Being For Others - Calvary Health Care Bethlehem

Community EngagementHealth PromotionCHCB has commenced a collaborative health promotion project with OurLady of Sion, Box Hill using enquiry-based learning through engagement toexplore health care issues. The project aims to:• enhance community awareness of Palliative Care and Motor Neuron Disease• strengthen community connections between two Catholic organisations• provide students with the opportunity to further engage in social enterprise• provide students with a forum to express their talents• build community through collaborative engagement.Our plan is to expand this initiative to include other schools, multi faithdimensions and collaborative interactions.CHCB was pleased to join the Southern Metropolitan Region PalliativeCare Consortium in sponsoring the play ‘Four Funerals in One Day’.The play was written by Alan Hopgood (below), who also played the roleof Clarrie. The play explores the power of story in people’s lives and thehuman impact on patients and professional carers involved in palliativecare. The play portrays a message of hope; that “every person leavesa footprint”. ‘Four Funerals in One Day’ is able to succeed in its healthpromotion role by beautifully mingling humor and tenderness.The strength of this play is that it manages to present palliative care in away that educates and also entertains.Calvary Health Care Bethlehem 2009 –10 Annual ReportActor and playwright, Alan Hopgood.28