IN AN announcement made on Saturday Peel Thunder has joined forces with BHP Billiton, Peel Health Campus and the David Wirrpanda Foundation to head in to the season with a strong corporate side.
Big names in sport and recreation such as former West Coast Eagle David Wirrpanda, former Fremantle Docker Troy Cook, president of Peel Thunder John Ditchburn along with chief executive officer of Peel Health Campus and Health Solutions Justin Walter met at Bendigo Bank Stadium on Saturday before the Round 2 NAB Cup game between West Coast Eagles and Port Adelaide.
Peel Health Campus and Health Solutions presented a cheque to the David Wirrpanda Foundation for $50,000 that astounded director Wirrpanda saying he was very excited to work with both the Peel Health Campus and Peel Thunder to deliver a service like no other for Aboriginal children.
“I would like to thank Peel Health Campus for their dedication towards our foundation and their very kind donation so we can continue to improve the life choices of the children we work with and I hope to work very closely with Peel Thunder and Peel Health Campus in the future,” Wirrpanda said.
Executive chairman of Health Solutions Jon Fogarty congratulated Peel Thunder and the football club’s board for their efforts on the day and for the work that had been done with the community.
“I’d like to thank John Ditchburn and his team at Peel Thunder,” Fogarty said.
“Peel Thunder has a very hard working ethic and contribution like no other with John delivering so much to his club and his community. It certainly is a great moment to see a group with so much dedication in the game of football.”
Afterwards West Coast Eagles chairman Alan Cransberg delivered a speech also offering his congratulations to Ditchburn and Peel Thunder.
“It takes a lot of hard work to create an entity like Peel Thunder has done and to bring the community together with the new grounds it certainly is an achievement like no other in football,” Cransberg said.
