Nepean Cancer Care Centre, Penrith

Dry July funds have been put to good use in a number of ways, most recently through a new exercise program that sees patients complete a specialised 8-week Exercise program run by an accredited Exercise Physiologist in Emu Plains.

Cancer Care Physio Glyndon Wakeman says that they hope to continue to fund the program through the support of Dry July.

“The most important thing is to have the support of people driving donations through the Dry July”, says Glyndon.

Peter from Erskine Park is a patient of the Nepean Cancer Care Centre who is seeing the benefits of being involved in the program.

“I’ve got more energy for a start”, says Peter. “It improves my day-to-day lifestyle and is helping to slow down the progression of my cancer.”

We're pleased to announce that Nepean Cancer Care Centre has received an additional grant from the Dry July Foundation October grant round.

This grant will enable new wigs for the Wig Library. This will increase the number of patients who can access the Wig Library, a greater variety of modern style wigs will also assist patients in finding a style that suits them to give them more confidence  

The grant will also help launching a Wellness program that provides 8-week program for patients free of charge, conducted by an exercise physiologist .

Thanks to the incredible fundraising efforts of Dry July participants in 2019, the Dry July Foundation is able to fund multiple projects at the Nepean Cancer Care Centre.

Fund from 2019 will go towards the following:

• Refurbishment of Blood Collection room including patching, painting of mural and installing shelving

• Radiotherapy Patient Gowns to make patients more comfortable during their treatment

• A Urinalysis machine and two observation machines, to improve care for inpatients

• Body composition analyser for patients, to detect whether early intervention is required from Allied Health professionals

• Body Fluid Analyser for breast patients to help prevent Lymphoedema (swelling of certain parts of the body)

• Niki Pumps, a mobile automated drug delivery system which enables palliative care at home

• Specialist seating for with cushions that mold to patient who will be sat for long periods for Stem Cell Infusion

• Installation of a hand painted mural to enhance the patient waiting room

Thanks to everyone who supported our Breakfast BBQ on Thursday 25 July 2019 at Nepean Hospital.

With your help we raised over $2,000 to support our campaign for improving the treatment experience of people living with cancer. Add this to our existing total and we could be nudged into third place on the leader board!

Support us in this final week of Dry July by making a donation to the Nepean Cancer Carers – every little bit counts!

Thanks to staff at the Red Cherry coffee shop who are donating their tips (so far over $140) to the Nepean Cancer Care Centre’s Dry July campaign. Red Cherry are also donating 10c from every coffee purchased on Wednesdays.

Help the Red Cherry support cancer patients at Nepean! Check out the Nepean Cancer Carers Team fundraising page for more info.