Another generous donation from the APFF members and supporters has led to an essential purchase for the WCH. Items selected for purchase by Friends and our supporters, such as APFF, value add to the excellent care provided by the hospital.

Friends of WCH acknowledge the contribution of long serving member Julie Tonkin from the Yorketown Auxiliary group.

The Friends would like to recognise and thank Tracey and Eddie, owners of the Melville Hotel for the support they are providing to the Yorketown / Warooka and Districts Auxiliaries, Friends of WCH Inc. Every second Friday raffle tickets for a meat tray donated by Warooka Butchers are sold in the pub with all proceeds ($640 to date) donated to the local Auxiliary group.

The Friends of WCH were pleased to facilitate a recent donation of $85,000 from the Istrian Social Club of SA Incorporated. Club members selected the GE E-8 Ultrasound Scanner for the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Maternal Foetal Medicine (MFM) services.

This is a state of the art modern ultrasound machine and the one used in a vast majority of Tertiary Obstetric MFM Units.

Bev started in the Rainbows kitchen making sandwiches, rolls and hot dogs two mornings a week. Several years later she was invited to join the shops’ management committee and was trained in all areas of the shops’ operations. She also took on the arduous responsibility of managing the Rainbows daily roster, a task requiring both persistence and enormous patience!

Registered nurse and Friends volunteer, Amanda Carter was recently awarded Lucindale Citizen of the Year. Amanda is also a member of Red Cross, Linc (the town development association) and works on the Lucindale Newsletter. A mother of 4 young boys who supports all of their activities, she is involved with fundraising for the school and for residents affected by the recent fires.