Tiny tot highlights need for Bluey Day

ABBM David Webb’s wedding ring looks huge on his newborn daughter, Lauren, who was born 12 weeks premature.

There was special meaning behind some of Navy’s fundraising efforts for this year’s Bluey Day.

HMAS Stirling participated in this year’s event and raised over $4000 for the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

The Safety Equipment section was well represented with a number of its members shedding their locks for a good cause.

Among them was ABBM David Webb, whose baby girl was born 12 weeks premature and required intensive care that may not have been otherwise available if it wasn’t for fundraising efforts like Bluey Day.

Weighing just 1075 grams, Lauren Webb spent many weeks in King Edward Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital before beingable to go home.

AB Webb’s girl was so small, even his wedding band looked huge when he slipped it around her arm for this photo.

It reinforced Stirling’s fundraising efforts for Bluey Day, which aims to raise money to fund research, purchase equipment and help support children with cancer and other lifethreatening childhood illnesses.

A gold coin collection on the main gates was held and over $1100 was collected in donations.

Considering that there was only one ship alongside at that time, this was a pretty impressive result.

CPO Brendon McLaughlin from HMAS Farncomb raised nearly $1000 in Adelaide to add to the overall total which was a great effort.

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