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    pARTy Week

    Posted: September 15, 2020

    The iconic Play Deck in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital will be transformed into a buzzing hub of activity, art and music for the WCH Foundation’s pARTy Week from 21-25 September 2020. pARTy Week,...

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    The WCH Foundation is funding world-class research that will help to create a vaccine for COVID-19.
    Care, Projects,

    Progress for South Australian COVID-19 research project

    Posted: September 4, 2020

    In early April, as Australians were experiencing the first COVID-19 lockdown and cases were on the rise, the WCH Foundation announced it would support a local collaborative project to research the deadly virus. The...

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    Care, Program, WCH,

    Two new Play Therapists join the team

    Posted: September 4, 2020

    A core part of the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Arts in Health program, celebrating 10 years this year, is to brighten the lives of patients by giving them access to play through funding...

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    Care, Our supporters, WCH,

    Meet our 2020 Super Dads

    Posted: September 2, 2020

    Our annual Super Dad campaign once again truly moved the staff at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation and Charlesworth Nuts. More than 100 people sent in nominations for the Super Dad in their...

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    Our supporters,

    How a ‘hard road’ travelled has led to supporting neonatal nurseries

    Posted: August 5, 2020

    “We owe Chelsea’s life to the Hospital,” Matt Jones said. Shannon and Matt Jones hadn’t planned for their first daughter to be born at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Eleven years on and the...

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    Projects, WCH,

    Celebrating the first birthday of the ‘Laklinyeri’ Beach House

    Posted: July 16, 2020

    In July 2020, the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation community is celebrating the first birthday of the ‘Laklinyeri’ Beach House In the first year, more than 100 people have stayed at the extraordinary home....

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    Care, Projects, WCH,

    The ‘Gift a Butterfly’ Project provides comfort in pregnancy loss

    Posted: June 25, 2020

    The ‘Gift a Butterfly’ Project is all about supporting women who have experienced a miscarriage. “After doing some work around grief and miscarriage, I thought it would assist women if we offered them a...

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    Equipment, Our supporters, WCH,

    Upgrading the Home Equipment Centre

    Posted: June 11, 2020

    Our corporate partners The Lott, Coles, SA Power Networks Employee Foundation and Sodexo generously donated to redevelop the Home Equipment Centre at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, which is accessed by more than 1,200...

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    Care, Program, WCH,

    The Knight family’s stay at the Beach House

    Posted: June 10, 2020

    For generations the quintessential summer getaway for Australian families has been enjoyed at the beach. However, for parents whose children have complex medical needs packing the car and heading to their favourite location is...

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    Care, Projects, WCH,

    Colouring-in the walls of the Hospital

    Posted: June 9, 2020

    As a kid you’re told not to draw on the walls – but it’s been the exact opposite for patients, their families and staff in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital as they joined artist...

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