Starlight Children's Foundation
Nonprofit organizationwww.starlight.org
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Sep 30, 2026
Jim MazanyGUEST
And and I think I've been fortunate to kind of preside over some really successful sales and profit situations.
Jim MazanyGUEST
But we also give back at P.F. Chang's, too, which is like right now we're in the middle of a campaign that started in September, which I'm really proud of, too, which is our Starlight Children's Foundation, where we are actually working with the Starlight Foundation.
Jim MazanyGUEST
which if you don't know what that is, it's 800 hospitals across the U.S. that we're working with where they work with children that are at that moment where they're in the hospital, they're about to have a surgery or procedure, and they're scared.
Jim MazanyGUEST
Just think about what would happen as a parent when your child was going in for whether it's a cancer procedure or something along those lines.
Mackenzie BykowskiHOST
And so when you were 21, you wrote what you consider to be your first true song titled "Let Your Light." Can you tell us the story of that moment when storytelling and your creative outlet of music kind of collided with that intersection of actually writing songs?
Ben AbrahamGUEST
I worked for a, a children's charity called the Starlight Children's Foundation, and we had a playroom in the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, and there were 20 of us, and we would wear crazy alien spacemen costumes, and our job was to distract kids from being in hospital.
Ben AbrahamGUEST
So we had like a-
Mackenzie BykowskiHOST
Sure
Scotty CummingsHOST
So congratulations from the bottom of my heart.
Scotty CummingsHOST
I was actually thinking about you the day after the grand final and because of the work with Purple Hands and Starlight and that sort of thing, I'm Thinking if the players are in a hole and they're feeling horrible, which they all would be, maybe just to drop into Starlight Children's Foundation and just to get a bit of perspective on life because there's no greater way of doing it than seeing kids who are really battling, mate.
Bailey BanfieldGUEST
Absolutely.
Bailey BanfieldGUEST
I think that's helped me certainly this year.
John CampeaHOST
That is still one of the funniest lines ever.
John CampeaHOST
I can't remember the exact name of the group, but the Starlight Foundation is the most vicious of all the charities.
John CampeaHOST
I mean, it's just so crazy.
John CampeaHOST
Robin Williams is genius.
Will SchofieldHOST
I didn't really know you were doing this.
Will SchofieldHOST
And you ran 32 Ks to the G and raised a shitload of money for Starlight Foundation, mate.
Will SchofieldHOST
Well done.
Will SchofieldHOST
Talk to me.
Ronan FitzgeraldPANELIST
So I'll put it in the description.
Ronan FitzgeraldPANELIST
Well done.
Ronan FitzgeraldPANELIST
One last hurrah on the Starlight Foundation and they were really stoked as well.
Ronan FitzgeraldPANELIST
It
Mark SowerbyGUEST
So I decided to swim the English Channel.
Mark SowerbyGUEST
And then through a relationship I had with the Starlight Children's Foundation in Australia, we decided to raise a million dollars for that.
Mark SowerbyGUEST
So it became quite a big personal event and it was public.
Mark SowerbyGUEST
We did that in 2015 and managed to get across.
Luke GrantHOST
Trouble with speaking to someone like you, Libby, is you want to speak to someone like you forever, so let's make sure we speak again.
Luke GrantHOST
Can I just tell my listeners that Libby partners with the Starlight Children's Foundation, Beyond Blue, how good's this, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association, she cares, Coast Trek and Pool Works, and her husband, Luke, He's done really well for himself.
Luke GrantHOST
He runs a blue stamp company, amongst other things.
Luke GrantHOST
You are one remarkable Aussie, Libby Trickett.
Luke GrantHOST
So let's make sure we speak again.
Luke GrantHOST
Can I just tell my listeners that Libby partners with the Starlight Children's Foundation, Beyond Blue, How Good's This?, Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association, She Cares, Coast Trek and Pool Works, and her husband, Luke, He's done really well for himself.
Luke GrantHOST
He runs a blue stamp company, amongst other things.
Luke GrantHOST
You are one remarkable Aussie, Libby Trickett.
Will SchofieldHOST
And you've got the lads in Melbourne looking after you there.
Will SchofieldHOST
But he did it all to raise money for the Starlight Foundation, I believe.
Will SchofieldHOST
So there's a GoFundMe page on our socials.
Will SchofieldHOST
It'll be in our description.
DamoHOST
There were three.
DamoHOST
So he works with the Starlight Foundation, which is at the Perth Children's Hospital.
DamoHOST
He works with Purple Hands.
DamoHOST
Yes, Purple Hands.
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