United Community and the Community CPS Foundation are pleased to announce that the Angel Breaths for Tiny Angels campaign has successfully raised enough funds to purchase the first ‘Jet Ventilator’ in Western Australia. Until now Melbourne was the only place in Australia that had access to this specialised ventilator for extremely vulnerable premature babies.

In June 2009, at the launch of the West Australian fund of the Community CPS Foundation, we announced the Women and Infants Research Foundation (WIRF) as the first recipient of a $25,000 grant.

United Community then kicked off the Angel Breaths for Tiny Angels fundraising appeal by donating a further $5,000 and the appeal has now raised the additional $20,000 enabling us to purchase the unique ventilator which was presented to the King Edward Memorial Hospital in December.

We would like to thank all our members, staff and the WA community for their support of this wonderful cause.