The Mossman and Port Douglas communities are increasingly coming together to support their local hospital.
This week the Port Douglas Crocs AFL Club and Mossman Bowls Club handed over a $2200 cheque to be used to improve health services.
Club treasurer John Cameron said the funds were the result of gate takings at home and away football matches on Good Friday at the Port Douglas oval.
“In the southern states, Good Friday is traditionally a day when money is raised for children’s hospitals,” Mr Cameron said.
“So in that tradition, we have decided to donate our gate receipts for these days to the only hospital in our region,” he said.
Mossman Hospital Director of Nursing and Midwifery/Facility Manager Peter Le Griffon said it was incredibly rewarding for the community to be supporting the facility through its Friends of the Foundation group.
This is a subsidiary of the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation and means all donations over $2 are tax deductible and the Foundation provides other support to local fundraisers as well.
“Joining the Friends group has been incredible for us because it has enabled us to tap into resources we otherwise wouldn’t, which means better outcomes for our patients,” Mr Le Griffon said.
“Not only is it wonderful that people are donating to support the Mossman Hospital, but these activities bring the community together towards a common goal, which is lovely to see,” he said.
Photo: John Shona (Crocs Treasurer), Mossman Hospital Director of Nursing and Midwifery/Facility Manager Peter Le Griffon; Foundation CEO Tony Franz; (Mossman & District Friends of the Foundation volunteer) Deborah Kachel, Mossman Multi Purpose Health Service business manager Meave Pedemay.
