The Children's Hospital at Westmead Annual Review 2013
Transcript of The Children's Hospital at Westmead Annual Review 2013
Contents2 Introduction – a path to wellbeing6 Fun Facts8 Chief Executive Message
10 The Path of Image12 Surgical Saviours14 Niamh’s Story
16 Art + Medicine = BrightHearts
18 The Path of Silence20 True Teamwork22 Belle’s Story24 Puppets at Play
26 The Path of Memory28 Home at Bear Cottage30 Jacob’s Story32 New MRI for New Images
34 The Path of Prayer 36 Chaplains and Pastoral Care38 Allie’s Story40 Fighting Food Allergies
42 The Path of Questioning44 Research Bench to Bedside46 Edward’s Story48 Operation Art50 Supporters59 How to Help
For many families coming to hospital is a path to healing. For others it is a journey searching for a cure and for most it is a path to better health. The Children’s Hospital at Westmead takes a holistic approach to providing care for sick children and our journey is always one of creating a path to wellbeing.
Last year a new path was created at the Hospital in the form of a labyrinth and it proved to be a welcome addition to our positive and family friendly environment. Like so many features of the Hospital it was made possible through the generosity of donations, bequests and the commitment of our dedicated staff.
Walking a labyrinth helps foster mindfulness, relaxation and refreshment. It has one path only so you can enter secure in the knowledge you won’t get lost. Families of sick children may take many different paths to our Hospital but they arrive secure in the knowledge that we will offer them world-leading care and specialised services.
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As the largest paediatric centre in NSW we care for more than 100,000 children each year. A focus on children first and foremost underpins our quality clinical care, community education, advocacy for improved child health and ground-breaking research into childhood illnesses.
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is well regarded for achieving a number of firsts in healthcare and this tradition continues as we are the first hospital in Australia to install a labyrinth. These special types of mazes are considered to be beneficial in hospital settings and are beginning to play an important role in healthcare. More than 200 hospitals throughout the United States have a labyrinth in their grounds.
Children and young people understand labyrinths immediately. They recognise the sense of peace and often joy that can be found in this new feature of our gardens. For the many children and their families who have explored the labyrinth this year, they have found a new path to wellbeing at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
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Six-year-old with neuroblastoma
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peace, renewed courage
and hope...” Psychologist
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and is very calming.” Father of a patient with a brain tumour
abc“You think you are getting close to the middle and then it takes you
back out again.” Oncology patient
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just a little when dealing with stressful
decisions and events.” Mother of a patient with leukaemia
⁷˝“ It is peaceful and beautiful. It has helped me foster peace and calm.”
Mother of a child with a brain tumouro‥“ An important symbol that staff health and wellbeing is important.”
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Quieten your mind and open your heart to the silence of the walk.
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One of the more unusual and pleasant tasks I was asked to perform last year was to officially open the labyrinth in the grounds of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. The labyrinth is positioned at the end of a tree lined promenade in a tranquil setting away from the bustle of the main building. It provides a safe haven for reflection and contemplation, and represents another example of our commitment to providing a total healing environment.
The labyrinth was made possible through the efforts of many staff. At its genesis was one of our oncologists, Dr Michael Stevens, who could see the benefit it would bring to his colleagues as well as the children and families in his care. Michael’s passion for the concept was shared by many others and their dedication and commitment was translated into action.
Dedication and commitment are attributes that are found in all staff at the Hospital. A willingness to support patients, families and clinical colleagues to make a difference is apparent in all aspects of work.
Some of our staff members have shared their stories in this Annual Review and it is a privilege for me to
work alongside such staff. The teams that you will read about in the following pages all played a role in changing the lives of young patients like Niamh, Belle, Jacob, Allie and Edward. I thank their families for letting us share the stories about their own journeys.
Like many of our young patients, these children and their families have been on different paths that have brought them to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Our new labyrinth encourages people to take different paths through the maze and this document has been designed with that in mind.
The continued support of our staff and the generosity of the community will see us continue our journey of providing the very best care and services for children. I hope that you can join us on this path to wellbeing.
Elizabeth Koff, Chief Executive
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Surgical SavioursDr Jonathan Karpelowsky is one of our leading paediatric surgeons specialising in minimally invasive surgery such as oesophageal repair on babies and the removal of tumours in the lungs of toddlers. Every day presents new challenges to improve patient outcomes with faster recovery times and less scarring. “We really push ourselves to work in new ways without compromising care,” he said. “We strive to make the image parents have of their healthy child into a reality.”
Advancements in keyhole surgery over the past decade have been nothing short of remarkable. What was once a new procedure for adults and unheard of for babies has become commonplace. “Scars are so small I often have to get parents to point them out to me,” Jonathan said. “In ten years we have gone from not doing it at all to designing our new operating theatre complex around it.” The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is now home to technologically advanced operating theatres equipped with video cameras as part of a multi-million dollar upgrade thanks to Sargents Pies Charitable Foundation.
The five state-of-the-art suites allow members of the surgical team to view on screens what the surgeon can see during delicate operations. This means nurses like Monica Hume can access medical imaging without having to move away from the operating table. “We can instantly take pictures on the touchscreen without disturbing the sterile field,” she said. It has taken teamwork and communication to a whole new level.”
Nurse Manager Jason Simpson oversees the coordination of 200 staff in the Operating Suites, Anaesthetics, Recovery, Day Stay and Short Stay Unit. It is his job to make sure when surgeons like Jonathan arrive in an operating theatre it is ready with the right staff and the right equipment for the right procedure. “Parents are literally handing their children’s lives over to us,” Jason said. “It is an enormous responsibility for all of us but there is so much satisfaction in the smiles on parents faces at the end of the day.”
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iN a m hC DLittle Niamh is still several months shy of her second birthday but has had more milestones charted than most infants after she was diagnosed with a rare lung disorder when her mother was just 19 weeks pregnant.
A pre-natal scan showed cysts on Niamh’s right lung and mum Caroline had an anxious pregnancy with every stage under medical observation. After Niamh was born her condition was closely monitored with her right lung pushing her tiny heart out of place. Dr Jonathan Karpelowsky removed half of this lung the day before Niamh’s first birthday when she was old enough for her remaining lung to be able to expand to fill her chest.
“If the keyhole capability had not been available Niamh would have had a cut from the front of her body right across her back,” Caroline said. “The hospital recovery time would have been at least three weeks with increased post-op pain. Instead, we were home three days later with a normal busy one-year-old and down the beach, back to usual family life, on day four.”
Niamh will grow up with little scarring as a reminder of this start to life. Her mother knows how lucky she is to have been born full term and to go on to have a successful operation with such a quick recovery. “We appreciate every day how lucky we are to have her.”
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LL The Children’s Hospital at Westmead has long
been an advocate of using creative processes like art therapy as a valuable tool for children needing distraction from pain and anxiety. This is only made possible because of the generosity of our supporters. We have also kept up to date with the latest technologies to ensure children had access to games and other screen based entertainment to support them through often difficult situations.
A groundbreaking collaboration between an innovative artist and our own clinicians has redefined ways of interpreting how art can be used to help sick children. One of our leading rehabilitation paediatricians has worked with an interactive artist to produce a new iPad app that offers a unique interpretation of art therapy helping sick children endure painful medical treatments.
Dr Angie Morrow in Kids Rehab and artist George Khut have created BrightHearts to show how biofeedback can be used in clinical settings to reduce pain and anxiety experienced by children undergoing painful procedures. Angie works with seriously ill children who often need to undergo painful treatments to manage cerebral palsy and other disabling illnesses. By controlling their breathing a patient can change colourful geometric images. The patterns change according to the patient’s changing pulse rate. Children learn to relax and slow down their heart rate. The app provides a distraction and helps children gain a greater sense of control over their own body.
BrightHearts took out a number of awards in the past year including the 2012 Arts and Health Foundation Award from the national business arts foundation AbaF as well as the National New Media Art Award from the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art. It was also a feature of the Sydney 2013 Vivid Light Festival with an exhibition of interactive works.
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As the Nurse Unit Manager in the Emergency Department Dominic Sertori trains new staff in understanding the importance of silence. He encourages them to be quiet so they can hear what parents are telling them. “A child might come in with what looks like a simple fever but the parents sense there is something else wrong,” he said. “Really listening to the parents, that is the key, and that’s at the heart of what makes this hospital so child and family focussed.”
More than 50,000 children are seen by our Emergency Department each year with many of them requiring surgery and admission. While fevers are common ailments seen by our Emergency Department staff, too often it is tragic accidents that bring children to the Hospital and this can challenge the trauma teams whose skills are called on to save lives every day.
Our family focus is crucial when children are involved in trauma and Dr Mary McCaskill, Medical Director of the Emergency Department, makes sure parents do not get lost in the action that surrounds their child. “We see families in acute distress and while the teams are busy assessing and treating their children we will focus on offering the family support as well,” she said. “It is important to see beyond the immediate.”
The ability of experts like trauma surgeon Prof. Danny Cass to look beyond the immediate has seen the Hospital’s health promotion work shaped by the children coming though Emergency. Danny will operate on children after major traumas and then advocate for change to prevent further injuries or deaths. He reflects on working in paediatric trauma in past decades when the outcome for children involved in traumas was in many cases death or severe injury. The picture is much brighter today from a combination of advancements in trauma treatment and prevention. “Kids have never been safer,” he said. “Our research has helped inform prevention campaigns and legislative change from child restraints and drowning to building codes and nursery furniture.” Many advocacy initiatives have been supported through generous donations.
Dominic Sertori, Danny Cass and Mary McCaskill
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A spinal cord injury didn’t stop four-year-old Belle from dancing up a storm in her hospital bed this year. The cheeky little girl loved to bop and swing her arms around to her favourite songs.
Belle suffered massive abdominal and spinal injuries when she was trapped under the wheel of a vehicle. Trauma surgeon Prof. Danny Cass operated on her tiny frame. She was initially expected to spend up to three months in intensive care and a year in hospital but surprised everyone with her speedy recovery. After just four months Belle was able to go home. She will be a frequent visitor to a number of specialties including the Burns Unit following skin grafts and Kids Rehab for ongoing rehabilitation.
Learning how to use a wheelchair has been another surprisingly easy challenge according to her mother Catherine.
“Belle has been unbelievably brave through all of this and I guess not being able to feel her injuries means it hasn’t been too overwhelming for her,” she said. “She’s such an inquisitive chatterbox asking millions of questions, she’s probably asked the medical staff more questions than I have.”
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead has been such a home away from home that when they were able to take special weekend leave for Belle’s birthday and it was time to return to Hospital Catherine said it was time to "go home". “We’ve dealt with so many wonderful staff here, from emergency to PICU [Paediatric Intensive Care], Clubbe Ward (burns unit) and Occupational Therapy, I can’t thank the staff enough for what they have done for Belle and for our family.”
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Our Child Life Therapists and Social Workers help patients cope with medical treatments, injuries and illness. The Child Life Therapy programs minimise stress and anxiety for children and their families with positive experiences. They promote effective coping techniques through play, music, education and self-expression activities with the generous support of our local community.
The two teams regularly use therapeutic tools to help children understand their emotions, medical procedures and hospital experiences. A key collaboration this year involved Social Worker Judy Goodson and Child Life Therapist Christina Parkinson in our Burns and Plastics Treatment Centre. They created two puppets, Harvey and Harper, to help young children cope with burn related injury and procedures.
Bright blue Harvey, 4, reached for a hot cup of tea and suffered a scald burn on his chest and shoulder. His pink friend Harper, 5, was helping her mother bake cakes and touched the hot over door causing a contact burn. Many children with burns will be able to relate to the puppets' stories because they are based on the most common injuries that bring youngsters to our burns unit.
The puppets were made by Judy and feature in their own short film showing children how to take medicine, use a nitrous mask and how nurses change their bandages. Patients can watch the films on iPads and see Harvey and Harper attending the treatment centre and experiencing the same procedures as them.
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Bear Cottage is the only children’s hospice in the world that is affiliated with a children’s hospital. It relies heavily on fundraising and community support. The home like environment has been designed to enhance the palliative care program of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead by not only providing excellence in paediatric medical care 24 hours a day but support, respite and end-of-life care for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.
This is a special place where staff and volunteers are committed to helping families make memories every day. Music Therapist Phoebe Cormack helps families create a space for laughter, tears and nurturing. She touches many families in her role, as music is something we all turn to at different times. “A particular song can take you to a time and place and give you the opportunity to enjoy happy memories and process memories that may be difficult to recall,” she said.
Volunteers are the backbone to many services at Bear Cottage and at the Hospital. Tracey Smail volunteers to work alongside Phoebe in the music therapy team and loves bringing everyone together with song and dance. “The essence of Bear Cottage is the love and support offered to the families when grief and hardship is part of daily life,” she said. “To have a child with a life-limiting illness is overwhelming and Bear Cottage brings joy.”
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CottageWith around-the-clock nursing and medical care provided, families can focus on important things such as spending quality time together and making every moment count. Parents can re-charge their batteries and enjoy time with one another. Nurse Emma Hole is involved in the day-to-day care of the children as she helps to give families much need respite. It is a role that is creating life-long memories for her. She remembers fondly a child struggling to communicate. “When I placed him on his bed his mum asked him to thank me and he did so by giving me a big smile and squeezing my hand,” she said. “I felt so touched by this simple gesture and it is a moment I will never forget.”
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Jacob
Like many children these days, eight-year-old Jacob knows his way around an iPad better than his mum Jackie. For Jacob who has autism, epilepsy and intestinal failure, the electronic device is a calming place complete with Thomas the Tank Engine.
Finding calm is sometimes a challenge for Jackie having a son requiring constant care since failing to thrive as an infant. He requires a feeding tube and regular nappy changes. Jacob has an older sister who is also autistic and Bear Cottage has been a place of calm and for creating treasured new memories for this family.
“Jacob spends lots of time in hospital and he also takes a lot of time at home to do meds and feeds and it is very tiring,” Jackie said. “The respite care at Bear Cottage allows me to rest and just be a mum without being his nurse. And it’s wonderful to not have to worry about cooking or cleaning as well.” Jacob loves to cuddle up to other patients and to the Bear Cottage resident dog Frankie. “We’re all relaxed and enjoying seeing Jacob so happy, loving and affectionate.”
Staying at Bear Cottage is also special for Jackie because she gets to spend mother-daughter time with 11-year-old Isabella safe in the knowledge that Jacob is receiving around-the-clock care. Taking time out for a trip to a coffee shop for an afternoon hot chocolate with her daughter would not be possible at home.
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More than 4,000 MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans are taken at the Hospital each year. This technique uses a powerful magnet and radio waves to produce images of any part of the body including soft tissue such as organs and muscles that do not show up on x-ray examinations.
MRI scanning is an essential tool in paediatric care and unlike CT (computed tomography) scanning and x-rays, it does not use radiation. This year we benefited from the installation of a new MRI suite that will shorten waiting times and broaden the scanning scope of our medical imaging technicians.
The new state-of-the-art suite will help reduce waiting times for MRI procedures and important diagnoses. The new MRI service will provide improved access for young patients to contemporary imaging technology.
The addition of a second MRI suite will broaden our scanning scope as each machine has differing strengths and this will allow us to better cater for specific clinical needs of patients. The new MRI includes a built-in ambient experience with DVDs, lighting and projected images to help distract patients. In support of the scanning facilities and control room, both suites include an anaesthetic induction room, recovery areas, reporting rooms, waiting room and reception.
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Chaplains
Jan Donohoo is one of the Hospital’s Anglican Chaplains and like her Chaplain colleagues is part of the trauma response team, alongside social workers and medical staff, when a child is rushed to our Emergency Department. Attending to a family’s needs as they unfold in those first few hours is not just spiritual but sometimes practical for the ‘on-call’ Chaplain. “We offer emergency relief and little things like tea and toast and toiletries,” Jan said. “Sometimes parents are alarmed thinking we have arrived because their child has been rushed to Hospital but it is their child who has arrived and we are already here.”
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While the Hospital has Anglican, Catholic, Presbyterian and Uniting Church Chaplains as well as a Muslim Visitor the Chaplaincy Department can also call on 15 denominations or religious organisations at the request of families. The Hospital offers a multi-faith religious and contemplative space that is open 24 hours for prayer, reflection, meditation and services of worship. The quiet room has stained glass features from the original chapel of the old hospital. Daily prayers, weekly Mass and sacraments such as baptisms are available.
For some families with no religious affiliations, the pastoral care of the chaplaincy service can meet all manner of emotional needs.
Uniting Church Chaplain Trish Rooney sees their support as helping the Hospital to offer a truly holistic approach to healthcare. While many families may not seek out pastoral care they can offer a supportive ear and a shoulder to cry on. “Sharing in the highs and joys of healing are some of the special moments I have spent with sick children and their families,” she said.
Presbyterian Chaplain Ian Schoonwater understands crisis and illness often raise significant spiritual issues for people. He has recently joined the Hospital after working in adult hospitals and has been touched by the level of compassion in his new colleagues. “The hospitalisation of a child is a frightening time and parents feel totally helpless,” he said. “Parents need all the help they can get through this difficult time and we are simply another form of support.”
Trish Rooney, Jan Donohoo and Ian Schoonwater
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When Allie was just five days old she was airlifted from Canberra to the Grace Centre for Newborn Care in The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. At 15 days she underwent her first operation and at six months she was on the liver transplant waiting list.
For her mother Claire it was a frightening and sad time. “We anticipated that life would change with a new baby but we didn’t anticipate that change would involve a strict medication regime, nasogastric feeding and regular visits to Sydney,” she said.
After several months the family’s prayers were answered and Allie received a new liver just before her first birthday. She now has a new lease on life as an inquisitive and giggling two-year-old. “Her post-transplant immune suppression keeps us a little bit isolated from friends and playmates but it has given us the opportunity to spend valuable time together as a family.”
Claire fondly recalls Allie’s ‘shotgun christening’ through the Hospital’s Chaplains before her first operation and pastoral care during the many months the family were part of the Hospital community. “Regardless of religious beliefs, the Chaplains service offers genuine care and commitment to all patients and families. Their support can be invaluable.”
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As allergies continue to skyrocket in the Western world our clinicians and researchers investigate different theories and treatment options. Australia has one of the highest rates of children with allergies and it is still not clear why. One theory relates to the lack of sun exposure and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is investigating whether high rates of vitamin D deficiency are related to high rates of allergies.
Donations from the annual Woolworths Fresh Food Kids Appeal helped fund an Allergy and Immunology Fellowship involved in a number of important projects including those looking at vitamin D deficiency. The Fellow, Dr Peter Hsu, is helping in research and clinical work to better understand conditions where the immune system is out of control such as allergy, eczema and diabetes.
Food allergies are a particular focus for our clinicians with one in 20 Australian children now affected. In the past year we conducted more than 500 food allergy challenges under medical supervision in the Hospital with several youngsters having severe reactions resulting in anaphylaxis and the need for adrenaline. Through the NSW Statewide Anaphylaxis Education Program we have also trained 476 public schools as well as many Catholic and independent schools in the recognition, management and prevention of anaphylaxis in the school setting.
The Hospital’s dietitians helped produce a new cookbook with healthy and nutritious allergy free meals. The newly published ‘YUM!’ is the definitive cookbook for making healthy meals that the whole family can enjoy. The book contains basic advice on managing allergies, shopping tips, medical facts and practical tips for babies to teens. The 100 recipes exclude all the major allergens including wheat, cow’s milk/dairy, egg, peanut, tree nut and soy.
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As the head of our Oncology Department, Dr Luciano Dalla-Pozza has overseen the ‘bench to bedside’ approach of the Hospital’s cancer research unit. The questions posed by clinicians are used to challenge researchers to search for novel answers, insights and approaches to developing treatments for children with cancer. “Having both the cancer research and clinical arms working together means that we can more easily ‘translate’ discoveries in the lab to improve the treatments at the bedside,” he said. “We are uniquely placed having clinicians and researchers working closely in partnership.”
Through our Children’s Cancer Research Unit the Hospital’s researchers and clinicians work on improvements in diagnosis, therapy and long-term survival so the unique needs and concerns of each patient and their family can be individually addressed. Supporters like the Kids Cancer Project can help make this a reality. Our aim is to understand why and how cancers develop in children and to use this knowledge to design more effective and less toxic therapies.
The Hospital is part of the Kids Cancer Alliance which funds research being undertaken by Haematology Fellow Dr Paddy Barbaro to identify children with leukaemia who are more likely to experience side effects from chemotherapy. This research is focused on telomeres – the ends of chromosomes – and whether their size and length predicts which children are likely to experience severe side effects. “We want to understand if children with shorter telomeres are more seriously affected,” he said. “Then we might be able to predict how best to change their treatment to reduce these potentially harmful side effects, without damaging a chance of cure.”
Telomeres are also the focus of a different study for Clinician Researcher Dr Loretta Lau. She has trained as a paediatric oncologist and knows first-hand how devastating cancers like neuroblastoma can be on young patients. “Cancer cells are very smart,” she said. “Telomeres can influence how they behave and whether they can survive intensive treatments with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This research may one day help determine the types of treatments that may be suitable for individual patients so we can outsmart the cancer cells.”Bench to Bedside
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Edward
Edward’s family describe him as a ‘little guy with a big journey’ and what a difficult journey it has already been for the three-year-old. Diagnosed at birth with a rare and life limiting degenerative neurological disease he is now also fighting cancer and severe side effects from chemotherapy.
Early infancy saw Edward in reasonably good health despite a low appetite and delay in walking from low muscle tone due to Niemann Pick Disease Type C. His mother Alison only needed to bring him to Hospital every six months for a check-up but that all changed at two years of age when he was hospitalised for pneumonia and over several months couldn’t bounce back to full health. Tests eventually revealed he had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), one of the most common types of childhood cancer.
“It’s an understatement to say that when the ALL diagnosis came all of us, including his doctors, were shocked as both diseases are totally separate and unrelated,” Alison said. “It was unbelievable that this poor little guy could be struck by lightning twice.”
Dr Luciano Dalla-Pozza is desperately working to find a cure for Edward including exploring a bone marrow transplant as an option for the little guy. “The road ahead is going to be rough,” Alison said. “But hopefully we will all be able to pull through this together.”
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OElizabeth Koff, Hussain Ali Ibrahimi, Joanna Capon OAM and Shaun Jenkinson (ANSTO)
Operation ArtThe Children’s Hospital at Westmead has more
than 2,000 donated artworks that are displayed in all areas of the Hospital, generally at child-eye height. Our Honorary Art Curator, Joanna Capon OAM, helps manage the art collection including those from young artists-in-the making selected in Operation Art.
More than 800 artworks were entered in the 2012 Operation Art. This was the 18th year for the competition which is an initiative of the Hospital in association with the NSW Department of Education and Communities. Students are encouraged to create artworks for Hospital wards to aid the healing and recovery process of young patients.
Operation Art 2012 was proudly supported by Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The 50 finalists were on exhibition at The Art Gallery of NSW and a tour of regional galleries was also curated before the works returned to become part of the permanent art collection at the Hospital.
Five-year-old Tatjana Lukanovic, from James Erskine Public School won the Junior ANSTO Award for her colourful depiction of an owl and Hussain Ali Ibrahimi, 17, from Maitland Grossman High School won the Senior ANSTO Award for his stunning portrayal of blue wrens. Hussain said his artwork reflected his circumstances: “I painted it in Leonora Detention Centre (Perth). It was like hospital. We had limited access to the world and wanted to be free like birds”.
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Epping West Primary School
Era Polymers Pty Ltd
ES & BJ Engineering Pty Ltd
Evergreen Lawn Care
Executive Electrical Voice & Data Services Pty Ltd
Fairfield Heights Public School
Fairfield RSL Memorial Club Ltd
FTF Car Club of NSW Inc
Fern Form Constructions Pty Ltd
Festa di San Rocco di Cepagatti
FIIG
Finance2Invest
Firefighters Calendar
First Grammar
First Rate Health T/As Kings of the Sand
Flannery Foundation
Flying 4 Kids Cystic Fibrosis
Folkloric Ensemble Rauna Gora
Foxy's Memorial Golf Day
Franz Loibner Foundation Pty Ltd
Freehills
Front Row Events Group
Futuremedia
Galston Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank
Galston High School
GE Australia Pty Ltd
Geberit Pty Ltd
General Reinsurance Life Australia Ltd
GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd
George Naim Khattar Foundation
Georges River District Womens Bowling Association
Georges River Lioness Club
Gilbert & Roach
Gilbut Korean Inter–Faith Group
GK Kirkby Pty Ltd
Gladys Stone Foundation
Glemaro Pty Ltd
Global Healthy Living Foundation
Gloria Jeans Coffees
Golder Associates Pty Ltd
Graham G Gunn and Co
Grant Thornton Australia Ltd
Green Fern Landscaping
Green Valley Islamic College
Gremmo Community Fund Incorporated
Grewlan Investments Pty Ltd
Greyhound Publications Pty Ltd
Grocery Corporation Pty Ltd
Guildford Bowling & Recreation Club
GuildLink Pty Ltd
Gymea Technology High School
Habib Bros – Truck & Car Smash Repairs
Halix Pty Ltd
Harbour City Ferries Pty Ltd
Harcourts Foundation
Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd
Harris Farm Markets
Hasbro Australia Ltd
Hawgood Pty Ltd
Hawkesbury Race Club
Hawthorn Consulting
Heartkids NSW IncHelping People Ministry
Hicksons Lawyers
Hollard Financial Services
Holroyd Bus Lines Pty Limited
Honeybees Choir
Hornsby Girls' High School
Hornsby RSL Club Ltd
Horsley Kids Pty Ltd
House 2 Home – Chipping Norton
Humphreys Newsagency
Hunter Valley Grammar School
IAC Robertson & Co
IKEA Pty Ltd
Independence Studios Pty Ltd
Inner Wheel Club of Northern Beaches
Instigo
Instinct Capital
Insurance Telesales
Intact Projects Pty Ltd
Intellitrain Pty Ltd
International College of Management
International Events Pty Ltd
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls Grand Assembly
Intrec Management Pty Limited
Italian Catholic Federation – Smithfield
ITS Trenchless Pty Ltd
J & G Excavations & Asphalting Pty Ltd
J P E Electrical
J.B. Building Constructions Pty Ltd
J.I.M.A.C.O. Ltd
James N. Kirby Foundation
Jarlk Pty Ltd
JEM Computer Systems
Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust
JET Australia Foundation Sydney Chapter
JLC Marketing Consultancy
JLT Group Pty Ltd
Joe's Ice Cream Cruiser Pty Ltd
John Colet School
John Holland Pty Ltd Glenfield to Leppington Rail Line
Jones Lang LaSalle
K & G Gluck Trust
K2M Inc
Kansanto Pty Ltd
Kapstream Capital
Karl Madderom Pty Limited
KARL STORZ Endoscopy Australia Pty Ltd
Kellyville High School
Kicking Goals for Heart Kids
Kindifarm
Kim Williams No 2 Investments Pty Ltd
Kinghorn Motors Pty LtdKingsgate Consolidated Ltd
Kingsleigh Farm Pty Ltd
KMC Controls Pty Ltd
Knox Grammar – Senior School
Kwong Im Temple Le Seng Society
L W Delbridge Pty Ltd
L W Reid Pty Ltd
Lady Members Castle Hill Country Club
Landson Alliance Australia Pty Ltd
LATMA Australia
Leichhardt Wanderers Social Club
Lemoar Nominees Pty Ltd
Liangrove Foundation Pty Ltd
Liftronic Pty Limited
Lindt & Sprungli (Australia) Pty Ltd
Lions Club – Head Office
Lions Club of Balgowlah
Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham
Lions Club of Carlingford – Dundas
Lions Club of Castle Hill Inc
Lions Club of Frenchs Forest
2CH Northbridge Womens Golf
4 Tracks 4 Kids
8 Notes – A Bangladeshi Band in Sydney
A D Barnett & Co
A Moment in Time Photography
A R V Rohini Village Monday Group
Abdominators Personal Training
Ability One Pty Ltd
AC United Football Club
ACA Pacific
ACCO Australia
Accru Felsers
ACTA
Active Air Conditioning
Ada Latham Fundraising
Adapta Lift Hyster
Admiralty Club
ADP Employer Services
All About Rehabilitation
Allens Arthur Robinson
Allens Charity Committee
Alliance Real Estate
Allied Express Pacing and Trotting
Amalgamated Holdings Limited
American Express
Amway One by One Foundation
Amyson Pty Ltd
An Restaurant
Thyne Reid Foundation
Andrews & Rech Pty Limited
Angold Pty Limited
ANSTO
Anthony Suters & Associates
Antissian Association of Sydney & NSW Ltd
Antoun's Construction Pty Ltd
Antsad Pty Ltd
ANZ Banking Group Ltd – Foreign Exchange & Commodities
APC Prosthetics
APCD Pty Ltd
APRA
aQuenta Consulting
Arcadian Quilters Inc
Ardee Civil Pty Ltd
Arkhadia Foundation
Arora International Markets Pty Ltd
Arrium Mining and Materials
Association of Bhanin–El–Minieh
Association of Fthiotes Thermopylae
Association of Vorion Dimon Spartis Orea Eleni of NSW Inc
Associazione Bagnara Calabra of NSW Sydney Inc
Associazione Maria SS Di Corsignano Inc
Associazione S. Sebastiano Martire
Atom Motors
Auburn RSL Club Ltd
Auschem NSW Pty Ltd
Ausgrid Employees' Children's Appeal
Austereo Group Ltd
Australaisan Order of Old Bastards – Springwood
Australasian Order of Old Bastards – Mount Colah
Australia Best Image Pty Ltd
Australia Japan Health Network
Australian Bloodstock
Australian Business & Conference Travel
Australian Cartoonists Association Inc
Australian Chinese Charity Foundation Inc
Australian Church Womens Inc
Australian Furniture Removers Assoc
Australian Institute of Police Management
Australian Philanthropic Services Foundation
Australian Reptile Park
Australian Sandstone Merchants Pty Ltd
Australian Security Fencing Pty Ltd
Auto Check Mechanical Repairs
Avalon Public School
B. Braun Australia Pty Ltd
Bailey's Childhood Cancer Fund
Bain International
Balgowlah RSL Memorial Fishing Club
Balgowlah RSL Memorial Club
Balgowlah Seaforth Clontarf RSL Club Sub Branch
Bangabandhu Council Australia
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bankstown Sports Bowls Club
Bankstown Sports Club
Barclays Capital
Basell Australia
Baulkham Hills North Primary School
Bayline Properties Pty Ltd
Bendigo Bank – Katoomba & Upper Blue Mountains
Bernard David Rothbury Trust
Berowra Soccer Club
BET365
BHP Billiton – Mt Arthur Coal
Bianca Brown Real Estate
Bidvest Australia Ltd
Bikers Australia
Bimonu Pty Ltd
Biomet NSW
Blackmarket Research
Blackmores Limited
Blacktown & Districts Soccer Football Association Inc
Blacktown Workers Club Ltd
BlueScope Steel
BMF Advertising Pty Ltd
Bob (Tug) Wilson's Walk for Kids with Cancer
Bob Jane T–Mart
Bonnie Doon Golf Club Ltd
Bonnyrigg Mosque Turkish Women's Association
Borgnis Street Residents
Breakfast Point Pty Limited
Bridges Lawyers
Brightpoint Australia Pty Ltd
Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation
Brush Park Bowling Club Ltd
Buddha's Light International Assoc. of Australia Loving Care
Burleigh Marr Distributions Pty Ltd
BWM Horse Breeding, Breaking & Training Pty Ltd
C & M Antoniou Pty Ltd
Cameron Motorist Services Pty Ltd
Camp Quality Limited
Campbelltown Catholic Club
Campsie RSL Sub Branch Club Ltd
Canada Bay Club
Canberra Girls' Grammar School
Canley Vale High School
Canterbury Leagues Club
Carlingford West Public School
Castle Hill High School
Castlewood Kitchens Pty Ltd
Central Cumberland Racing Pigeon Federation Inc
Century 21 – Sydney
Cerner Corporation Pty Limited – Work Place Giving Program
Challenger Limited
Change Strata Management Pty Limited
Charity Cabaret for Bear Cottage
Chasing Aces Fundraising
Cheries Cakes
Children's Cancer Welfare Services
Children's Miracle Network
Children's Tumor Foundation
Cirrus Media Pty Ltd
Citibank
City of Blacktown RSL Club Ltd
CK's Bites Fine Food
Clark Equipment Sales Pty Ltd
Clarke & Humel Property
Clear Financial Solutions Pty Ltd
Clipper International Corp
CLM Infrastructure Pty Ltd
CMC Australia Pty Ltd
Coca–Cola Amatil
Collector Hotel
Combined Bus Engineering Committee
ComfortDelgro Cabcharge – Hillsbus Seven Hills Depot
Commercial & Industrial Property Pty Ltd
Commonwealth Bank – Sydney
Commonwealth Bank – Westmead
Commonwealth Bank Staff Community Fund
Conveyor & Plant Investments Pty Ltd
Cooks Plumbing Supplies
Coolmore Australia
Coombs Shoe Service
Corin Australia Pty Ltd
Cornish Group Pty Ltd
Costco Wholesale
Count Charitable Foundation
Coxswain Alliance
CPR Roofing
Cranium Hair
Creative Instore Solutions
Critique Business Consultants Pty Ltd
Major Supporters - Organisations
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Major Supporters - OrganisationsRotary Club of St Marys
Rotary Club of Strathfield
Rotary Club of The Hills – Kellyville
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills & Cherrybrook Inc
Rouse Hill Renegades Rugby
Running Man Manly
Russell Investment Group Pty Ltd
Rydges Hotel Ltd
SAS Institute Australia Pty Ltd
Sauer's Bakehouse Pty Ltd
Save Our Sons
Scenic Tours
Scholastic Australia
Scone Grammar School
Seek Ltd
Selsby Solutions
Serbian Orthodox Youth Association SOYA Inc
Serendipity Craft Group
Seven West Media
Shenanigans at The Imperial
Shoalhaven City Turf Club
Shock & Vibration Technologies Pty Ltd
Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association
SIDS Stampede
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Smithfield RSL
smsf audits Pty Ltd
Smyths Specialty Store
Software and Systems Engineering
South Sydney Graphic Arts Club
Southern Cross Community Healthcare
Specialised Windows Pty Ltd
Splash of Red Foundation
Sportingbet Australia Pty Ltd
Sportsbet Pty Ltd
Sportsgirl Pty Ltd
SSG Consulting Pty Ltd
St Anthony in the Fields Monday Leisure Time
St Baldrick's Foundation
St Charbel's College
St George Foundation Limited
St Gewarges Charitable AssociationSt Ignatius Riverview College
St Johns Park Bowling Club
St Johns Park Women's Bowling Club
St Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd
St Luke's Parish Junior Rugby League FC
St Marina Early Learning Centre
St Michaels 0/35 & 0/45 Soccer Club
St Paul's Catholic College
St Philip's Christian College
Stage Artz
Standby Forty–Six Pty Ltd
Starbucks Westmead
Starlight Children's Foundation
State Street Bank & Trust Company
State Transit Authority NSW
StateWide Civil
Steggles Pty Limited
Stella Maris College
Stephen Richardson Memorial Golf Day
Steven Bourk & George Jammal (Partnership)
Stockland Corporation – Head Office
Stockland Mall – Merrylands
Storage King North Parramatta
Stowe Australia Pty Ltd
Strathfield Recreation Club Ltd
Sullivans Pty Ltd
Sunsports Footwear Pty Ltd
Survive The Ride Association of NSW
Sutherland Adams Homes Pty Ltd
Sutton Roofing Pty Ltd
Sweeney Research Pty Ltd
Sydbricks Incorporated
Sydney City Civil Australia Pty Ltd
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre
Sydney Executive Business Lions Club Inc
Sydney Fast Ferries
Sydney Mariners
Sydney Markets Limited
Sydneysiders Express Inc
Symbion Pty Ltd
TAJ Logistics Pty Ltd
Tak Fuk Investment Pty Ltd
TAL Services Ltd
Target Social Club
TC Charity
Team Noosa
Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd
Telstra Corporation Limited
Temperance Rugby Club Non Players
Terra Civil Pty Ltd
Terumo Australia Pty Limited
The Associates Bonnie Doon Golf Club
The Balgowlah Birdies Golf Club
The Blue Swimmers Fishing Club
The Children's Help Foundation
The Cycling Cerebellums
The Forest High School
The Gallop Family Account
The Genesian Theatre
The George & Janet Parker Memorial Trust
The Good Guys Foundation
The King's School
The Lee Falk Memorial Bengali Explorers Club
The Luscombe Family Foundation
The Millhouse Foundation
The NSW Transport Veterans Social Club
The Philip Bushell Foundation
The Powder Principle
The R A Gale Foundation
The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales
The Rix Foundation
The Rotary Club of District 9690
The Schwinghammer Foundation
The Shane Warne Foundation Pty Ltd
The Shaw Foundation
The Teraglin Craft Group
The Tradewind Foundation Pty Ltd
The Wales Family Foundation – Tony & Gai Wales
The Wilson Family Trust
The Woodhead Family Benefaction
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thiess Services Pty Ltd
Thriving Enterprises Pty Ltd
Tom & Franks All States Pty Ltd
Tony McCullough Foundation Trust
Toongabbie Sports & Bowling Club Limited
TOPS Celebration Concert
Town Hall Hotel
ToyBox International
Trade West Pty Ltd
Trendy Kidz Ramsgate
Trident Sales
Trinity Catholic College – Auburn
Tuggerah Lakes Church
Tyreright
UBS AG Australia Branch
Ultimate Sign Installations Pty Ltd
Unilever Australia Limited
United in Hope
United Way Australia (Rodgers Reidy)
Uruguayans United – Uruguayos Unidos Inc
Uttaran Western Sydney
Valentine's Day Dinner
Vedanta Child Care Services Pty Ltd
Vinnies Craft Ladies
Vitaflo Australia Pty Ltd
W M Ritchie (Aust) Pty Ltd
Waroeng Coffee
Warringah Anglers
Wauchope Uniting Church Ladies Group
Webb & Parker Pty Ltd
Wentworthville Hotel
Wentworthville Leagues Club Ltd
Wentworthville RSL Women's Bowling Club
West Pennant Hills Sports Club
Western Suburbs Legacy Widows Club
Westfield Group
Westmead Tavern
Westpac – Head Office
Westpac – Reaching Out – Reach Program
William Clarke College
William Inglis & Son Ltd
Wishing Hearts
Wishing Well Child Care Centre
Woodend Pty Ltd
Woolooware High School
Xenian Pty Ltd
Xpress Cash Australia Pty Ltd
Yarra's Nursing Service
Young KALA & KAY Leaders
Lions Club of Liverpool
Lions Club of Lurgarno
Lions Club of Manly Inc
Lions Club of Mount Druitt Inc
Lions Club of North Rocks
Lions Club of Parramatta
Lions Club of Sydney and Norfolk Island
Lions Club of West Pennant Hills – Cherrybrook Inc
Lions Club of Winston Hills
Lipa Pharmaceuticals Limited
Liquid Capital Australia Pty Ltd
Lisarow Netball Club
Little Manly Beach Kiosk
Little Nicholson Street Play Centre
Little Sicily Restaurant
Live It Now
LJ & CA Mugridge
Local Care Pharmacy
Lodge Concord Technology No 432 Freemasons
Lodge Millennium No 2000 UGL of NSW & ACT
Lodge Wyong 310 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
Loquat Valley School
Loreto College
Luke for Life Fundraising
MacMasters Beach & District Progress Association
Macquarie Private Wealth
Madonna del Gracia San Vittorio Martire Inc
Magdalene Catholic High School
Magdalene Foundation
Manly Cobblers
Manly Malibu Boardriders Club
Manly Masquerade Ball
Manly Rugby Club
Manly Rugby Football Club Inc
Manly Village Public School
Manly Warringah Australian Football Club
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Ltd
Maple-Brown Family Charitable Foundation
Marathon Pty Limited
Maria SS Mamma Nostra Committee
Marisa Buzzai Fundraising
Marist Brothers Paramatta Intermediate
Class of 1959
Marist Sisters College Woolwich
Markit
Marsupial Landscapes Pty Ltd
MasoniCare NSW and ACT Freemasons
Matraville RSL Ladies Golf Club
Matrix Education
Matthews Folbigg
Maya Youth in Performing Arts
McAfee Inc
McCormacks Strata Management
McDonalds Australia Limited
McGrath Mazda Liverpool
MCN Everywhere
Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd
Merlino's Christmas Trees
Metcash Food & Grocery
Metlife Insurance Limited – Head Office
Miles to Go
Mitchell Family Trust
MixInc
Mobile Culture Pty Limited
Model Pacifica & Talent Inc
Mona Vale Golf Club Limited
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Australia Pty Ltd
Mount Saint Benedict College
Mrs Fields Cookies
Mt Pritchard and District Community Club
Mums on a Mission
Murnane Carpentry Pty Ltd
Murray Valley Meat Trading Company
Mustang Owners Club of Australia (NSW)
My Body Clinic
Myer Community Fund
N & M Hurll Charitable Trust
N Moit & Sons Earthworks
NAB Wetherill Park BBC
Narrabeen Lakes Public School
National Australia Bank – Sydney
NCR Australia Pty Limited
Newcastle Permanent Building Society – Head Office
Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd
Nomura
North Sydney Girls High School
Northern Beaches College Student Funds
Northern Beaches Symphony Orchestra
Northside Cement Rendering
Nova 969
NRMA
NSW Department of Corrective Service
NSW Gun Club Ltd
NSW Master Builders Bowls Club
NSW Police – Merrylands
NSW Police – Public Order and Riot Squad
NSW Police – St George District Police Charity Ball
NSW Rural Fire Service
Observatory Tower
Officeworks – Parramatta
OHS Services Australia Pty Ltd
Ossur Asia Pacific
Our Lady of Fatima Craft & Leisure Centre
Oz Window Cleaning Pty Ltd
P & M Galea T/as P & M Galea Plant Hire
P and T Formworking and Welding Pty Ltd
Pacific Equity Partners Pty Ltd
Pallet Logistics
Palomarr Pty Ltd
Pamper the Parents
Paramount Building Services
Parramatta Chamber of Commerce
Parramatta City Council
Patrick Container Ports
Patron Financial Advice
Payce Management Pty Limited
Peacocke Accountants Pty Ltd
Peninsula Pals
Pennant Hills Mothers Group
Perimetech Pty Limited
Personality Stationery
Petersen Family Foundation
Petra Capital Pty Ltd
Phillippa Russell Lawyer
PhoneCycle Pty Ltd
Pinpoint Pty Ltd
Planet Cake
Plant Hire Australia (ACT) Pty Ltd
Pongrass Australia Pty Ltd
PopInk
Port Hacking High School
Portugal Madeira Sydney Social & Cultural Sports Club Ltd
Precise PSM – Property Strata Management
Premier Media Group
Preston Mill Proprietary Limited
Pricipal Global Investors
Primo Smallgoods
Project Management Australia Pty Ltd
PRV Electrical Contracting Pty Ltd
Pumpkin Patch Stores
Pymble Ladies College
Quick Fix Smash Repairs
Quota International of Blackheath Inc
R & C Social Club
RailCorp
RailCorp – Country Link
Raise A Smile Foundation
Ranay Pty Ltd
Rat Pack Golf Tours
RBS/ABN Amro
Refrigerated Warehouse & Transport Association
Regiti Pty Ltd
ResMed Holdings – Head Office
ResMed Limited
Rett Syndrome Association of Australia Inc
Ritchies Stores Pty Ltd
River Quays Marina
Roar Energy Pty Ltd
Robert Burton Printers Pty Ltd
Robert Oatley Wines
Roche Products Pty Limited
Ross Equipment Aust Pty Ltd
Rotary Club of Balgowlah
Rotary Club of Belrose
Rotary Club of Brookvale Inc
Rotary Club of Carlingford
Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains
Rotary Club of Dubbo South – Rotary Destination Outback
Rotary Club of Dural Inc
Rotary Club of Frenchs Forest
Rotary Club of Manly Sunrise
Rotary Club of Mt Druitt
Rotary Club of Nowra
Rotary Club of Pennant Hills
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John AbdallahMichael AbdallahAnthony AboudDieter AdamsasLenore AdamsonSarah AdlingtonMichael AhrensLisa AinsworthLeo AkkersdykRussell AldredConstantina AlifakiotisFelicity AllenGloria AmedeeJacqueline AnchiqueErik AndersenRachel AndersonMarlee AnkerValerie ApplerothJudith AquilinaTakako ArainBelinda ArraizaGaro ArtinianJohn AtkinsGeoff & Jodie AustenHenry AwDarren AzzopardeeDavid BachmayerNadia BadawiLeanne BaenschJulie BailyLynette BainPeter BainesDavid BakerAnkit BansalTony BarbaroMaria BarcaPeter BarclayJoan BardenE BarkerDamien BarnesS BaroneNicholas BeckMichelle BeharAmina Belgiorno-NettisK BellCon BellosMax Benjamin
Shane BennettStephen BennettScott BerggrenAlexander BerleeR BernardiMichael BerryRichard BettlesErnest BickfordLiesl BilesMatrika BimoliElizabeth BirdsallCharles BlackburnLeslie BlackshawKathy BlahutC BlomfieldDavid BloomRobert BoctorL BoffoMichael BonifacioJulieanne BorgVincent BoscoTherese BoustanyDarren BovisMollyJane BoysonCon BozionelosSinead BradyBenjamin BrahamAndrew BregolinJaimee BrentJudy BridgesRon BrierleyColleen BriodyJenny BrownMalcolm BrownLeo & Ann BrowneNorman BrunsdonDebbie BurgessVera BurgicVirginia BurnsE ButlerJean ButsonRobert ByrnesM CahillIan CairnsRon CallusKerry CambridgeColin Cameron
John CameronJohn CamilleriPaul & Paula CamilleriRudolph CamilloCharles CampbellClelia CantarellaAlex CarmichaelBrian CarpenterFrank CarusoNadine CastellanoKevin CavanaghChrissy CeelyArife CenikSomlok ChaiLisa ChamberlinMichael ChantSimon & Fiona ChapmanAdrian ChecchinWilliam ChenAaron CheungChristopher CheungAfhish ChhabraWilliam ChiuRA ChowAyaz ChowdhuryMichael ChunYi ChungChi Chung PhungRudolf CikanJim & Angela ClarkL ClarkSarah ClarkRosie ClarkeVera ClarkeLisa ClayM CliftJ ClowesSusan CobhamMichael CockburnBernard CohenTeresa ColemanDavid CollinsRebecca CollinsDavid ColmerSeetha CommuriRobert CondorBrian Coppin
Timothy CormackDarryl Courtney-O'ConnorBronwyn CowardChris CowellGeoffrey CrossleyFaye CruickshankKathryn CurrowHarshul DalalLeeanne DalitzJohn DaltonMarco DavalosJames DavernJim DavidsonPeter DavidsonGarry & Lyn DavisKim De CeanDavid De HenninKeith de JongJeanette de MontemasAileen De Paul KellyLeigh DelbridgeX DemosthenousPaul DennySarath DevathaAntonia Di DioCharlotte Di Mascio & FriendsGavin DoakVittorio DolfoBette DolmanSarah DongesKaye DonnanGeorge DouglassBruce DowlingMichael DownAnthony DrewRebecca DudaJade DumbrellTravers DuncanJoyce Duncan OAMFrank Duncombe-FosterJohn DunlopGraeme EdieLana ElhassanJulie EllinasThe Elters FamilyAnnabelle Elton-MartinK Emery
John FanningDavid FarrugiaEdward FedermanStephen FergusonClifford FernandesSusan FieldingRonald FinemoreDebra FitzgeraldStephen FitzgeraldSteven FitzgeraldMerrie FitzsimonsKylie FlamentDavid FletcherJoyce ForbesPeter ForbesChristopher ForrestGrant ForsterLaura FosterPeter FrazerInes FrearsonLindsay & Laurelle FreemanStuart FreemanPhillip FrieryRichard FryErnest FungChris & Shirley GabrielDavid GaleKate GalvinRichard & Carolyn GalvinCristian & Sylvia GarciaSteve GarciaJohn & Rayanne GarofanoJames GarrawayCheree GeorgesEleni GerassisJoseph GiandomenicoRichard & Elizabeth GiannonePaul GibbonsAmber GilloglySeth GinsbergAlan GiumelliElaine Gock-YoungSylvan GoddardJoseph GomesLewis GomesAndrew GoodlaceGary Goundrie
Major Supporters - IndividualsP GowSanjeev GoyalMegan GraceNeville GraceAlan GradyCheryl GrantMichael GrayAllen & Julie Greenhalgh & SheridanAnthony GregoryL GregoryJohn GriggGeoff GrimishBarbara GunnAmita GuptaSimone GurrenMatthew GwynneDorothy GydeJoseph HabibSami HaddadKaren HaggartyReggie HallamRoger HallaranWarren HalloranVerity HalvorsenJohn HanburyPeter HandelJames HannaEthan HannayGary HardieDianne HardyKaren HardyPatricia HardyVanessa HarlandF HarrisIan HarrisStephen HarrisGunther HarsdorfLes & Vicki HarveyCraig HaskinsJean HayRudolf HayospaanMargaret HayterChee-Leong HiewStephen HingTom HobbsFrank Holden
Sally HollidaySusan HolmanAlice HoltJessica HoreBarbara HoughtonFelicity HowardDoug HowlettWendy HuFlora HuaRichard HughesMary HumpheryKam HungJohn HutchesonGayle HutchinsonH HutchinsonHelen HwangGeorge IbrahimJ InwoodDavid IsaacsJulianne JacksonJohann JacobsMarjorie JacobsRob JacobsPhilip JamiesonRobyn JamiesonPeter JanssenKim JarvisSung JeoungMyrtle JohnsReid JohnsonSteve JohnsonJohn JohnstonMark JohnstonBrendon JonesDiane JonesJoe JonesAnn Jooste-JacobsAvinash JoshiRosemanry JoyceJonathan KarpelowskyAthina KazanisJanine KeatingCharmaine KellyAgarta KennaPeter KennedyMary KennyCatherine Keogh
John KeoghPaul & Debra KepitisKim KerteszJared KingGeoffrey KinghornRichard KirbyEmily KlinebergDavid KnoxEmanuel KokasGreg KolivosMichael KondosJason Kongkrob-DaviesDamien KoreasSophia KorkotidisNamrata KotechaPierre KulenJonathan KusilekErik & Louise La HeiSudhir LalTony LamJ LandroTom LaneCraig LanghamAndrew LangleySpiro LauricAmanda LawsonEunsuk LeeSwan LeeGuy LeechNatasha LeistNiall LenahanGraham LennonAlban & Carine Letortu FosseJoseph LeungMei LeungQing LiChristopher LillisJessica LloydBruce LordGary LordMichael LoweDarrell LowenthalJ LudekeSami LukisR LynchP MacDonaldLisa Macgregor
Joan MackisackMargaret MackisackConnor MacleanMargaret MacPhailCath MaherMargaret MallinMichael ManningCarina MarbinD MartinFrank MartinMichael MartinDamian MarucciPaul MasiPeter MasonRobert MatherRoss MathesonJennifer MatthewsRoy MaxwellMr MazzitelliPatricia McAlaryDamien McAullayHarry & Deidre McCannLibby McDonaldMarilyn McDonaldMichelle McElduffJaclyn McEwanBrian McFadyenAngus McGilvrayAnnemarie McGrathLesley McLeanVincent McLenaghanDenise McLintockPatricia McNairRobert McNallyJoanne McNamaraMargaret McNarmaraRose McNeillPatricia McPhailRichard McPhailT McPhersonElizabeth MeagherThe Mellis / Hernando FamilyAnastasia MelopoulosChris MentisCade Herringe & Michelle DekkersBetty MillerGeorge Miltenyi
Amelia MitchellKarttik ModiDavid MoganEmma MollersonMichael MonaghanDaniel MongLesley MontgomeryGwyneth MorganCatherine MoroneyAnnette MorrisJohn MoujalliRoss MowbrayChris MowleJ MuddleDavid MullenJohn MunceLeo MurnaneAdam MuscatCarmelo MusticaLawrence MyersFred NadjarianKenji NakanishiBetty NashWilliam NashDushyant NavlakhaBruce NeillTuyet NhanBrian NichollsDavid & Trish NoakesNicole NortmannLiliane NovakVittorio NutiLaura OakmanMichael O'DriscollChristine O'HaganIan OliverDaniel O'NeillKate O'NeillMarino OrozcoBarbara OsborneOliver O'SullivanPhilip O'SullivanPeter & Lauraine OvertonJulie OxenbridgeChris & Valasia PapadakisJamie & Debbie PapagianopoulosBlake Parker
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Sonja ParkerRichard ParkinsonDominic ParsonsJean ParsonsIan PayneHoward PeakBill PeardSarah Percy-DoreKaran PerkinsRay PershouseWilliam PetersVic PetrovichPauline PhillipsRobyn PickworthJaneen PlainReg PollockRichard PooleAlan PopelyRobin PotterKarla PoultonJenny PrattLiam PrideHans & Kim ProdingerThe Priestley Family
Mary Puskas
H QuinlanGraham RadfordJohn RafeletosMaxwell RaineStuart RamseyLinda RedfernStephen ReedVelma ReibeltGeoff ReidyPamela ReisnerJennifer ReynoldsJohn RichardsVirginia RichardsonJessica RisteskaCheryl RobertsFreya RobertsIan RobertsonBeryl RobeyEunice RobilliardIan RobinsonDermot RocheSteve Rodrigues
John RogersSylvia RomanikMatt RoodennysRichard RosewarneVictor & Shelagh RossSophie RotheryPeter RussellKevin RyanWeng SamRuth SampsonJorn SandaSarkis SandstoneYuvensius SantosoDanny SarkisDarrel SavageMelissa SaxtonKatie ScanlonDavid SchmidtErwin SchuttingaWilliam ScottCaterina SeverinoRod & Martina SharpeMary SherwoodCharles ShinerP ShirriffC SilkHedley SimonsRod SimpsonJohn SingletonMark SirottiMary SiuLalithambal SivasanthakumarAnglea SivieroRachel SkinnerPhil SlyBuffy SmithEron SmithMonty SmithPaul SmithRonald SmithAnne SoundyJanet SpenceJoyce SproatJo StaceyWayne StaceyIan StanleyRobin Star
Jodi SteelGraham SteeleJune SteglickAlison StephenMalcolm StephensValma StewardColin StewartCheryl StoffbergKylie StreeterDorset SuttonJohn SwaineNicholas SweeneyAnthony SweetmanKevin SykesRichard SylvesterEunice SymesJustine SymonsAnton TagliaferroKristie TalanoaRandolf TanCinny TangEdite TangNick TaylorMike TeinThe Teodorovic FamilyJohn TesorieroJoe Testa & Francis HarrisonBruce ThomlinsonAllan ThompsonMary ThompsonDavid ThomsonPaul ThrelfoAlastair TiddyHugh TigheSharon TisanoMurray TobiasEunice TongMillie TongCanh TranElizabeth TrumanJane TrumperGlenn ValiukasWarwick VanceAlbert VandenbergRhondda VassalloMargaret VeitchPatricia Vidal
Peter VierboomStephen VileDonna-Maree VinciAnthony VizasStuart & Jacqueline VoyseyRobert WalfordMark WalkerChris WallerMatthew WallerMark WalshJune WardMal WardMarie WardPaul WarePhilippa WarnerGregory WattsJocelyn WebbKerry WebsterPeter WedgwoodLee-Anne WeeksGarrie WellsRoseline WelshRobert WestGeorgie WettenhallPeter WheelerPaul WhelanRene WhiteMaree WhittonHilary WhitworthPeter WiggsYohan WijesingheCraig WilliamsGlenn WilliamsHelen WilliamsKim WilliamsLevenia WilliamsPeter WilliamsStuart WilliamsDavid WillsHarold WilsonWendy WilsonDon WiltonDavid WinterbottomIngrid WolfsbergerBeatrice WongBik WongKwan Wong
Peter WongSing WongBob WoodMarion WoodSusan WoodcockRob WoodsAdrian WoottonHelen WoottonJackie WrightRobin YabsleyLynn YagerRodney YoungRobert ZadroGeorge ZagasZohrab ZaitounianSteve Zakaria
Major Supporters - Individuals
CODE: CHWAR1358
Your generous support of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is greatly appreciated. Our ground-breaking work would not be possible without your support. Every dollar counts in our quest to save precious young lives.
Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Dr
First Name: ___________________________________Last Name: _____________________________________
Organisation/Company Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Suburb: ______________________________________ State: ________________ Postcode: ____________
Daytime phone: _______________________________ Mobile phone: _________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________________________________
I would like to:
Make a donation of $ _________________________________
Donation payment: (please tick)
Cheque (made payable to: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead)
Credit card: Visa MasterCard Amex
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Name on card: _________________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________
How to Help
Please forward your gift to:
Mail: Fundraising Department The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Locked Bag 4001 Westmead NSW 2145
Phone: (02) 9845 3367 Fax: (02) 9845 3457Web: www.bandagedbear.org.au Email: [email protected]
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Your gift of $2 or over is tax deductible. Funds will be used at the discretion of the Chief Executive to improve the health and welfare of children cared for by The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Thank you for your valued support.
@BandagedBear
Thanks to the children and families who are featured in this publication
Profile photography by Michael Amendolia
Illustrations by Jasmine Francis
Financial information can be accessed via
The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network Annual Review at
www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au
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