Mums who have overcome the odds to take home healthy babies formed the Guard of Honour for the Mother’s Day clash between Collingwood and Geelong at the MCG.
Among them was actress and Royal Women’s Hospital ambassador Jane Allsop whose twin girls, Willow and Skyler, received 125 days of lifesaving care at the Women’s newborn intensive care unit.
Collingwood selected the Royal Women’s Hospital as its Mother’s Day partner to support the Miracle Mums Appeal with spectators able to make donations at the ground and the general public online. Funds raised will go towards pregnancy and newborns research.
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