Year: 2015

A SPECIAL premmie baby volunteer at Cairns Hospital has been rewarded for her hours of selfless devotion. Betty Esmond’s role each week is to launder, sort and fold premature baby clothes at the hospital’s...

HE might be the father of one of the Far North’s favourite sons, but that didn’t make Ron Slater immune from heart troubles last year. It was back in August that he found he couldn’t breath and asked his...

KERRY Smith knows firsthand the value of specialised equipment to care for cancer patients during their battle. She cared for her husband Mark at home during his two-year battle with lung and other cancers and is...

THE Christmas theme of giving to others is alive and well in the Far North, as a local family discovered this week. Every day for Jodie and Brett Graham and their children Cameron, 13, and Taylah, 11, is a tough one, as...

PILES of presents under thousands of Christmas trees in the Far North, will look that extra bit special thanks to a dedicated band of volunteers. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation's Christmas Wrap at...

THE 2015 Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge has been hailed as another tremendous success, generating more than $240,000 for cardiac services in the Far North. More than 270 cyclists took part in the annual fundraiser, an...

THE ultimate gift for Far Northern kids in hospital this Christmas would be to be home and well. But the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has given them the next best thing - the new Cairns Hospital Paediatric...

What could be more iconic than spending Australia Day 2016 out on the Great Barrier Reef, visiting iconic locations? That’s what’s planned this year by the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation for their jetski...

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang will make an advance big-screen debut on 6 December 2015 at Event Cinemas Cairns Central and BCC Earlville for an excellent cause this...

ALMOST $18,000 worth of medical equipment is being supplied to one-nurse nursing clinics via the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. Foundation CEO Tony Franz said the equipment, going to Croydon and Georgetown...

Little more than six weeks since Cairns Hospital’s PET-CT scanner began taking patients the service has expanded its operating hours. The $4.4 million service has seen 44 patients since it began operating out...

It might be the race that stops the nation, but the fun-loving crowd at Nu Nu Restaurant Palm Cove gallop into a good time for Melbourne Cup. But it's not just about fun times, with the restaurant contributing almost...

Foundation staff have been thrilled to receive a $1000 donation from a couple who are both enduring health difficulties. John Nixon came into the Foundation office recently with his donation, saying he and his wife...

A VOLUNTEER program at Cairns Hospital is bringing comfort to elderly patients, supporting delirium prevention and getting people home quicker. Clinical Director of Older Persons Health Services Dr Edward Strivens...

IT was running and walking in the rain, but all for a good cause. Organisers of the inaugural Cairns Post Bright Night Fun Run have been pleasantly surprised to learn it raised more than $14,000 for the Children’s...

THE bags are packed, the training's done and the muscles are about to start stretching for the annual Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge fundraising bike ride from Cairns to Cooktown. More than 270 cyclists have been...

Tjapukai CEO Greg Erwin is hoping to inspire his staff to exercise regularly when he joins more than 270 riders departing from Tjapukai on September 19 for the Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge. The annual 330km...

Far North Queensland’s three Amalgamated Holdings Limited (AHL) companies, Rydges Hotels and Resorts, QT Resort Port Douglas and Event Cinemas have announced this week that all fundraising efforts will be directed to Far...

Twenty-five years of service, support and sacrifice was honoured at Gordonvale Hospital today with a special anniversary celebration for the local auxiliary. With nine founding members in tow, the Gordonvale Memorial...

THE Far North Queensland economy gains an estimated $1.2million from the Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge each year, it has been revealed. Just weeks out from the 2015 event, local economist Bill Cummings has released his...

MORE than 200 people enjoyed the benefits of recycling, reusing and raising money at the second annual The Power of Pallets cocktail and auction night on Friday. Organiser Kate Fern said furniture, decorative items, cubby...