AFTER a high-risk pregnancy and the subsequent medical care needed at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne for their new-born child early last year, shearer Ken Bungard and partner Tara Stephens found themselves very grateful to be offered the option of Ronald McDonald House (RMH) as a place to stay.

The experience ended up having a profound impact on Ken and motivated him to financially support the facility - with the RMH mission to ease some of the practical burdens on the families of seriously ill and injured children, he saw first-hand how important that help was.