Perisher Ski Patrol is a registered charity that relies exclusively on donations and other fund-raising to provide the completely free emergency first-aid and rescue services in and around Perisher, Guthega, Smiggin Holes and Blue Cow.

Benefits of Sponsorship
Firstly, it makes you feel good and sleep better knowing that you have contributed to the well-being of the people in your community. Secondly, every donation over $2 is tax deductible to you, your lodge or your company. Finally, you know that your donation contributed to upgrading and improving the mountain safety for the benefit of you, your family and friends. In 2008, the sponsorship money helped replenish all the first aid equipment and medical gases and additionally we were able to purchase rescue equipment, a light weight backboard for distance rescues and renew the specialist batteries that power our defibrillators (heart starters).

Why sponsor?
Every donation helps: from buying one of our annual raffle tickets to being a corporate or private sponsor. All the money goes directly to making Perisher, Guthega, Smiggin Holes and Blue Cow a safer and more enjoyable place for all to enjoy. You donate and we put it all back into the safety of the mountain.

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What do with do with your donation?
We deliver free medical treatment to anyone injured or in need in the Perisher area. We evacuate over 4000 people a season and provides a range of services including accident prevention, skier and snowboard safety and excellent first-aid, including casualty transportation to the Perisher Medical Centre. Through the Medical Centre there are links with local and interstate hospitals and helicopter transport. Rescue activities provided by the Perisher Ski Patrol are able to be provided without charge because of the voluntary nature of the organisation.

Perisher Ski Patrol is a community based volunteer association that works in full cooperation with the Perisher Resort's own group of full time Ski Patrollers. Perisher is a fully independent Association setting high training standards and maintaining these standards through a re-certification system for its volunteer members. The patrol provides services within the resort but is also available to assist the NSW Police and National Parks and Wildlife Services in search and rescue outside the resort boundaries whenever required.

We provide our own specialist medical and first aid equipment, such as defibrillators, oxygen, sleds, radios, skidoos, resuscitation equipment and splints, the cost of which is met by contributions from various generous sponsors and donations. Usually the Perisher Ski Patrol needs to supplement its funding through other revenue generating activities such as raffles for which prizes are sought from supporters and friends of the patrol. Perisher Ski Patrol adheres to strict health protocols which require the use of single use, sterile bandages and equipment which means that the assistance provided has a significant cost associated with it.

With increasing compliance costs and the increasing cost of first aid supplies (bandages, oxygen and Penthrane (an analgesic pain relieving medicine), Perisher Ski Patrol is under mounting pressure to raise more funds in order to continue providing its excellent levels of service to Perisher's skiers, boarders, visitors and the community in general.