THE peninsula branch of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation will host its annual Gala Ball fundraiser next month. The Blue Ribbon branch has been fundraising to install two Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machines at the intensive care unit in Frankston Hospital. It has now met its goal, and will begin fundraising for a Fetal Monitoring Service. The Blue Ribbon Gala Ball will be held at the Mornington Race Course on Saturday, 26 July.
The peninsula branch is also set to host an invite-only event at the Frankston Arts Centre in honour of the four police members who died in the Eastern Freeway tragedy – Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King, and Constables Josh Prestney and Glen Humphris – on 4 August. The ECMO machine facility at Frankston Hospital is set to be named after the four officers.
To book tickets to the Blue Ribbon Gala visit trybooking.com/CYSJF
First published in the Mornington News – 17 June 2025
