News
Read all about our recent exciting stories from Friends, including donations, fundraising events, good-news-stories, equipment purchases, volunteer stories, and more.
60 Years Meningie Auxiliary
Meningie's Auxiliary of Friends Women's and Children's Hospital celebrated their sixtieth anniversary at Freshie's Café and Bar. Around thirty people joined the group to celebrate six decades of raising funds for the Women's & Children's Hospital.
Region 6 Auxiliaries 58th Annual Conference
Members of The Friends of Women’s and Children’s Hospital Inc (Friends) Region 6 Auxiliaries Division, recently held their 58th Annual Conference at Ruston’s Restaurant & Functions in Renmark. The region comprises of the Renmark and Berri Auxiliaries with 25 active members who have raised $202,840 for the hospital over 60 years of fund raising.
Region 5 Auxiliaries Celebrate 60 Years
Members of the Friends of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Region Five, gathered at Pinnaroo on Monday for their sixtieth anniversary and conference.
Around fifteen volunteers from Pinnaroo, Tintinara, Lameroo and Meningie gathered at the Pinnaroo Hotel.
Chris Reaches 3000 Doll Milestone
Our wonderful Auxiliary Member Chris Field recently knitted and donated her 3000th doll to the Women's and Children's Hospital.
Cleve Auxiliary Celebrate 60 Years
The Cleve Friends Auxiliary celebrated its milestone 60th anniversary at its Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2019, held at the Cleve Bowls Club.
Friends Auxiliary State President Receives OAM
Kaye Steer receives the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the General Division for ‘Service to the Communities through Hospital Auxiliaries’ 2019.
The Friends of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Inc. 26th AGM & Conference
Mrs Pauline Linke, Friends President welcomed the Official Party and over 80 members who attended the Friends 2018 Annual General Meeting and Conference.
Port Adelaide Auxiliary Achieve Their Goal
Another incredibly successful day for the Port Adelaide Auxiliary with $9000 raised for the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. These funds will allow for the purchase of a Resuscitation Cot Monitor.
Virtual Reality Presentation
The Friends were pleased to welcome Associate Professor Belinda Lange at the recent Auxiliary Divisions Region 1 Conference held at the WCH. Professor Lange spoke about the Virtual Reality (VR) program current being trialled in the Medical Day Unit.
Port Adelaide Auxiliaries Fashion Day
Port Adelaide Auxiliaries Annual High Tea and Fashion Parade was once again this was another outstanding event with 410 guests attending.
Friends 2016 Conference
The Friends of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital 24th Annual Conference allowed for members and staff to get an in-depth understanding of what is happening within our charity organisation.
Friends Contribute to Health Network
April 18th marked a significant date for The Friends of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital with the first major piece of equipment being handed over as part of the new process for acknowledging the contribution the Friends make to Women’s and Children’s Health Network.