On the 21st of April, 2024, we lost our sweet girl, Ellsie, to SIDS. She was completely healthy and the happiest little girl you would ever meet. We knew SIDS existed but never thought it would happen to us. We want to do as much as we can to help the research for SIDS in memory of our princess Ellsie.

We are inspired by the work River's Gift do in Stamping Out SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The impact they make in funding vital SIDS research, delivering infant safe sleep education and advocating for the infants and families affected by SIDS, is incredible. River's Gift are Australia's leading SIDS research funding organisation.

Shine Blue 2024 marks the 13th anniversary of the passing of River Waddell to SIDS in November 2011. This campaign helps shine a spotlight on SIDS, a syndrome that isn't afforded anywhere near the attention and focus that it once was. In Australia each and every year, over 100 babies still lose their lives suddenly and unexpectedly in sleep. Our target for Shine Blue 2024 is $65,000 which will be channeled to the University of South Australia (UniSA), for the purpose of developing their unique SIDS biobank resource, and driving genetic research.

Please support River's Gift's work by donating to our CrowdRaiser, as I know they will appreciate every cent received. And we will be very grateful for your contribution too!

Also, I would be very grateful for you to share the link to this CrowdRaiser page to your friends and family. The more people who can help the better!

Thank you