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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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Support for Accommodation Refurbishments |
The Dry July Foundation awarded additional funding through a grant to Bendigo Health towards the Nolan Street Unit Refurbishment project in 2015.
The Foundation is pleased to be able to offer this additional support to ensure the renovations can be completed as soon as possible and benefit cancer patients, their carers and families, as they travel to Bendigo for treatment from around regional Victoria.
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Refurbished accommodation |
Bendigo Health is using funds raised by 2014 and 2015 Dry July participants to refurbish 6 accommodation units in Nolan Street, Bendigo. The units are reserved for those patients and their families and carers who are required travel to Bendigo Health for cancer treatment.
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Publican Goes Dry For Bendigo Health |
Lockington is a small town in regional Victoria, about 200km north of Melbourne, and has a population of less than 1,000. Lockington Hotel’s Sandy Schroen is taking part in Dry July - and it’s an impressive challenge for her, as Sandy serves alcohol six days a week.
‘‘I do love to socialise and I am pretty involved in the community and community events, so it hasn’t been easy,’’ she said with a laugh.Sandy signed up when her daughter nominated her on Facebook, with over 3,000 people seeing the post, so she felt that she couldn’t back out.
‘‘Since then I have had so many people say ‘I’ll shout you a drink’, but I’ve just had to tell them ‘Wait until August’.’’
Locky pub patrons have been generous, putting notes and coins in to a collection at the pub.
Sandy says cancer has impacted a large proportion of the Locky population, and she personally has lost both her younger sister and a close friend to the disease. Her nominated beneficiary is Bendigo Health.
‘‘Our community always gets behind each other’s causes and this time it’s been no different,’’ Mrs Schroen said. ‘‘The cause is close to a lot of our hearts.’’
Sandy has been Locky’s publican for two years.
Photo credit: Jayme Lowndes
Repost from: Riverine Herald / http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/echuca/meet-the-publican-with-no-beer-1.96255
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Hospice refurbishment |
Bendigo Health recently completed refurbishing the hospice, including replacing floorcoverings, with Dry July funds. The hallways and other areas are now a little more welcoming for cancer patients and their families.
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Ward updates at Bendigo Health Oncology Unit |
Bendigo Hospital used Dry July funds to replace floor coverings, repair plaster, and paint the walls in the existing oncology unit. Lighting in the ward was also upgraded. All of these refurbishments have brightened the space up for patients, who spend up to 6 hours at a time receiving chemotherapy treatment in the ward.
