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At Bendigo Health we aim to treat patients closer to their homes and loved ones – from birth, continuing throughout their lifetime. Providing Excellent Care, Every Person, Every Time.
Fundraising has been an integral part of our history since the first Bendigo hospital in the 1800s, with our community as our biggest advocates. More recently , Dry July has become a significant initiative on our annual fundraising calendar, raising close to $800,000 to support Bendigo Health’s cancer patients since 2014.
Funds from our 2024 Dry July campaign will support upgrades to Bendigo Health’s Palliative Care unit, providing patients and their families with a comfortable and welcoming environment.
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Thanks to Dry July funding, Bendigo Health's incredible Gobbe Wellness Centre is the new home of their cancer wellness program |
The Gobbé Wellness Centre is the new home of the Cancer Wellness Program, a purposed designed space for all patients needing to take time out in a quiet nurturing environment to reflect, relax and regroup.
Check out the virtual tour of the incredible Gobbé Wellness Centre here.
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The Gobbe Wellness Centre is now open to patients thanks to funding received from the Dry July Foundation |
The centre is named in honour of the Gobbé family for their significant contribution to health services in our region.
The historic building provides a place for all patients, carers and their families to take time out to reflect, relax and regroup.
Along with the space, a dedicated Cancer Wellness Coordinator oversees a timetable of activities, such as oncology massage, yoga classes, music and art therapy and mindfulness sessions. These assist in improving the physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of patients, carers and their families.
In the Centre is a library of wellness resources, a sleeping pod for people attending appointments and a kitchen that people can drop in for a cuppa.
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Bendigo Health are using Dry July funds for their Cancer Wellness Program and Wellness Centre |
Your fundraising for Dry July will enable Bendigo Health to continue a range of wellness activities offered to cancer patients, such as in-person and tailored online yoga and meditation sessions, oncology massage, dog therapy, and fresh produce boxes delivered to vulnerable patients during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Funds raised will also help establish a new stand-alone Wellness Centre within the Bendigo hospital precinct, set to open in coming months.
The Wellness Centre and the activities offered will enable patients to feel supported with not only their physical health, but also their social and emotional health, leading to better health outcomes for the patient.
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An anonymous donor has very generously donated $100,000 to our Dry July fundraiser! |
This anonymous donor vowed to match all donations made to participants supporting Bendigo Health up until the 1st of August, and added a very generous personal donation!
Funds raised from Bendigo Health's Dry July Fundraiser go towards it’s Cancer Wellness Program; a program which supports the physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of people affected by cancer. These therapeutic program activities (such as yoga, meditation, art therapy, oncology massage, walking groups and dog therapy) aim to enhance the lives of people affected by cancer as they endure a difficult time. The funds will also help establish a dedicated Wellness Centre within the hospital precinct to take undertake Program activities and time out for relaxation and reflection.
Thank you so much to Bendigo Health's incredible Dry Julyers and the wonderful anonymous donor for their fantastic donation to support wellness at Bendigo Health’s Cancer Centre to help people affected by cancer.
Check out Bendigo Health's Dry July Fundraising Page here: www.dryjuly.com/beneficiaries/bendigohealth
You can read more here
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DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT: Every donation to Bendigo Health will be MATCHED! |
Thanks to the generosity of a wonderful donor, we're thrilled to announce that every donation made to Bendigo Health’s 2020 Dry July campaign before 1st August will be DOUBLED!
As you probably know, everything Bendigo Health raises through Dry July will go directly towards its Cancer Wellness Program and establishing a dedicated stand-alone Wellness Centre within the hospital precinct.
So please ask your friends, family and workmates to dig deep and donate to your Dry July page to help us raise as much as possible!
Watch this short clip with Bendigo Health’s Cancer Wellness Coordinator, Jenna Sing, explaining more about the program and plans for the Wellness Centre. We’d love you to share this with your networks too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESG-IhtZoUU&feature=youtu.be
