March 2012
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Chrissie's million kilo challenge for leukaemia
Chrissie Boulter’s son Lachlan was just 16 when she lost him to leukaemia, every parent’s worst nightmare. So for many years she found it too painful to return to The Royal Children’s Hospital, the place she spent countless hours by her son’s side as he received treatment.
Yet today, Chrissie, with characteristic courage, strength and good humour, has become one of The Royal...
Baby Alexandra keeps her chin up
Baby Alexandra McCann’s rough start to life is over - the seven-week-old is due home for the very first time tomorrow.
Parents Emma Barton and Paul McCann are overjoyed that their infant daughter, who has already had two major operations, will spend her first night at Thornbury in her own cot.
Alexandra was born with Pierre Robin Sequence, where her lower jaw was so small it caused...
Frankston brothers jump into cause for RCH
THESE brothers know how lucky they are to be able to perform back flips on their trampoline.
But they also know there are some kids who aren’t so lucky.
That’s why Rocco, 8, and Duke, 7, want to raise money for sick kids during the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal on April 6.
The Frankston South boys will be flipping on their trampoline, performing handstands and showcasing some...
Weird science could fix young Ashley
The Herald Sun reported on one of our patients with an unusual condition. The newspaper called it ‘weird science’. Sure, it sounds a little strange, but we call it world-class care!
Spending five days and nights wired up and under surveillance wasn’t science fiction for Ashley Blackman. It was real life.
The six-year-old had electrodes glued to his head recording his brain...
Newborn bioethics
Dr Hugo Gold and Associate Professor Lynn Gillam, of the RCH’s Children’s Bioethics Centre, responded to an article in The Australian regarding bioethics.
Angela Shanahan criticises philosophers who do bioethics for being unaware of the practical consequences of their abstract reasoning (“Bio-ethicists’ infanticide debate logically backfires”, 17-18/3).
She...
Publications and Digital Marketing Coordinator
We are advertising for a Publications and Digital Marketing Coordinator at the moment. I recently found this description of digital marketing by Samantha Amjadali that I liked a lot:
Believe it or not, social media is an art and given how important it’s going to be for business in 2012 and beyond, it’s an art you want to get right – or find someone who is already a social media artist.
Good...
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Finnan's Gift, one year on. Alisa Camplin's...
Jon Ralph from the Herald Sun spoke to Alisa Camplin and Oliver Warner about Finnan’s Gift, and the incredible support they received from the community, on the one year anniversary of the death of their son.
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You can tell that the photos are much loved. You can tell they have been well thumbed.
Tiny baby Finnan - often covered with tubes, sometimes with eyes open just a...
Bakers Delight stores scrub up for bun day on 24th...
BAKERS Delight workers across Bendigo are busy baking hot cross buns in preparation for Bundraiser Day tomorrow (Sat 24th March).
Across the state, bakers are set to make more than 140,000 hot cross buns to raise money for sick kids for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
All 227 Bakers Delight stores will donate $1 from every six-pack of hot cross buns sold, in the hope that...
Tullamarine charity looking for help on Good...
Uncle Bobs Club hopes to raise its 16-millionth dollar for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal next month - but it needs help.
The Tullamarine-based charity, which is celebrating its 70th year of raising money for the medical needs of sick and disabled children, is looking for volunteers to rattle tins on April 6.
Club spokeswoman Christine Binion said many people were needed to...
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St Patrick's Day Market in the RCH
Last week over 10 different fundraising groups made their way to The Royal Children’s Hospital bright and early in the morning to set up for the annual St Patrick’s Day market.
Some volunteers were setting up their wares in Main Street before the sun was up in preparation for the bustling market day.
The fundraisers came from all over Melbourne selling a wide range of goods including...
Good Friday Appeal :: Four legged friends helping...
The Herald Sun featured this story about animal volunteers of the RCH on 20 March.
When Ralf the giant schnauzer visited the patients of The Royal Children’s Hospital this week no one realised exactly how much of a help he would be.
Ralf got two-year-old Claire Couwenberg to walk for the first time in the five days since her surgery to remove a cancerous kidney.
The Melton toddler,...
Good Friday Appeal :: Ruby Burton is the little...
The Herald Sun profiled one of our young patients on 17 March.
The problem had baffled doctors since she was two weeks old, but the case was finally cracked at the Royal Children’s Hospital last Thursday. RCH gastroenterologist Dr Jeremy Rosenbaum said a test revealed the pipe that carried food from her mouth to her stomach contracted and relaxed abnormally. This caused food to get stuck or...
The 200km Walk is now into Day 4. So far, they... →
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Wet Weather Wont Stop The Walkers
The 3rd annual Rotary Club of Werribee 200km walk kicked off today in spectacular fashion. Some 20 walkers set off under dark skies in north east Victoria early this morning. Bound for Werribee and expected to walk some 25 km per day for the next eight days, the dedicated fundraisers are supporting the Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program here at the RCH.
We have been following...
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Reading With Your Children Information Session
The Education Institute here at the RCH is partnering with the National Year of Reading to bring a special information session for parents on the vast benefits of reading to children.
Held on Thursday 22 March 2012 at the Vernon Collins Auditorium from 3.00-4.00pm, Reading With Your Child is for any parents who want to know more about supporting their child’s learning and literacy.
Literacy...
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Rydges to donate for the month of April
Why not treat yourself, or your family to a holiday this Easter with Rydges…
And at the same time help raise vital funds for Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia (CHFA); a national partnership of Australia’s leading children’s hospitals, including The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Rydges Hotels and Resorts, located in great holiday destinations around Australia will generously donate...
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Lochies fighting spirit
Lochie Faust is a boy with a rare condition and a fighting spirit who has inspired his sports club to make a difference by raising funds for The Royal Children’s Hospital.
Lochie was just 8 months old when he was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a malignant cancer of the eye. Now 13 years old, Lochie is partially blind as a result. But the rare condition hasn’t stopped Lochie from enjoying...
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Beautiful artworks help children find their way
During the development of the new hospital, the RCH project team worked closely with Buro North, a design practice specializing in industrial design, graphic design and way finding, to help the new RCH lead the forefront of healthcare design.
With their extensive research, including interviewing over 600 children, Buro North have designed navigating around the new hospital site to be as simple as...
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Do kids lack social skills these days?
The Age explores why schools are introducing programs to overcome a lack of social graces.
IN A corner of the year 1 classroom at Roxburgh Rise Primary School in Melbourne’s outer north, six boys wearing splattered orange smocks are painting a cardboard rocket. It is a project they have chosen themselves as part of the school’s play-based discovery program, designed to teach children...
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Good Friday Appeal :: Emily bounces back from...
The Herald Sun profiled one of our young patients on 12 March.
After collapsing at school, five-year-old Emily Manolaros was found to be paralysed by Guillain Barre syndrome, a life-threatening disease where the immune system attacks nerves, preventing them from working properly. She was admitted to The Royal Children’s Hospital where she lay in pain and motionless for four nights and...
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February 2012
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Moose Enterprises supporting a vision of a pain...
When toy design and development company Moose Enterprises launched their Moose Foundation they knew they were in a unique position to bring joy to children throughout the community. Moose have partnered with The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Comfort Kids Program to help achieve their vision of a pain free care for babies, children and adolescents. The Comfort Kids program was...
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17th Annual AWA Charity Golf Day →
The American Women’s Auxiliary is holding it’s 17th Annual Charity Golf Day supporting The Children’s Bioethics Centre at the stunning Victoria Golf Club. Tee off on the 23rd of March and enjoy a fantastic day in support of The Royal Children’s Hospital.
