AMBER KASEY FAWELL, the youngest child of the Fawell family, was diagnosed with an 'In-operable Brain Tumour' on 12th June '09. She is currently on Chemotherapy in Sydney Children's Hospital as their local hospital does not have the facilities. This means a 3 hour round trip each hospital visit. As you can imagine, the family have now been laden with extra expenses such as cost ... Read More
My darling husband has decided to put away the razor for one month (November) and help raise awareness and finds for men’s health – specifically prostrate cancer and depression in men. Well, that’s not entirely true…he’ll still be shaving his head. But he, in his words, will be growing a porno mo! LOL What many people don’t appreciate is that close to 3,000 men ... Read More
Remember when I posted about the Starlight Foundation’s Livewire project? Well it’s now been launched at our local hospital. The Livewire Hospital Program aims to have a significant impact on the social and emotional wellbeing of young patients aged between 10 and 21, currently spending long periods of time at Wollongong Hospital as they receive treatments for a serious illness, chronic health condition ... Read More
Ever thought about becoming a Foster Carer? Now might be the time to do so. The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (the Centre) and the Victorian Minister for Community Services, the Hon. Lisa Neville, launched a new, state-wide foster care recruitment campaign to address Victoria’s shortfall of 1,000 foster carers. In Victoria alone, there are over 5000 children who are , through ... Read More
There are approximately 450,000 young Australians living with serious illnesses, chronic health conditions and disabilities. These conditions often impact their every day lives and quite often leads to absences from school, sport and other social activities making them feel isolated and lonely. Livewire is a new online community, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and the first service of it’s kind in Australia, ... Read More
Victorian residents are battling the worst bush fire Australia has ever seen. At this time, 65 people have been confirmed dead and over 700 homes have been totally destroyed. Victorian Premier John Brumby has set up an appeal together with the Australian Red Cross and the Federal Government. PLEASE, dig deep and help the victims of the bush fires. A lot of these people have ... Read More
So a few of us gotten on the 101 things in 1001 days bandwagon and one of the goals that a few, in particular Chris and Felicity, have in common is making a Christmas shoebox. Of course, I had to have a look to see what it was all about and learned: "Operation Christmas Child is a unique project of Samaritan’s Purse that brings joy and hope ... Read More
I was browsing the National Breast Cancer Foundation shop and found this really cute t-shirt with my favourite things - the colour PINK and butterflies! I'm even happier that it comes in plus sizes too! Thanks, Megan for mentioning the site :) Technorati Tags: breast cancer foundation,pink,butterflies ... Read More
