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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

THE bikes are serviced, the bags are packed and more than 20 cyclists are heading off into outback Queensland for a pioneering adventure. The cyclists and a dedicated support crew will head off this Sunday (April 30) on...

RIDING her mountain bike through the backroads of Far North Queensland, is a perfect way for Jennifer McManus to support health services. A born-and-bred local, Jennifer knows better than many the importance of providing...

THE opportunity to support health services in the Far North has arisen with two positions available on the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation board. Board chairman Dr Ken Chapman said the Foundation’s recent...

The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation’s commercial operations play an integral role in improving health care in the region. The hospital carpark, dcafe, Sea Breeze Café, vending machines, ATM’s and...

The annual Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge is one of the biggest fundraising events in the Far North. The event, a three-day bike ride from Cairns to Cooktown, is now in its 11th year and has produced some spectacular...

IMPRESSIVE figures and results are being celebrated by the Far North’s largest local charity as it celebrates its 20th birthday. The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has contributed more than $14 million to...

CANCER patients in Cairns Hospital will be more comfortable and have better treatment, thanks to jetski riders. Some of the funds raised from the annual Trinity Powersports Sea-Fari jetski island hop on Australia Day,...