It’s National Volunteer week and we are incredibly fortunate to have an extraordinary family of more than 450 volunteers, who generously choose to gift their time and talents to help our hospitals every week. Huge aroha and thanks to them all! This week we’d love to introduce a few of them. It takes a very… Read more »
National Volunteer Week – Meet Al
It’s National Volunteer week and we are incredibly fortunate to have an extraordinary family of more than 450 volunteers, who generously choose to gift their time and talents to help our hospitals every week. Huge aroha and thanks to them all! This week we’d love to introduce a few of them. Not only is Al… Read more »
Baby Gigi admires view of her New Children’s Hospital!
How cute is this pic sent in by new Mum Laura! Welcome gorgeous Gigi!!💛💛 It’s so exciting to see work begin on the interior of your new children’s hospital. Mark Dunajtschik’s extraordinary gift will help ensure a brighter and healthier future for generations of Gigi’s to come! If you can support our campaign to raise the… Read more »
Hospi’s Jammies in June – now gratefully accepting donations of PJs in our hospitals
Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital sees a significant increase in the number of children who are admitted to hospital over the winter months, and many of these children come in without a pair of pyjamas. Our community nursing teams also visit children in homes that are often cold and damp, which leaves young children even more… Read more »
Acts of kindness bringing people together
We were very moved to receive this beautiful note from Shona, one of our volunteer knitters. As a bereaved parent, she describes how even through the devastating loss of a precious and much wished for baby, a volunteer knitter brought her a little comfort. “Words can barely describe the powerful gratitude I felt when I… Read more »
Welcoming back our Hospital Volunteers
We look forward to welcoming back most of our Hospital Volunteers over the next two weeks. We’ve missed you! Wellington Guides and ICU reception – 15 June. Kenepuru Guides – 15 June. Kenepuru Ward Volunteers – 22 June.
Tamsin – dancer, horse rider, dog lover and Wellington Children’s Hospital cancer patient
A cancer diagnosis is something no parent ever wants to hear. For 9 year old Tamsin (dancer, horse rider and Wellington Children’s Hospital cancer patient), the diagnosis of leukaemia came like a bolt out of the blue and has meant a whirlwind of tests, scans and long term treatment. Despite what many of the gorgeous… Read more »
Your New Regional Children’s Hospital will help awesome kiwi kids like Kobe from Taranaki
We’d love you to meet Kobe, a super-sporty kiwi kid who enjoys nothing better than riding his bike, running and playing too many team sports to count one hand! Kobe had a dramatic start to life and is tackling huge challenges with courage, determination and the support of his wonderful family. Every year Kobe travels… Read more »
Michelle’s Givalittle sacrifice for your New Children’s Hospital
Michelle’s son Nnamdi spent many years in and out of Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital as a child. Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis which is an inflammatory bowel disease, he needed life changing surgery at 13 to have his entire large bowel removed and replaced with a stoma port. This is a huge operation, with enormous physical… Read more »
Kids caring for kids
Nicolas Volpicelli-Muollo is a talented young man with a philanthropic outlook. He attends Scots College Wellington and what started as a Year 10 school Business Studies project has turned into a significant peer-to-peer fundraising initiative for your New Children’s Hospital. Nicolas is working with other schools in the region to raise money for 50 Smart… Read more »