The Miranda Foundation

15/03/2026

✨ What an incredible day at The Biggest Playdate!

Today was filled with laughter, rides, games, delicious food, and so many families coming together for a cause that means so much to us. Seeing our community show up and support this event year after year is something truly special.

Before we share the big number, we want to say a huge thank you to our major sponsors, Steel Club Victoria, Southern Dance Festival and Aspendale Gardens Community Service whose support helped make today possible.

And an especially heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers… the people who gave up their time not only today, but who have been planning, organising and working behind the scenes with us for months and months to bring this event to life. We truly couldn’t have done it without you. Big shoutout to our fav, Alanna's Mummy!

Now for the moment we’ve all been waiting for…

💛 Together, we raised an incredible $86,000! 💛

This is the most we have ever raised, and it simply wouldn’t be possible without every single person who attended, donated, helped out, and supported the day.

Because of this amazing community, we are going to make a huge difference for the Monash Children’s Cancer Centre. Thank you all for being part of something so special. 🎡🎈

13/03/2026

The Biggest Playdate is TOMORROW! 🎉

We are so excited to see everyone come together for a fun-filled day supporting the Monash Children’s Cancer Centre 💛

🗓 Sunday, March 17 (TOMORROW!)
⏰ 10:00am – 3:00pm

Bring the whole family and get ready for:
🎡 Amusement rides
🍔 Food stalls
🎯 Carnival games
🍪 Kids activities
🎤 Stage performances
🎟 Silent auction prizes and more!

🚗 Parking Information
Please see the map below for parking locations and event access points to help make your arrival smooth and easy.

📣 Please share this post and invite your family and friends! The more people who come along, the more we can raise for children with cancer! Monash Children's Hospital

It’s going to be a wonderful day of community, fun, and making a difference together. We can’t wait to see you there! 💛

13/03/2026

73 items live for our silent auction!
Make sure you take a look and get your bids in!

See you at the Biggest Play date on Sunday!

Bid on exclusive money can't buy items & experiences with The Miranda Foundation. Enter into one of our charity auctions, prize draws or buy exclusive

12/03/2026

This Sunday! See you there x

11/03/2026

Why do we run The Biggest Playdate, what is our connection to Monash Children's Cancer Centre? 💛

This is Taylah's story...

November 2014. Taylah was a bright Year 9 student, who had recently been experiencing fatigue, headaches and lightheadedness. Anemia? Disordered eating? What was wrong? A few weeks of investigating at Monash Children's Cancer Centre (CCC) revealed the worst. Taylah was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Blood cancers like Taylah's are treated over years. The first hurdle is getting into remission, which involved heavy chemotherapy and steroids for about a month. A few days before Christmas 2014, Taylah was in remission.

For the next 2 and a half years, Taylah went through many procedures and had lots of medicine that made her body deteriorate. But that's what was necessary to get rid of her cancer, and to save her life.

During this time, the idea for The Biggest Playdate was made (thanks Georgina!). It was at a time when the new Monash Children's Hospital was being built. The first Biggest Playdate was held in 2016 and was a great success. It was how the Miranda family could say thank you to the CCC for treating Taylah and giving them hope.

Taylah finished treatment in March 2017. That year, she finished Year 12, got accepted into Biomedical Science at Monash University, and began her journey into adulthood, forever changed.

Unfortunately, Taylah's cancer returned in 2019. She endured another of year of chemotherapy, radiation and egg freezing. She was in remission again in January 2021. Since then, her cancer has not returned.

Taylah was treated at Monash Children's Cancer Centre. The staff - from the highly skilled doctors, empathetic nurses, and the kind cleaners - everyone who worked at that Cancer Center, supported Taylah & her family through both diagnoses.

The Miranda family cannot thank Monash CCC enough for Taylah's happy ending. However, they also saw children suffer greatly, and some pass away. And that is why they fundraise.

The Biggest Playdate is about the community coming together to acknowledge the amazing work at Monash CCC, and to support them - whether it's by funding clinical care roles, or funding important research so that children aren't facing the side effects of toxic chemotherapy, and so that more children can go on to live a long life.

Join us at The Biggest Playdate this year. Sunday 15th March / Aspendale Gardens Community Centre 🎗

11/03/2026

Not long until the Silent Auction closes!
Get your bids in for a great cause x

https://aus.givergy.com/TheBiggestPlaydate/

10/03/2026

See you on sunny Sunday 🌞

09/03/2026

This Sunday! See you there!

07/03/2026

Our silent auction is online!
Every dollar you bid is donated directly to Monash Childrens Cancer centre so bid generously to help make a didference to children with cancer.

Bidding closes 2pm next Sunday at The Biggest Playdate!

See you there xx

Bid on exclusive money can't buy items & experiences with The Miranda Foundation. Enter into one of our charity auctions, prize draws or buy exclusive

06/03/2026

Thank you Bonbeach Primary School for raising much needed awareness and funds for Monash Children’s Cancer Centre!
See you all next Sunday!

04/03/2026

🍰 Love to bake? We need you! 🍪

We’re looking for some amazing home bakers to help us stock the cake stall at the Biggest Playdate!

If you have a little time in the next week, we’d be so grateful if you could bake a slice, cake, or sweet treats to share. Please pop your goodies into small sealed bags and clearly label them with the ingredients and your name.

Drop-off options:
📍 Our office anytime next week
📍 At the event on Saturday after 4pm
📍 Or Sunday before 10am 15th March

Every contribution makes a difference — and we can’t wait to see (and taste!) your creations
Thank you for your support! 💛