The Transplant Australia Football Club is proud to announce a partnership with Sanitarium Health Food Company, supporting the Transplant Australian National Team on their journey to the inaugural Transplant Football World Cup in Cervia, Italy this September.
Sanitarium Health Food Company Executive General Manager, Todd Saunders, said, “Sanitarium products have been nourishing families for 125 years and we know that eating well is a critical factor in people’s overall health and wellbeing. Sanitarium’s healthy eating values align perfectly with the Transplant Australia Football Club’s thanks for life ethos.”
“The Transplant Australia National Football squad includes one of our own valued Sanitarium team members as Head Coach, and we are proud to be able to help him and his teammates to represent Australia and honour their transplant donors.”
“Our team at Sanitarium wish the players every success in Italy and hope the Aussie advantage of our iconic Sanitarium Weet-Bix breakfast helps to fill, fuel and fire up a winning edge for this inspirational team, both on and off the field.”
Transplant Australia Football Club Chair, Ante Kelic, said “The team are thrilled to have Sanitarium come on board and support us as we prepare to represent Australia at the Transplant Football World Cup.”
“Sanitarium and Weetbix are such Aussie icons that have sponsored so many amazing Australian athletes so to be part of that and have them support us is pretty incredible.”
Head Coach and Sanitarium team member, Camryn Milne, is thrilled to have Sanitarium supporting a cause so close to his heart.
Camryn’s cousin, Tom, received two liver transplants, the first at only 5 months old. “I was very young when Tom received his first transplant, but I remember how stressful it was for our whole family,” recalls Camryn. “I couldn’t believe that a baby would have to go through something like that.”
Team Australia squad member and Camryn’s best mate Jake is also a kidney recipient. These experiences and the support of his employer Sanitarium motivated Camryn to bring his previous experience as a Central Coast Mariners Academy Coach and in the Central Coast Men’s Premier League to coach Australia’s first Transplant Football World Cup team.
“Seeing Jake, my best mate of 20 years, struggle with his health issues pre-transplant, it is really inspiring seeing him now be able to get around a football pitch again and be selected to represent Australia at the World Cup,” said Camryn.
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