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Our Families

Team Tilly
Fundraising Target:
$ 15,000.00
Donations to Date:
$ 10,658.25

Messages of Support

“Go Tilly - Best of luck for the River Walk. Darryl Fussell.”
-- M W

“Go Tilly! We love you, The Macks”
-- Johnny Mack

“We wish you all the best and hope Tilly continues to improve The Taits”
-- Warren Tait

“Hello Tilly, I've never met you, or your mummy and daddy, but I've heard you are a beautiful little girl. I wish you the best of luck with your progress and I'm sure with the support from your family and friends, life will be an exciting and rewarding journey for you. xKT”
-- Kylie Tait

“you go girls!!!!!!!!!!”
-- victoria kirk-lamburd

“Such a lovely story, you have such wonderful parents Tilly. My very best wishes to you all. ”
-- Valmai Mulhall

“Sponsoring Ruth and Johnno Good luck to you all”
-- Sue Willis

“With best wishes to Tilly from the Delany Family of McKinnon Victoria (friends of Aunty Cath and family). x”
-- Cathrine McCallig

“great work Sally and best of luck with the walk.”
-- Simon Theodore

“Go Team Tilly! menina bela lots of love from all your Brazilian friends on the Gold Coast. ”
-- Flavia Becke

“My best wishes, I hope that enough funds are raised to help.”
-- Gabrielle Turnbull

“Thanks Tilly for brightening up my day. I'm in Sydney but will be with you in spirit for the walk! Love, Karineh (friend of Hannah Ryan's and yours)xx ”
-- Karineh Danielians

“Good Luck Tilly”
-- Kelvin Nickalls

“From Fiona Browne & Dean Evans”
-- Dean Evans

“Go team Tilly on the walk!!”
-- Narelle Nicholls

“The team at the Commonwealth Bank State Learning Centre wish you well. This is the first donation of many more to follow. Go Tilly Go!!!”
-- Hannah Ryan

“From all the team at Employment Plus, Mermaid Waters. Go Tilly!”
-- M W

“May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun And find your shoulder to light on, To bring you luck, happiness and riches Today, tomorrow and beyond. ”
-- Sally Wombwell (Warner)

“Go Team Tilly, Hope the sun is shining on you all on the day of the walk,sorry I can't be there to cheer you all on,but you will be in my thoughts....Sam Earle friend of Julie Lucas xx”
-- Samantha Earle

“all the best and good luck :)”
-- martin daniels

“What a great effort Cath....walking for such a wonderful cause. I hope to get a picture of Tilly with her new chair in the future. Best of luck. Dan Stucki”
-- Danielle Stucki

“Go Tilly! You'll never be short of love and support so keep smiling that gorgeous smile. Diana and Brad xxx”
-- Diana Mccubbin

“Hey Andy & Ange All the best to Tilly from us over here in the UK, Rob, Bea, Leyna & William. (Charlsey's Di sent us the link) All the best!!! xo”
-- Robert O'Neil

“Go Team Tilly and Diana, Best wishes from Stoke-on-Trent, England! xx”
-- Sophia McCubbin

“Go Team Tilly and Diana, Best wishes from Stoke-on-Trent, England! xx”
-- Sophia McCubbin

“wishing you well and get your support you need.x”
-- marianne allen

“Keep up the good work !”
-- Perri MacKendrick

“Good luck for the 12th. Really great what youre doing. Love Georgie & Nick Cooper”
-- Georgina Baker

“Great work Brad, good luck on the 12th. Best wishes to Tilly.”
-- Gary Tootell

“Thanks to Ruth Willis for telling us about gorgeous Tilly. Delighted to donate and wish Team Tilly all the very best. Val Ferdinands, Powerhouse”
-- Valerie Ferdinands

“We wish you well beautiful little Angel x”
-- David & Natasha Radic

“I am sponsoring Zara Behrend in her walk for Tilly. xoxo”
-- Nivannii Nivannii

“Go Team”
-- Amelia Smith

“I'm sponsoring little Harry Oliphant for the walk. Go Harry, Eliza, Tom & Charlotte! Hope you raise lots of money for your cousin Tilly!”
-- M W

“We love you Tilly Sofia, Secret, Kaiser and Oskar”
-- Tina Goetz

“Best Wishes in raising the needed funds Gerry & Victoria”
-- Geraldine Rohan

“We hear from your proud Aunty Sally what a special little girl you truly are Tilly. We wish you and your parents all our love and look forward to hearing of your rapid progress from your Aunty Sally. With love Marc, Sarah & Scarlett Kurczycki.x0x0x”
-- MARC KURCZYCKI

“Thank you God for the blessings this little angel brings to others.”
-- Nola Chamberlain

“Go, Dee!! Good luck, Charlotte x”
-- Charlotte Kirk

“CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE SOME FUN ON THE WALK WITH YOU LITTLE ONE. Love Bexta and Fishy”
-- Ian Richards

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-- Penny Rutledge

“Paul Holmes mentioned you were looking for sponsors and it is my pleasure to help... Good luck”
-- Libby Huntley-Harris

“its great to see Holmsey (from Hot Tomato) showing support for these kids.”
-- Pania Gilbert

“Wishing you all of best!”
-- Lauren Allen

“YOU CAN DO IT!”
-- KATRINA MCARTHUR

“I listen to Holmsey and Flan every morning and would like to help support Team Tilly.I wish you all the very best for the future, Take care Lesley”
-- Lesley Hubble

“Big hugs and love to get you wherever you want to go, whenever you want to go xxoo from Suzie (friend of Holmsey)”
-- Sue Solah

“Go Tilly! You're a brave beautiful girl and I'm so proud of you! Blessings to you. Xx Audrey”
-- Audrey Tan

“With Love Ruby, Levi, Josephine + Max Goetz-Sanfedele”
-- Nicole Goetz-Sanfedele

“Go Tilly, we will be thinking of you and your family on the day, Love Luciana and Ben xxo”
-- Benjamin Flynn

“Good Luck Team Tilly! I'm sponsoring Aunty Mel and Ella. With best wishes to Tilly from Alissa and Dan Jeffery”
-- Alissa Jeffery

“Good Luck with the Walk on Sunday Ange, Andy and Tilly! Robert, Khodie and I will try to make it up there on Sunday for the walk:) In cause we don’t get there though, I would like to wish you all a fantastic day! Lyn xoxoxoxoxo”
-- Lyndy Kinnaird

“All our love and support are with you Tilly. Looking forward to seeing you at the riverwalk xxx. Love Blayne, Linda and Jakobe”
-- Blayne Gale

“CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT CHEEKY SMILE ON SUNDAY TILLY AND GIVE YOU A BIG CUDDLE! ”
-- Nerida Shay

“Paying it forward. ”
-- Janelle willson

“A donation from the fabulous mums at St. Finbars Primary, Brighton East. With best wishes to Tilly, Angie and Andy. x”
-- Cathrine McCallig

“Go Team Tilly at Riverwalk 2010!”
-- Alicia Mollaun

“Good luck with the event! What a touching cause....Go Team Matthews!”
-- Carly Dixon

“Ingrid Murphy invited our participation but we can't make it so I hope this helps. All the best for your event.”
-- Sonia Gold Dooney (formerly higgs)

“Good Luck Tilly fro all the Tradies at Lawty Autoelectrics and Air”
-- Ian Richards

“Sorry I couldn't make it to the Team Tilly walk, i hope that you can appreciated that walking is not really my thing, looks like it was a very sucessful day, the t-shirts look fantastic. All my love Kat xxx”
-- Kathryn Maniatopoulos

“Wishing your family all the best and congratulations on the we site. Sherry”
-- Sheryl Fitzgerald

“Go Tilly Go!!!! Tait”
-- Andrew Tait

“With best wishes to Tilly from Andrea and Peter Kavanagh and family, (friends of Tilly's great aunties and uncles in Melbourne)”
-- Cathrine McCallig

“Pump those legs, Bec Willis & Team!”
-- Phoebe Killen

“Hi Tilly! We will see you and your mum and dad on Sunday! Really looking forward to seeing your smiling face again! The Matthews xox”
-- Alison Matthews

“A donation from the Conroy family from St Finbars Primary, Brighton East. Wishing Tilly and family the best of luck.”
-- Cathrine McCallig

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Description

My name is Matilda but everyone just calls me Tilly! When I was born my mum and I had lots of complications. I popped into the world and had trouble breathing. I needed to be resuscitated and spent a long time in intensive care. As a result of my tough entry into the world I have been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. I have decided to share my journey with the world and hope you can learn lots from me. I invite you to watch me learn how to walk, talk, use my hands and play with all my friends and family. I’m going to be the best I can, regardless of my disability.

Soon after Tilly was born at the Gold Coast Hospital she was immediately transferred to the Mater Mothers hospital in Brisbane and it was there the doctors made the grim discovery: Tilly had experienced a hypoxic (lack of oxygen) episode during the labour process. Matilda’s Cerebral Palsy means the simple things that we take for granted are a struggle for Tilly, like sitting, crawling, walking, talking and using her hands. However with early intervention and specialised care, outcomes for the future can be dramatically enhanced. Although Matilda has not had the best of starts, she has shown us her strength of character and that she is up for the challenge. It wasn't until later did we find out what her name means, we feel it's perfect for her: Matilda, "Strength for battle".

Matilda has a very busy schedule attending her appointments including, Physio therapy, Speech therapy, Ocupational therapy, Naturopathy, Laser Acupuncture, and Hydro Therapy. We want all of our children to have access to everything the world has to offer. Right now Tilly does not. However, in the future, things will change for her with hard work, persistence, lots of therapy and supportive family and friends.

Our vision for Tilly is that she gets a chance to achieve her full potential in life, we would love to see her mobile and eventually have her own independence. So please help Tilly achieve these goals by becoming part of TEAM TILLY and in her network of supportive friends.

All the funds we raise will be used to continue Tilly's ongoing treatment, therapies and equipment. Any support you are able to offer is very much appreciated as it all counts. We hope to see you at this year’s Riverwalk. For more information on helping out or if you have a question for Team Tilly please email aamwilson@gmail.com or phone Angie on 0402 758 421 or 07 5554 6552

For more cool photos and information on Tilly please visit www.matildascause.com

All donations of $2 or more are tax deductible and you will not receive any additional credit card charges. The Developing Foundation commits 90% of our target directly to Matilda's expenses. The balance is used by the charity to cover administration and credit expenses.