Three-year-old Jack was born with nephrotic syndrome, a rare congenital kidney disease which meant he initially had to return to hospital five days per week for four hourly sessions of protein infusion, then moving onto 10 hours of home dialysis every night.

From three days after his birth in mid-2013 Jack had a tube protruding from his body which meant he couldn't have a bath, let alone swim in a pool or at the beach.

Jack's life was transformed with the gift of a kidney transplant from his father Clinton in February, 2015.

Jack is the grandson of Rotary District 9650 Governor and well-known Taree locals, Maurie Stack and his wife Deidre.

A project started in Jack's name is funding research towards the outcomes of child kidney transplant patients.

"The research is aimed at filling gaps in knowledge to improve outcomes for children like our grandson who have received a kidney transplant but now face a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs (which affect the immune system) and who will probably require another four or five transplants during their lives," Maurie said.

The Jack Wilson Kidney Research Project has since been awarded to Dr Anna Francis, a paediatric nephrologist who will work from Westmead Children's Hospital.

Jack's grandmother Deidre agreed to raise $38,500 which will be matched by the University of Sydney, with the balance being contributed by Australian Rotary Health.

At Taree's Rotary District 9650 conference $5000 was raised towards the project.

As a fundraiser, Rotarian Dusty Walkom stitched the Dr Suess inspired quilt and donated a collection of books to a be raffled off. The raffle was drawn at the conference.

The raffle raised $3250 for Deidre's funding.

"De had already received contributions of $30,000 from Rotary clubs across the district. She has raised more than $35,000 to date," Maurie said.