available.
A big thank you to our Supporters
The real heroes who are kindly helping us achieve our goal
Elise Ogden
$50
Trevor Loewensohn
$3.02k
Daren Donnellan
$104
Lisa Smith
$515
David Lane
$200
Geoffrey Mcwilliam
Hi Jess Great and very needed work !
$261
Emma And Andrew Maple-brown
$5k
Geoff Smith
Hi Sim. Hope all is well for you and Martin. Seems a long time since we have seen each other. This is from Richard and myself. Geoff
$515
Andrea Rejante
$100
Sarah A
$52
Anonymous
$52
Matched Giver
$30k
Vanessa Walker
$30k
Sophie Slater
With eternal gratitude
$104
Isabella Cherry
$26
Ang Fam
$600
The Village Family Centre
Thank you Gidget Foundation for all of the incredible work you do
$26
Nemira
$52
Anonymous
$104
Rowena
$157
Teresa Avila
$104
Tristan Scott
$100
Louise Ridlen
$104
Karl
$300
Libby & Jarrod Bowditch
$2k
Anonymous
$26
Erica Crabtree
$130
Sue Cotton
$515
Anonymous
Thank you to all that support the Gidget Foundation
$52
Stephanie Alchin
$40
Claire Layfield
Thank you for the amazing work you do
$52
Amanda Coneyworth
What an amazing effort today. Thanks to all supporters, volunteers and Board members!
$52
Sacha Calligeros
$104
Brittany Matsen
I can’t thank the Gidget foundation enough for the support I’ve received. Thank you for all that you do ❤️
$52
Edward & Sarah Nicholas
$515
Mel Kelly
$25
Lucia Noyce
$10
Joanna Keam
$209
Simon And Mo Hardy
$209
James Ellis-smith
$26
Matthew De Brouwer
$1,000
David Webster
$104
Anonymous
Love you guys. Keep up the amazing work.
$515
Faye Conte-hirst
Such a vital service!
$104
Christine Britten-jones
$104
Helen Ryan
$52
Judy Rose
$52
David Edwards
Let Gidget's spirit shine in the lives of other precious parents like her on this special day!
$136
Terry Hughes
$52
Jacqui Cotton
$157
Rodney Davis
$26
Kim Mouret
Gidget touches lives for good - everyday. Hope we can do more of it.
$515
Anonymous
$52
Anonymous
$50
Donna Espiner
$136
Justine Harvey
$26
Michelle Mcnamara
$261
Claudine Williams
$515
William Anderson
We are So proud of You
$500
Emma Bagnall
$261
Milkbar Breastpumps
$515
Andrew Crawford
This contribution is from Dianne Hamilton and Andrew Crawford of Blooms The Chemist. We are very proud to support this fantastic charity.
$104
Nicole Clark
$1.02k
Anonymous
$130
Anthony Bryen
$500
Ron Higham
$136
Logan Family
Will always be grateful for the support of Gidget
$515
Will Colwell
$104
Anonymous
$157
Anonymous
All done all at Gidget Best wishes for a super day today!
$3.02k
Brigitta Eiberger
Rest, relax and know that people are thinking of you at this challenging time. Love B
$52
Alleanza Architecture
$1.02k
Carlotta Annan
$52
Samantha
Wouldn’t have survived without the support of Gidget House
$100
Sharon Ferrarin
$136
Natalie Speranza
Such wonderful support for so many families 🌸 Watching from afar today. Hope you reach the target to help even more families in need x
$26
Ian & Marisa Dryland
$500
Maja Paleka
$261
Lawrence Newell
$104
Calmans Pharmacy
$250
Mark Arnold
$3.02k
Lisa Sandrk
An amazing service helping so many!
$104
Lisa Williams
Thank you for everything you do and have done, for me and for all the families who need this critical service. I am thrilled you have opened at Kareena and would be open to being a local advocate if you ever needed it!
$63
Blake Walker
Keep up the great job. Spread the care.
$1,000
Doug Stuart
$261
Doug Ferguson
Thanks Jarrod Libbie and Jess Davis for all your leadership
$150
Preston Foster
$136
Daniel Gilbert
$10.02k
Kate Brow
Thank you for helping me be the best mother I can be xxx
$136
Jess Wood
Thank you for being there for me after the birth of my two boys.
$104
Martin Short
$2.02k
Greg Matthews
$52
Dave Blacker
$2.02k
Angela Walsh
In memory of Daisy.
$250
Anonymous
$52
Stephen Reilly
Thank you Gidget Foundation for all you do for so many families.
$1.02k
William Gaha
Well done
$5.02k
Jj
Thank you for all that you do to support parents and children. Through your work you are making the World a better place. ❤️
$50
Emily Drewett
$63
Jen Russell
$261
Hi Jess Great and very needed work !