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The Foundation has been a
major sponsor of the Australian New Zealand Children’s
Cancer Study Group, with $35,000 being given in donations. These
donations were used over three seminars to bring overseas
speakers, experts in their field, to Australia to pass on
their expertise.
Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund
for Children, now trading as Redkite, between September 2000 and June 2002, received
in excess of $115,000 just to pay families funeral expenses
alone.
The Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia,
between June 1999 and May 2001 received $65,000 for funerals
as well. Kids with Cancer Foundation has paid an additional
$200,000 to families for funerals, to October, 2005.
Note from Pat Clements,
Social Worker Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane:
Just wanted
to write and express my appreciation for the financial
assistance you provided to the ......... family. Your
assistance for this family made a significant difference as
they were able to plan......... the farewell without major
financial restrictions. (Name
withheld)
At this
time of great sadness, Kids with Cancer provided a ray of
light that assisted the family to navigate perhaps their
greatest challenge.
The
University of Melbourne received $62,000 in 2004, to fund a
research assistant to allow the 'Victorian Paediatric Cancer
Family Study' to continue it's valuable work.
Letter of thanks from the
parents of a young boy:
To everyone
at the Kids with Cancer Foundation,
Thank you
for your support during this difficult time. Thank you
for the generous donation that paid for ........ funeral.
It was a great help and made life just that little bit
easier.
We are
hoping one day we can repay the favour.
(Name
withheld)
For most of their treatment,
children all over Australia, suffering with childhood
cancer, need to travel, and stay in the major city
hospitals. The treatment they receive can mean a stay of
many months away from home. Family members need to be with
them throughout their treatment, this can be a drain on
finances. Sometimes one parent or both will give up their
employment to spend time at their child’s bedside. Through
the social workers in the hospitals we have paid for
everything, from, a siblings cricket registration fees, to
the purchase of four motor vehicles, enabling families to
travel in comfort and safety, between their rural home and
the city hospital.
A recent letter of thanks,
from Mackay in Queensland:
“ I am writing
to thank you and your organisation so much for the enormous
financial support you provided during our sons battle with
cancer. He is now recovering well and we will always
remember with deep gratitude the huge relief your funding
provided, emotionally as well as financial.
Thank you
again.”
(Name
withheld)
The Kids with Cancer
Foundation has to date, donated motor vehicles to
eight
families. Most of these families live outside the major cities and
need safe, reliable transport to attend the children’s
hospitals in those cities. If mum and dad both need to be
with their child usually the rest of the family go along as
well. Families with older vehicles are stranded in rural
areas when their cars break down. Even families in the ACT
have a four hour drive to attend either Westmead or Randwick
with a sick child on board and usually the rest of the
young family, come as well.
We urge you to consider the children in a hospital near
you. Please donate, post cheques to: Kids with Cancer Foundation, PO Box 135
Westmead NSW 2145 or for credit cards: free-call any
donations to 1800 255522, and we guarantee that 100% of
these donations will be passed to families, or use this
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