The Crows Children's Foundation is proud to have supported the Childhood Cancer Association's Michael Rice Units in 2016.

By providing funding for two of the units for one year of accommodation, the Foundation has been able to help children like Amber and her family, who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at the age of two.

Amber's family are from a rural South Australian town, approximately five hours from Adelaide, and so were required to relocate to Adelaide for her treatment.

The family moved into the Michael Rice Units whilst Amber received treatment and made their unit a “home away from home” for close to two years.

Happily, Amber has recently completed treatment and her and her family have been able to return home.

"It really helped our family and it is really great for families in need. We were so grateful to be able to have somewhere to live that is close to the hospital. It meant we didn’t have to worry about where we were going to stay and we had our privacy when we needed it," said Daniel, Amber’s father.

As well as providing funding, the Foundation arranged for Crows players to pay a visit to the Units during the year to lift the spirits of the kids and their families.

See the video of Crows players visitng the Michael Rice Units here

"While we were at the Units a few of the Crows players visited us. We really love the Crows and it was such a great day," said Daniel.

"Amber loved meeting them, especially Daniel Talia. She was given a Crows guernsey and she wore it to bed that night and to the hospital the next day - she didn’t want to take it off!"

The Crows Children’s Foundation raises and distributes funding to sick and disadvantaged children across Australia – and occasionally internationally – by boosting health, education and welfare programs.

Each year the Foundation calls for grant submissions to donate up to $100,000 to three worthy South Australian-based charity projects helping kids in need.

In 2016 the Foundation donated almost $120,000 to Autism Spectrum Australia, the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation, The Salvation Army and the Childhood Cancer Association to undertake specific assignments to assist children in South Australia.

Since the Foundation was established in 2005, more than $1.2 million has been distributed to support those less fortunate via a host of charities.