The Pirtek Parramatta Eels and the Parramatta Leagues Club are proud to support the following charities in 2008.

• The Children's Hospital at Westmead
• The Northcott Disability Services
• Parramatta Mission

The Children's Hospital at Westmead is the largest, most highly respected paediatric centre in NSW, providing excellent care for children from NSW, Australia and across the Pacific Rim.

Established in 1880, The Children's Hospital at Westmead is a stand alone public hospital and registered charity with 3,000 staff in 150 departments and serves over 50,000 sick children and their families each year in a family-focused healing environment.

Funded by the NSW Government, The Children's Hospital at Westmead provides significant extra services aided by the generosity of individual, community and corporate donors.

For more information, please visit www.chw.edu.au

The Parramatta Eels have worked with The Northcott Disability Services for many years and are proud to now make the partnership official.

The Northcott Disability Services was established as the NSW Society for crippled children in 1929 by the Rotary Club of Sydney in response to the growing number of children left with the effects of Polio and other debilitating illnesses.

Today, Northcott provides support and services to more than 6000 individuals and families across NSW and the ACT. Northcott provides over 70 services across a broad range of disabilities including physical, intellectual, as well as sensory problems.

For more information, please visit www.northcott.com.au

Parramatta Mission is one of the largest providers of community services in Sydney's West and the Hills District.

The Mission works in partnership with federal, state and local governments, the business community, welfare organisations, community groups and concerned individuals to create a supportive and caring community for those in need.

The Parramatta Leagues Club has worked with the mission over the years supporting fundraising events and combined with the Pirtek Parramatta Eels are thrilled to be helping a local charity in 2008.

For more information, please visit www.parramattamission.org.au

Books In Homes - proudly supported by the Parramatta Eels

The Books In Homes Foundation aims to help young disadvantaged children improve their reading skills and to help them develop and maintain a love for reading; which will ultimately broaden their opportunities later in life.

To date, Books in Homes Australia has over 10,000 children in their program from 110 communities across NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA.

The Books in Homes program is one that the Eels are very proud to support in conjunction with the Eels literacy program ‘Try Reading’ which also promotes the importance of reading.