The Gillin Boys Foundation made a $50,000 donation to the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in December 2022 to aid their Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research.

It followed a $40,000 donation in June 2022 from the foundation which was set up for co-founder Christopher Gillin to raise awareness about his and his late brother Aaron's condition.

Chairman Peter Headen said he was proud of the foundation's growing contributions to improving the lives of people with muscular dystrophy.

"About three years ago, we decided to make The Gillin Boys Foundation so we could move into the future and raise funds," he said.

"This is the third significant donation we've made to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (research) so we're pretty proud of that.

"The Royal Children's Hospital are delighted with the money and have indicated to us that it will help significantly with their research."

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Mr Headen said Gillin Boys had donated $120,000 to muscular dystrophy research across three years which he credited to the generosity of the south-west community.

"The local community has been a really fantastic support to the Gillin Boys," he said.

"We really thank them for their generosity. We couldn't raise the money without them."

Mr Headen said he hoped people would continue to purchase their green laces and summer raffle tickets - to be drawn on February 17 - to support the foundation's fundraising.

"The green laces will always be part of the Gillin Boys," he said. "But we've also got a raffle on at the moment with a $5000 travel voucher up for grabs."

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