Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation’s annual Dollar Dress Day in the hospital took place on Friday 13 March and saw staff, patients and families from over ten wards and departments get out of their scrubs, suits and pyjamas and into some wild and crazy creations.
The fundraiser, which began in 1996, has become an institution in the hospital with wards and departments battling it out for the honour of Dollar Dress Day Champions.
This year’s themes included “Future Hospital”, “In the Jungle”, “Hollywood”, “Friday the 13th” and “Wild Wild West”, and a huge effort was made by all involved. We also had some very special judges this year, with 96fm’s Fitzi and West Coast Eagles’ Ash Smith and Ash Arrowsmith lending their talents to the judging panel.
Ward 8A took out the crown for the second year running with “1909” after creating some olde worlde charm including a turn of the century schoolroom, gold panning area and nurses in period costume.
In second place was the diagnostic imaging department’s “In the Jungle“, where wild animals abounded and even an elephant made its way onto the ward!
Special mentions to everyone else who took part.
3B (Wild Wild West) - best leather pants
5B (Hollywood) - best cameo appearance by George Clooney's wife
5C (The Future Hospital) - best use of car sun visor
5D (In the Garden) - best beard
Neonates (Hawaii) - best string bikini
Megazone (Wall-E) - best judges bribe & highest fundraiser
Physiotherapy (Cricket) - best Boonie impersonator
Speech Pathology (Friday the 13th) - best head of department
Safety & Quality (The Future is Bright) - best black outfits
It’s not just PMH that joins in the fun of Dollar Dress Day – schools and businesses across WA also “dress up, dress down and dress differently” to raise money for WA’s sick children. They can nominate any day of the year to participate.
Since the event started over ten years ago, over $240,000 has been raised for the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation through gold coin donations.
If you would like to register to take part, contact Lesley Hooper or phone the Foundation on (08) 9489 1100.