Foundation Heroes

In August 2008, Jim Stynes and Don McLardy set the Melbourne Football Club community one of its biggest challenges in history – to demolish a $5 million debt.

So began the establishment of our Foundation Heroes in a Kensington warehouse. This was a night viewed by many as one of the most important in our history.

The passion and urgency in the room that night saw our 140 of our most powerful and influential supporters stand up and fight for what they loved, refusing to let the competition’s oldest club fall over.

Jim and Don’s dream is to grow our Foundation Heroes to 1000, we now have over 400 and are continually growing our numbers. There is a one-off significant $5000 contribution to become a Foundation Hero. This includes a complimentary invitation to our rich annual Foundation Heroes event in August each year, along with the opportunity to be a part of inner sanctum engagement activities on a yearly basis, for you and your family. We view our Foundation Heroes as having the strongest relationships throughout our entire club.

Since its inception, our Foundation Heroes have allowed the Club to clear its debt. It has also allowed our club to recruit, retain and develop our players.

In 2011 our Foundation Heroes allowed our Club to pay 100% of the salary cap and create the opportunity to recruit our powerhouse forward, Mitch Clark.

Our club is driven to create a war-chest to recruit the very best players in the AFL to the Melbourne Football Club, to assist us to win our 13th premiership.

- Foundation Heroes Flyer
- 2013 Engagement Activities

For further information contact:
Jackie Emmerton
Gifting and Relationships Manager
jackie.emmerton@melbournefc.com.au
Phone: 03 9487 4401

Russell Robertson
Club Development Manager
russell.robertson@melbournefc.com.au
Phone: 03 9652 1146

Foundation Hero members