Beneficiary

Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

78 Supporters

Raised

$29,983.13

Target

$90,000

33.31458888888889%

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Michael Russell
$250
32
Jessica Robinson
$246
33
Allison Fraser
$230
34
Angela Mcloughlin
3rd Year
 $221
35
Guy Onley
2nd Year
 $220
36
Brenden Johnson
$205
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Mandy Linsley
14th Year
 $161
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MU Michael Ulph
2nd Year
 $160
39
Andrea Burrows
2nd Year
 $156
40
David Stani
3rd Year
 $125

Fundraising For

Funds raised this Dry July will help fund equipment, programs and refurbishments

About Us

Calvary Mater Newcastle is the major cancer care centre for Hunter New England Local Health District, delivering more than 485,000 occasions of outpatient services and in excess of 17,000 inpatient treatments per year.

We provide a comprehensive range of cancer services, diagnosis and treatment including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, bone marrow transplants and surgery.

As the region’s tertiary referral cancer hospital, we treat a lot of patients who travel a great distance to have their treatment. Calvary Mater Newcastle is recognised as a leading research centre. It is also the main centre for cancer clinical trials in the Hunter region, with local, national and international research collaborations taking place.

By raising funds for Dry July and choosing to support Calvary Mater Newcastle, you are helping fund projects for our oncology services that directly benefit and assist in the comfort and care of our patients and their families.

By supporting us in 2024, we hope to continue to improve the patient experience for those being treated within our inpatient and outpatient services.

Thank you for choosing to support Calvary Mater Newcastle.

Latest Updates

Dry July funds help the Calvary Mater Newcastle to enhance patient wellbeing

Dry July fundraising has enabled Calvary Mater Newcastle to purchase the following items:

• Two ultrasound machines for cannulation purposes in the Day Treatment Centre

• One standing weigh scale with height measure for the Day Treatment Centre

• Occupational Therapy Oncology Loan Pool and Pressure Care Comfort Equipment

• Pressure relieving equipment for Ward 4B (Surgical)

• Four chemotherapy treatment chairs for the Day Treatment Centre

• Mercy Hospice Arts Health Kitchen Table Conversations Project - Promoting Connections, Story Telling and Conversations about Life and Living   

This funding has allowed Calvary Mater to update and enhance a wide variety of equipment that will help make their patient’s more comfortable, whether as an inpatient or outpatient.

Calvary Mater Newcastle receives additional grant from Dry July Foundation

We're pleased to announce that Calvary Mater Newcastle has received an additional grant from the Dry July Foundation October grant round.

This grant will enable new items for the Occupational Therapy Oncology Loan Pool

This is a comprehensive service that is provided free of charge to any Calvary Mater Newcastle oncology outpatient receiving treatment. Equipment includes: wheelchairs, pressure cushions, shower chairs, commodes, raised toilet seats, portable ramps, bathboards, swivel bathseats, to name but a few.

At any one point in time up to 300 patients can be benefiting from this pivotal service

Melanoma Unit and Day Treatment Centre benefit from Dry July 2019 funds

The fantastic fundraising efforts of Dry July 2019 participants have meant the Dry July Foundation can fund the following items at Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital:

• Blanket Warmer for the Melanoma Unit

• Five chemotherapy treatment chairs for the Day Treatment Centre to replace older style that are worn out. These new chairs have silica upholstery and built in multimedia platform.


Dry July funds in action on Ward 5C (Haematology Ward)

Dry July 2019 funds will be put to good use at Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital's Haematology Ward (5C), funding the following items:

o General Equipment for the ward including comfort furniture and furnishings e.g. leg rests, cushions, wedges and fans 

o Bariatric Equipment for Loan Pool, to keep up with demand for general equipment for larger patients

o A Portable O2 Concentrator Pack: Portable oxygen so patients can move around/sit outside with visitors etc.

o Two SAM Overlay Mattresses to provide comfort and pressure redistribution

o A TIS Electric Mobile Shower Commode to assist less able patients when showering

o Five fully positional specialist electric patient chairs


New items for Oncology Ward 5B

Thanks to the fundraising of Dry July participants in 2019, the Oncology Ward (Ward 5B) at Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital will be able to fund the following:

o Communication Boards: Dry wipe boards to help non-verbal (Tracheotomy) patients communicate with doctors, nurses, family and friends while staying on the ward

o Comfort care items for patients to make their stay on the ward more comfortable, including rechargeable hand held fans, eye masks and ear plugs.