Month: January 2021

Donors support helps young kiwis like James Depree after a cancer diagnosis

Every year around 200 adolescent and young adult (AYA) kiwis are told that they have cancer, with many treated at CCDHB.  Navigating the complex and sometimes messy terrain of a cancer diagnosis is challenging for anyone, and it is especially so for young people who are just emerging into the independence of adulthood.  When you… Read more »

Fabulous volunteers making a difference

You may recognise Jill Reid as one of our lovely Kenepuru Hospital Guides, but for the last 8 years she has also been an integral volunteer member of Kenepuru’s preschool neurodevelopmental hydrotherapy programme.  This programme is an extension of dry land therapies, with the warm water making exercises either easier or more difficult, thereby increasing… Read more »