A MAJOR fundraising drive to help keep cardiac patients at home in the Far North, is underway in Cairns. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s board has committed to raise $1.4 million towards a second...
Year: 2017
Lions step in to help
WHERE there is a need, there is a Lion, and nowhere is that more true than at Tully and Mission Beach. The Tully and Mission Beach Lions Clubs have once again put their fundraising might to good use, and provided two...
Couple’s lasting gifts
MORE than $60,000 worth of medical equipment for Mareeba Hospital will be a significant parting gift for a local couple. Leslie and Anne Mills are soon to leave their Tablelands home to move closer to family in Cairns but...
What are the odds?
WHAT are the odds of one ticket bought in a Harley-Davidson art union drawn on your birthday, and your name being called out? For Guillaume Vanthournout, the odds were one in 18,664, as that is how many tickets were...
$60,000 raised on motorbike event
MORE than $60,000 has been raised to help provide drills and saws for the theatre department of Cairns Hospital. The funds were raised through the annual Wayne Leonard's Motorcycle Muster on the weekend, with tickets...
Tony’s intent on giving back
Twenty-five years ago, Tony Peace didn’t know whether he was going to live or die. He suffered a major health condition which resulted in significant surgery in Brisbane and follow-up surgery and treatment in...
Thanks for special blankets
NONE of us like to think about death and dying, but for a special group of people at the Cairns Hospital, it is part of their daily work. Mortuary Attendants Kerrie Cameron and Lucille Craig often prepare loved ones, who...
Loss motivates family
A FAMILY who lost their beloved husband and father to a second heart attack in April, are motivated by their loss to ride their bikes in the Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge. The Nicolaou family of Karen and children Jake...
Smile helps sick kids
THE smile of a child in hospital has inspired donations to help other sick children in hospital. Sam Breckenridge, was just four months old when a doctor discovered he was weeks away from blindness. His story, shared...
Power-ful boost for volunteers
THEY’RE known as Cairns Hospital’s “purple angels” and now they have the power of Ergon Energy behind them - literally. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s volunteers have been...
Memory lives on in Mossman
ROGER Gibbons met the love of his life relatively late in life and lost her after three short years. But her memory will live on forever in a little hospital in Far North Queensland due to the care, compassion and empathy...
Fix hearts in Far North Queensland
A YOUNG boy travels with his grandfather, who only speaks Italian with some broken English, from the family tobacco farm in Mareeba, 1800km to Brisbane. The journey happens regularly for little Anthony Brazzale and...
Beef & Pasta Ragout
What you need 500g beef brisket or beef cheeks cut into six pieces, plain flour, t tbspn salt, 2 tbspn smoked paprika, 30ml extra virgin olive oil, 1 brown onion thickly sliced, 1 stick of chopped celery, 2 chopped...
Booze free for a good cause
REBECCA Johnson and her team know more than most, the benefit that fundraising has on cancer treatment. She is the acting Nurse Unit Manager of the Oncology Day Unit at Cairns Hospital and every day she uses equipment...
Revved up to raise funds
DECEMBER 11, 2016 is the day the Nielson family’s life changed forever. Geoff was hurt in a motorcycle accident on that day, losing his lower left leg and suffering multiple other injuries that he is still...
Coffee helps buy equipment
CUPS of coffee and carparking at Cairns Hospital have helped fund more than $101,000 worth of equipment that has been handed over this week. Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation CEO Tony Franz said the equipment was...
Cardiac ‘has spirit of its own’
“AS long as I've got legs, I'll be doing the Cardiac Challenge.” So says Cairns mum, midwife and cyclist Mary McGuinness and her husband Sean agrees wholeheartedly. “I first saw the arrival...
Donation a generous gift
MONEY fundraised through crazy hat days and Valentine’s Day by staff from the Department of Human Services has gone towards providing equipment for the renal clinic at Cairns Hospital. Nurse Unit Manager Janet Hole...
Campaign makes a difference
BUSINESS people sitting in wheelchairs have made a difference to the lives of sick children in Cairns Hospital. The annual Give Me 5 For Kids campaign, held in conjunction with Southern Cross Austereo, last year provided...
Pallet fundraiser saves lives
THE humble timber pallet has morphed into a cancer diagnostic device. Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation CEO Tony Franz met with The Power of Pallets instigator Kate Fern this week to see how the flexible...
Pioneering cyclists raise funds
WHAT do you get when you combine 20 cyclists with 560km of unusual terrain? More than $11,000 raised for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation via the inaugural R'n'R MTB Adventure, which was held last...