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Matters of the Heart Matters of the Heart Here I am sitting in the Port Lincoln airport after spending a wonderful weekend with our Regional Family Support Coordinator, Nicole Carter and 3 amazing Whyalla Heart Mums - all with the common purpose of supporting our new Port Lincoln Regional Representatives, Heidi and Ali. Thank you most sincerely for your warm hospitality. I found it very humbling to meet our Port Lincoln families, learn of their journeys of having a heart child and the unique issues they face living in rural South Australia. I have come away determined to provide more support to our regional families. If you live in the Port Lincoln region, please give Heidi a ring on 0468 736 538, she would love to hear from you! Kylie Bath, Family Support Coordinator left HKSA in May after 3 years of service. Kylie was instrumental in establishing the role of Family Support Co-ordinator and building a relationship with the Women’s & Children’s Hospital. We thank her for her years of service and wish Kylie all the best for the future. Helen Walker, who is Godmother to Heart child Ava, is this year organising the HeartKids team for the City Bay. I encourage you to enter. Thank you most sincerely IKEA for again being our major sponsor for this superb event. A warm welcome to Deborah Likouras who was appointed Family Support Coordinator in March. I am pleased to report that not only is Deborah working at the Women’s & Children’s Hospital, but also at the Flinders Medical Centre, attending their Paediatric Cardiac Clinic every second Thursday. Please make yourself known to her next time you are in the hospital. Matt Turner, HKSA immediate past Chair, has completed a HKSA Support Plan. This 35 page paper documents the key areas of support for HKSA to implement. Staff, Board members and families were given the opportunity to provide input into this paper, which is an excellent resource for our organisation and has identified where best our fundraising dollar will be spent to provide the best services for our families – thank you Matt! Winter is well and truly upon us and unfortunately the usual coughs and colds. I hope you and your beautiful children keep well! Our playgroups adhere to a strict wellness policy, we would love to see you there! Kerry Southwell State Manager Quilts for HeartKids Quilts for HeartKids Thank you to all those involved with providing quilts for Heart Kids travelling to Melbourne for surgery. Christina Howell has been instrumental in our quilting program, and we are now fortunate to have quilting clubs including those from Whyalla and Yankalilla also coming on board to support this wonderful initiative. Thank you also to Bronny Maywald and Anita Bellon for their help in making this happen. TAF & Meal Vouchers TAF & Meal Vouchers Are you travelling to Royal Childrens Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne? Please contact Deb (0451 126 766) or our Regional Family Support Coordinator Nicole (0450 100 433) to organise your RCH Café Meal Vouchers. The Travel Assistance Fund (TAF) has also been increased to $300 to help toward your accommodation expenses. Max’s Place Melbourne www.hearts-of-hope.com/maxplace.html ‘Max’s Place’ are one bedroom apartments located directly opposite the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. For more details visit us at our website. or contact Tim 0400 508 139 4
Are you going to be part of this year’s HeartKids City-Bay team? Mark your calendar for the morning of Sunday 18th September & start training now! Help us make HeartKids the biggest City-Bay team for the second year running - we want 1000 participants in 2011! For being part of the team, you’ll get your team t-shirt and other team regalia - not to mention the tasty team breakfast waiting for you at the finish line! This year, we’d like you to register for the team online. Registration is open now. Go to www.heartkidssa.org.au & follow the City-Bay registration link to join the HeartKids team (we have hard copy registrations for those who don’t have internet access, please phone 8332 2901) Help us beat last year’s fundraising efforts of $50,000 - start your fundraising now proudly supported by 5
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