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Hope<br />

grows<br />

with you<br />

<strong>2012</strong>


Contents<br />

Contents 1<br />

Introduction 2<br />

Biography 3<br />

St<strong>at</strong>istics 4<br />

Highlights<br />

Record number of lifesaving transplants 8<br />

New cancer research to save lives 12<br />

Equipped for the best health care 16<br />

Cell imaging suite unveiled 20<br />

Double the care for epilepsy p<strong>at</strong>ients 24<br />

Music and play – the Bear Cottage way 28<br />

Our volunteers – many ways to care 34<br />

Staff<br />

Alanna Maycock 10<br />

Bridget McGinley 18<br />

Dr Kristy Rose 30<br />

Bianca Botha 37<br />

Dr Glenys Griffiths 38<br />

Dr Siva Subramaniam 42<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ients<br />

Corey 7<br />

Samuel 15<br />

Georgina 23<br />

Dean 27<br />

Taylor 33<br />

Taj 41<br />

Zoe 45<br />

Chief Executive Message 47<br />

Supporters 48<br />

How to help 55


2<br />

Hope grows with you<br />

Hope is a thing with fe<strong>at</strong>hers<br />

Th<strong>at</strong> perches in the soul<br />

And sings the tune without the words<br />

And never stops <strong>at</strong> all<br />

– Emily Dickinson<br />

At <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>, as children<br />

heal, families hope.<br />

Hope is found in every corridor of the <strong>Hospital</strong>. Even<br />

in the darkest times of their child’s illness, families<br />

cling to hope.<br />

Every sick child who comes through our doors,<br />

every family who is waiting for a miracle and every<br />

disease th<strong>at</strong> still lacks a cure inspires our staff to<br />

provide the very best care and deepens our motiv<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

to improve the health and wellbeing of children.<br />

Our success is measured by the quality of care and<br />

support we deliver to children and their families. We<br />

are committed to providing the highest standard of care<br />

in a financially responsible manner. But the cost of<br />

care is significant, which is why your support is so vital.<br />

You come from families gr<strong>at</strong>eful for the care your own<br />

child has received here and from families gr<strong>at</strong>eful<br />

th<strong>at</strong> your child has never needed our care.<br />

You represent community-minded businesses and<br />

communities with heart.<br />

Hope can only grow here with you,<br />

our valued supporters.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is the highly<br />

respected, largest paedi<strong>at</strong>ric centre in NSW,<br />

providing excellent care for children from<br />

NSW, Australia and across the Pacific Rim. It forms<br />

part of the Sydney Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>s Network.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> is world-renowned for<br />

providing the best care for sick<br />

children and their families. This<br />

specialist care, combined with<br />

community educ<strong>at</strong>ion, advocacy<br />

for improved child health and<br />

ground-breaking research into<br />

childhood illnesses, is blended<br />

within a positive, caring and<br />

healing environment.<br />

Established in 1880, <strong>The</strong><br />

Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

is a public <strong>Hospital</strong> and registered<br />

charity with 3,528 staff working<br />

in 150 departments. Sick children<br />

and their families are cared for<br />

each year in a family-focused,<br />

healing environment – including<br />

29,416 inp<strong>at</strong>ient admissions,<br />

51,623 emergency department<br />

present<strong>at</strong>ions and 940,514<br />

outp<strong>at</strong>ient occasions of service.<br />

Children with problems such<br />

as severe burns, major heart<br />

conditions and liver and kidney<br />

diseases are referred to <strong>The</strong><br />

Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

because it houses leading specialty<br />

units within the <strong>Hospital</strong> grounds.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> is home to the NSW<br />

Paedi<strong>at</strong>ric Burns Unit, the<br />

NSW Paedi<strong>at</strong>ric Liver Transplant<br />

Unit, the N<strong>at</strong>ional Centre for<br />

Immunis<strong>at</strong>ion Research and<br />

Surveillance, the first Paedi<strong>at</strong>ric<br />

Tumour Bank in the southern<br />

hemisphere, the NSW Newborn<br />

Screening Service and the N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Poisons Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Centre.<br />

Research is one of the key ways<br />

in which the <strong>Hospital</strong> provides<br />

the highest standard of care and<br />

tre<strong>at</strong>ment to sick children and<br />

their families. <strong>The</strong> Kids Research<br />

Institute <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong><br />

<strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> undertakes cuttingedge<br />

research into childhood<br />

diseases, resulting in significant<br />

advances in the tre<strong>at</strong>ment of<br />

cancer, obesity, kidney, heart<br />

and respir<strong>at</strong>ory problems, diabetes<br />

and muscular dystrophy.<br />

*All initi<strong>at</strong>ives and the positions of the profiled staff highlighted in this report are funded by don<strong>at</strong>ions.


<strong>2012</strong><br />

St<strong>at</strong>istics<br />

3528<br />

staff<br />

51,623<br />

emergency<br />

cases<br />

300+<br />

researchers <strong>at</strong> the<br />

Kids Research<br />

Institute<br />

1,330,000<br />

Bandaged Bears sold<br />

(since the Bandaged<br />

Bear Appeal<br />

first started)<br />

29,416<br />

inp<strong>at</strong>ient<br />

admissions<br />

312<br />

beds<br />

More than<br />

500<br />

volunteers<br />

940,514<br />

outp<strong>at</strong>ient<br />

appointments<br />

105,120<br />

songs played in<br />

Radio<br />

Bedrock<br />

450<br />

Clown<br />

Doctor<br />

Rounds<br />

197,000<br />

p<strong>at</strong>ient<br />

meals<br />

served<br />

14,183<br />

oper<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

150<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong><br />

Departments<br />

12,000<br />

books borrowed<br />

from our Book<br />

Bunker<br />

105,000<br />

coins dropped<br />

in collection tins<br />

9786<br />

kilometres<br />

run by donors in<br />

Team Bandaged Bear<br />

in the City2Surf<br />

15,200<br />

sessions taught<br />

<strong>at</strong> our <strong>Hospital</strong><br />

School<br />

91 & 8<br />

oldest and<br />

youngest<br />

fundraisers<br />

108,480<br />

Band-Aids<br />

used<br />

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Corey<br />

When you look up the word ‘courageous’ in the<br />

dictionary, you should find a photo of 11-year old Corey.<br />

This bright and spirited boy has had more than his fair share of illness<br />

in his short life but is not letting th<strong>at</strong> stop him, with his dreams of<br />

becoming a monster truck driver alive and well.<br />

Corey is a cancer p<strong>at</strong>ient <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>, after<br />

being diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma in early <strong>2012</strong>. This rare<br />

cancer of the lymph<strong>at</strong>ic system was detected after Corey fell ill during<br />

a family trip to Queensland and he has since spent months in hospital<br />

receiving chemotherapy.<br />

Sadly, this is not the first time th<strong>at</strong> Corey and his family have b<strong>at</strong>tled<br />

serious illness. Corey had a heart transplant when he was just fouryears-old,<br />

the only possible tre<strong>at</strong>ment to save his life after he was<br />

diagnosed with a rare and serious heart condition.<br />

Corey’s tough start to life has been a difficult journey for his whole<br />

family, but as his health begins to improve, they are starting to feel<br />

a sense of hope for their future.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> has given us more than hope - we have been given<br />

another chance <strong>at</strong> life for our family,” Corey’s Mum, Joann, said.<br />

“We could write the words ‘thank you’ a million times over and th<strong>at</strong><br />

still wouldn’t come close to showing our appreci<strong>at</strong>ion. No words can<br />

describe the emotions felt by our family or the gr<strong>at</strong>itude we feel for<br />

everything th<strong>at</strong> has been done to save our little boy.”<br />

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Record number of<br />

lifesaving transplants<br />

A record number of kidney transplants were performed <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> over the past year,<br />

giving 15 children the ultim<strong>at</strong>e gift – the gift of life.<br />

<strong>The</strong> transplant recipients range from a two-year-old boy who had a<br />

kidney don<strong>at</strong>ed from his f<strong>at</strong>her, to a 17-year-old girl who received her<br />

transplant thanks to a deceased donor. Amazingly, she completed<br />

her HSC a week after her transplant.<br />

All the children and young people are doing well and are enjoying<br />

healthier and happier lives.<br />

Transplant surgeons <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> have<br />

performed 130 kidney transplants since the <strong>Hospital</strong> moved from<br />

Camperdown to <strong>Westmead</strong> in 1995.<br />

A team of health professionals <strong>at</strong> the <strong>Hospital</strong> care for the child and<br />

family throughout the process of receiving an organ transplant. As well<br />

as surgeons and doctors, p<strong>at</strong>ients are cared for by specialist nursing<br />

staff, social workers and therapists.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> also invests significant resources into<br />

researching improved tre<strong>at</strong>ment options for children with kidney disease.<br />

At the Centre for Kidney Research <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>,<br />

30 researchers utilise don<strong>at</strong>ed funds to investig<strong>at</strong>e the l<strong>at</strong>est scientific<br />

evidence to enhance services, improve care and promote kidney health.<br />

Chronic kidney disease is the seventh most common cause of de<strong>at</strong>h<br />

in Australia, with one in three Australians <strong>at</strong> an increased risk of kidney<br />

disease. New discoveries and better tre<strong>at</strong>ments need a long-term<br />

commitment and <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is <strong>at</strong> the<br />

forefront of this challenging b<strong>at</strong>tle.<br />

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Twin sisters, Jana and Jenine Allam –<br />

Jana had a kidney transplant in 2011<br />

Some of the 2011 kidney transplant p<strong>at</strong>ients with their families<br />

Dr Stephen Alexander, Head of the<br />

Centre for Kidney Research


10<br />

Alanna<br />

For most children born in Australia, simple things like going to school,<br />

playing sport and enjoying the gre<strong>at</strong> outdoors are taken for granted.<br />

But, as Alanna Maycock knows too well, children from some other<br />

countries aren’t always so lucky.<br />

Alanna is the Refugee Health Coordin<strong>at</strong>or <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong>, assessing and tre<strong>at</strong>ing the health and wellbeing of refugee<br />

and asylum seeker families.<br />

<strong>The</strong> families who <strong>at</strong>tend the clinic have fled from their homes overseas<br />

where they were subject to horrific living conditions, such as violence,<br />

infectious diseases and lack of clean w<strong>at</strong>er and healthy food.<br />

“Some of the families who we tre<strong>at</strong> have never seen a doctor or dentist<br />

in their lives. <strong>The</strong>y often feel traum<strong>at</strong>ised, isol<strong>at</strong>ed and vulnerable,”<br />

Alanna said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Refugee Clinic addresses some important health issues, such as<br />

screening for infectious diseases, malnutrition, wounds from torture<br />

or violence, mental health issues, and immunis<strong>at</strong>ion. It also plays an<br />

important role in bringing the refugee community together.<br />

“Two mothers who had previously spent time in a detention centre<br />

together met each other again for the first time in eight months <strong>at</strong> our<br />

clinic. Both women were unsure if the other had settled in Australia, or<br />

indeed if they were alive. It was emotional moment witnessing them in<br />

tears together and served as a reminder th<strong>at</strong> our clinic is an important<br />

place where families can get medical care as well as make friends in a<br />

world th<strong>at</strong> can feel very lonely and so different to where they are from,”<br />

Alanna said.<br />

In the past 60 years, Australia has offered permanent residency to<br />

around 700,000 refugees and others in need of humanitarian protection.<br />

At least seven per cent of Australians have been through the experience<br />

of being a refugee or have a parent or grandparent who has.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Refugee Clinic has seen increasing numbers of refugee families<br />

since it started in 2005, tripling the number of refugee children who<br />

had health screening from January to June <strong>2012</strong>.<br />

“Children are vulnerable little people and a lot of the children I see <strong>at</strong> the<br />

Refugee Clinic have seen and experienced more in their short lives than<br />

we can ever begin to imagine. With our help, they can begin their lives<br />

here in Australia with hope,” Alanna said.<br />

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12<br />

New cancer research<br />

to save lives<br />

An Australian first clinical<br />

trial recently commenced <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong>, which aims to<br />

protect children’s bone marrow<br />

during chemotherapy to tre<strong>at</strong><br />

brain tumours.<br />

After 14 years of research, gene<br />

therapy will now be used in<br />

childhood cancer to allow for the<br />

protection of bone marrow while<br />

using higher doses of chemotherapy<br />

to fight brain tumours.<br />

This innov<strong>at</strong>ive research, funded<br />

by a $3 million don<strong>at</strong>ion, will allow<br />

for better tre<strong>at</strong>ment for children<br />

fighting some of the most serious<br />

and life-thre<strong>at</strong>ening tumours.<br />

Brain tumours in children have<br />

been historically very difficult to<br />

tre<strong>at</strong> because temezolomide, the<br />

chemotherapy drug th<strong>at</strong> is used,<br />

has very toxic side effects and<br />

can destroy healthy bone marrow<br />

cells, leaving the child susceptible<br />

to dangerous infections.<br />

Higher doses could be more<br />

effective in tre<strong>at</strong>ing these lethal<br />

tumours, but the drugs have<br />

previously been too toxic for<br />

young p<strong>at</strong>ients, making it difficult<br />

to eradic<strong>at</strong>e tumours.<br />

Under the gene therapy to be<br />

used in this clinical trial, the aim<br />

will be to increase the level of<br />

Methylguanine Methylthranferase<br />

(MGMT) contained in bone<br />

marrow by inserting a specific<br />

gene into the p<strong>at</strong>ient’s cells.<br />

MGMT is a n<strong>at</strong>ural occurring<br />

substance which protects cells<br />

from the chemotherapy drugs.<br />

This will mean doctors can<br />

then safely administer a higher<br />

chemotherapy dose, dram<strong>at</strong>ically<br />

increasing the chances of<br />

successfully eradic<strong>at</strong>ing the<br />

cancer cells.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> is the only facility in<br />

Australia capable of conducting<br />

this trial by developing the vector<br />

and tre<strong>at</strong>ing the cells.<br />

This research brings together<br />

expertise across a number<br />

of clinical and research areas<br />

of <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re has been<br />

long-term collabor<strong>at</strong>ion between<br />

the Oncology Department, the<br />

Children’s Cancer Research Unit<br />

and the Gene <strong>The</strong>rapy Unit.<br />

Researchers hope to use this<br />

trial to establish the long-term<br />

feasibility of the gene therapy<br />

and its potential benefits for<br />

other paedi<strong>at</strong>ric conditions.<br />

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Dr Ian Alexander, Belinda Kramer, A/Prof Jennifer Byrne, Peter Neilson from the Kids Cancer Project,<br />

Majella Clifton from Radpharm and Dr Geoff McCowage


Samuel<br />

When Samuel went on the swings <strong>at</strong> the local park<br />

for the very first time, his squeals of delight brought<br />

overwhelming joy to his family.<br />

Born with Down Syndrome and diagnosed with leukaemia when he<br />

was just 18 months old, some of the simple pleasures of childhood had<br />

passed Samuel by as he spent long periods of time <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>.<br />

“Because Samuel had been hospitalised so much over his first few<br />

years of life, I suddenly realised th<strong>at</strong> we had not taken him on a swing<br />

<strong>at</strong> a park! We quickly made arrangements to take him to the park and<br />

he absolutely loved it. We really soaked up his squeals of delight and<br />

it was a gre<strong>at</strong> reminder to appreci<strong>at</strong>e the simple things in life,” said<br />

N<strong>at</strong>alie, Samuel’s Mum.<br />

Children born with Down Syndrome have a higher risk of developing<br />

leukaemia, but it still came as a huge shock to Samuel’s family when he<br />

was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.<br />

“It felt like our whole world was turned upside down. But as a parent<br />

you somehow find the strength to keep going and not fall in a heap.<br />

In some ways this has brought us closer as a family,” N<strong>at</strong>alie said.<br />

Samuel has earned a new nickname, ‘Super Sam’, because he is a hero<br />

in every sense of the world. With his sweet n<strong>at</strong>ure and infectious smile,<br />

it’s hard to believe th<strong>at</strong> he’s been through so much.<br />

‘We are just so very gr<strong>at</strong>eful for the care Samuel has received <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>. Thanks to them, we now have<br />

hope th<strong>at</strong> Samuel can grow, learn and experience the world just like<br />

any other child,” N<strong>at</strong>alie said.<br />

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Equipped for the best<br />

health care<br />

Donors purchased a range of medical equipment this year<br />

th<strong>at</strong> is vital to providing world-class, life-saving care, including<br />

open care cribs for the Grace Centre for Newborn Care.<br />

Caring for the sickest children in NSW does come <strong>at</strong> a cost.<br />

New techniques and technologies in health care developed<br />

intern<strong>at</strong>ionally can only be used on sick p<strong>at</strong>ients if doctors<br />

have the right equipment on hand.<br />

Open care cribs are vital pieces of equipment when tre<strong>at</strong>ing critically ill<br />

newborn babies. <strong>The</strong>se cribs, worth $25,000 each, allow staff in the<br />

Grace Centre for Newborn Care to monitor the sickest babies closely<br />

and access them quickly for urgent care. <strong>The</strong>y are also mobile, so staff<br />

can easily move the babies from intensive care to the oper<strong>at</strong>ing the<strong>at</strong>res<br />

and for tests in other departments.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Grace Centre for Newborn Care <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> is a very special place of care, tre<strong>at</strong>ing around 600 of the<br />

sickest newborn babies from across NSW each year, many of whom<br />

are born with serious medical conditions or require complex surgery.<br />

Without the right equipment on hand, like open care cribs, it would be<br />

virtually impossible for doctors to save the lives of over 97 per cent of<br />

these seriously ill newborn babies.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> provides significant extra services<br />

aided by the generosity of individual and corpor<strong>at</strong>e donors. Our donors,<br />

especially those who help with the purchase of specialist medical<br />

equipment, partner with the <strong>Hospital</strong> to provide the very best world-class<br />

care for the benefit of children and families from NSW and beyond.<br />

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Staff in the Grace Centre for Newborn Care monitor babies in open care cribs<br />

Tony Jackson from the <strong>Hospital</strong>’s<br />

Biomedical Engineering Team,<br />

who maintains the open care cribs


18<br />

Bridget<br />

While most staff <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> work on a<br />

ward, in an office or <strong>at</strong> a desk, Bridget McGinley spends her working<br />

hours in rural communities and on the road as she travels long<br />

distances to visit cancer p<strong>at</strong>ients and their families all over NSW.<br />

For the past seven years, Bridget has been the Oncology Outreach<br />

Nurse for the Mark Taylor Outreach Program. This vital role provides<br />

care and support for young cancer p<strong>at</strong>ients in their own homes, schools<br />

and communities.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> tre<strong>at</strong>s around 130 children each<br />

year for cancer, with up to 40 of them coming from rural communities.<br />

While much of the diagnosis and tre<strong>at</strong>ment has to happen in hospital,<br />

Bridget does her best to settle families back into their communities as<br />

quickly and as often as possible, establishing local care options and<br />

support services and empowering p<strong>at</strong>ients and families with knowledge<br />

and understanding during their cancer journey.<br />

It’s not surprising to learn th<strong>at</strong> Bridget encounters many emotional situ<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

and forges meaningful connections with families and communities.<br />

“Recently I worked with a young cancer p<strong>at</strong>ient and his family from<br />

rural NSW. <strong>The</strong> boy’s condition had sadly deterior<strong>at</strong>ed rapidly and his<br />

prognosis was poor. <strong>The</strong> boy was desper<strong>at</strong>e to return home to celebr<strong>at</strong>e<br />

his 16th birthday with his family and friends,” Bridget said.<br />

“I coordin<strong>at</strong>ed educ<strong>at</strong>ion of local medical teams to manage his care<br />

and had special medical equipment delivered to his home. Enabling his<br />

return home has had a significant impact on his family – his tears of joy<br />

to be reunited with his sisters and his precious last days spent with his<br />

family are memories th<strong>at</strong> are forever etched in their minds.”<br />

Bridget’s role is funded by don<strong>at</strong>ions and this important aspect of<br />

outreach care simply would not be possible without community support.<br />

“Donors empower us to help families to reconnect with their family and<br />

friends, giving them the strength and focus needed to endure the pain of<br />

cancer and the discomfort of tre<strong>at</strong>ment. Donors give these families hope<br />

for the future,” Bridget said.<br />

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Cell imaging suite unveiled<br />

<strong>The</strong> Kids Research Institute<br />

recently celebr<strong>at</strong>ed the opening<br />

of the Correl<strong>at</strong>ive Light and<br />

Electron Microscopy<br />

(CLEM) Suite.<br />

<strong>The</strong> CLEM Suite is giving<br />

scientists a better understanding<br />

of childhood illnesses by enabling<br />

them to analyse molecular and<br />

cellular structure in gre<strong>at</strong>er detail.<br />

<strong>The</strong> $1 million research suite was<br />

funded by grants and don<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

given to the Kids Research<br />

Institute and the <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

Millennium Institute by priv<strong>at</strong>e<br />

and government-funded bodies.<br />

This technology means more<br />

scientists will be able to better<br />

understand the diseases they<br />

are studying, cre<strong>at</strong>ing more<br />

possibilities for finding cures.<br />

Over 800 scientists across the<br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> Research Hub will be<br />

able to access the CLEM Suite,<br />

allowing them to find new and<br />

better tre<strong>at</strong>ments for p<strong>at</strong>ients.<br />

<strong>The</strong> introduction of the new<br />

equipment has been effective<br />

in speeding up the cell biology<br />

process and keeping the Kids<br />

Research Institute <strong>at</strong> the forefront<br />

of disease research.<br />

<strong>The</strong> CLEM suite now allows<br />

scientists to intric<strong>at</strong>ely study<br />

changes to diseased cells through<br />

the use of fluorescence and<br />

by snap freezing samples in a<br />

high pressure freezer. New fast<br />

scanning technology has also<br />

enabled cells to be rapidly imaged<br />

into different optical sections and<br />

l<strong>at</strong>er viewed in 3D.<br />

Before this technology, tissue had<br />

to be tre<strong>at</strong>ed, embedded into a<br />

solid medium and then physically<br />

sliced to see the different sections,<br />

meaning scientists needed to<br />

look <strong>at</strong> hundreds of different<br />

slides. <strong>The</strong> process has now been<br />

dram<strong>at</strong>ically simplified through the<br />

introduction of the CLEM Suite.<br />

Scientists can now also take living<br />

cells and freeze them, process<br />

them for electron microscopy<br />

and view the same cells in one<br />

thousand times more detail than<br />

previously possible.<br />

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Researcher, Dr Laurence Cantrill, in the CLEM Suite


Georgina<br />

Georgina’s fight for life began before she was even born,<br />

after she was diagnosed with exomphalos major<br />

during the 12 week pregnancy scan. With her liver,<br />

intestines and stomach growing on the outside of<br />

her body, doctors gave her just a 25 per cent chance<br />

of survival.<br />

But Georgina’s fighting spirit has shone through. She has not only defied<br />

the odds for survival, but she was discharged home from <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> <strong>at</strong> just two-months-old, when doctors predicted<br />

she could spend up to a year in the Grace Centre for Newborn Care.<br />

Georgina’s connection to <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> will last a<br />

lifetime for more reasons than one. “Georgina absolutely loves classical<br />

music and is mesmerised by anyone playing the violin. We believe<br />

th<strong>at</strong> this is because a violinist came to play soft classical music to her<br />

and the other newborn babies when she was in hospital,” her Mum,<br />

Rebecca, said.<br />

Georgina is now a happy, bubbly toddler who is loving life and exploring<br />

the world around her. Soon she will undergo further surgery to complete<br />

the muscle closure over her stomach, as a special collagen m<strong>at</strong>erial is<br />

now acting as her abdominal wall.<br />

“We are so lucky to have Georgina in our lives after she was given such<br />

a slim chance of survival. Without hope we wouldn’t have our beautiful<br />

little girl with us today and the fun, love and laughter th<strong>at</strong> each day<br />

brings,” Rebecca said.<br />

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Double the care for<br />

epilepsy p<strong>at</strong>ients<br />

<strong>The</strong> newly-opened Epilepsy Monitoring Unit <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Children's</strong><br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> will dram<strong>at</strong>ically improve the lives of<br />

children who suffer from debilit<strong>at</strong>ing epileptic seizures.<br />

<strong>The</strong> $1.1 million Epilepsy Monitoring Unit monitors children during<br />

epileptic seizures to pinpoint the loc<strong>at</strong>ion within the brain where<br />

their epilepsy origin<strong>at</strong>es. This technology will improve the success<br />

r<strong>at</strong>e of delic<strong>at</strong>e brain surgery to tre<strong>at</strong> epilepsy, ultim<strong>at</strong>ely leading to<br />

a seizure-free life.<br />

This innov<strong>at</strong>ive monitoring will double the number of children<br />

undergoing epilepsy surgery each year. Specialised neurosurgery<br />

has the potential to gre<strong>at</strong>ly lessen the impact of this disease or,<br />

in some cases, eradic<strong>at</strong>e it altogether.<br />

If left untre<strong>at</strong>ed, epilepsy can result in irreversible brain damage or<br />

de<strong>at</strong>h. <strong>The</strong>re are many new tre<strong>at</strong>ments available for epilepsy and<br />

early diagnosis is important to allow the child to achieve their full<br />

developmental potential.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are more people with epilepsy in Australia than there are with<br />

autism, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease<br />

combined. Approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 14,000 children have epilepsy in NSW and,<br />

for almost 30 per cent, medic<strong>at</strong>ion poorly controls their disease.<br />

Historically in NSW, access to specialists and appropri<strong>at</strong>e tests for<br />

children with this severe brain disease has been very limited.<br />

<strong>The</strong> new Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, with four st<strong>at</strong>e-of-the-art beds<br />

and a labor<strong>at</strong>ory was opened <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

by the Member for Parram<strong>at</strong>ta, Dr Geoff Lee.<br />

<strong>The</strong> unit was funded by the St<strong>at</strong>e and Federal Governments and<br />

through don<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />

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Epilepsy p<strong>at</strong>ient, Bethany Anne McFadden,<br />

in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit<br />

George Gregan officially opens the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit<br />

Member for Parram<strong>at</strong>ta, Dr Geoff Lee, and<br />

Head of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Dr Deepak Gill


Dean<br />

When 14-year-old Dean decided to have a quick swim<br />

<strong>at</strong> the local creek, little did he know th<strong>at</strong> his life would<br />

be changed forever. Diving into the creek, Dean hit a<br />

submerged rock and suffered a serious spinal injury.<br />

He has since been diagnosed as a quadriplegic.<br />

Dean has been a p<strong>at</strong>ient <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> since<br />

his accident in early <strong>2012</strong>. He is now undergoing intense physiotherapy<br />

to hopefully regain some movement in his arms and legs and his family<br />

are trying to find a new home in their local community th<strong>at</strong> will c<strong>at</strong>er<br />

to Dean’s needs.<br />

“Our lives have been turned upside down by this tragic accident.<br />

When we leave hospital we have to learn new routines and ways of<br />

living, but we are just thankful for Dean’s survival and the care we<br />

have received,” Dean’s Mum, Margaret, said.<br />

Dean hasn’t lost his gre<strong>at</strong> sense of humour and his positive shine on life and<br />

is using all his emotional and spiritual strength to get through these dark<br />

days. Despite all they have gone through, Dean and his family have hope.<br />

“Dean’s positive <strong>at</strong>titude gives us hope th<strong>at</strong> he might walk again<br />

one day. In the time we have spent <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> we have seen the sickest children go from strength to<br />

strength. Th<strong>at</strong> gives us hope for tomorrow,” Margaret said.<br />

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Music and play<br />

– the Bear Cottage way<br />

Bear Cottage, <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>’s<br />

hospice, is using innov<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

child life therapy and music<br />

therapy programs to enrich<br />

the lives of children with<br />

life-limiting illnesses.<br />

Don<strong>at</strong>ions have been used to<br />

employ specialist Child Life<br />

<strong>The</strong>rapists and Music <strong>The</strong>rapists<br />

to work directly with children to<br />

help them deal with emotions,<br />

cre<strong>at</strong>e positive memories,<br />

communic<strong>at</strong>e and, importantly,<br />

have fun.<br />

Child Life <strong>The</strong>rapy is based<br />

around play, which is extremely<br />

important for all children,<br />

especially those who are seriously<br />

ill. Play is the language th<strong>at</strong><br />

children use to make sense of<br />

their world and is a powerful tool<br />

for helping children to cope with<br />

their illness and to ease anxiety<br />

when facing difficult or painful<br />

medical procedures.<br />

Likewise, Music <strong>The</strong>rapy is highly<br />

motiv<strong>at</strong>ing and has a calming and<br />

relaxing effect th<strong>at</strong> helps children<br />

to manage pain and anxiety.<br />

It encourages socialis<strong>at</strong>ion, selfexpression,<br />

communic<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />

motor development – all vitally<br />

important to children, especially<br />

those with a life-limiting illness.<br />

For the children cared for <strong>at</strong> Bear<br />

Cottage, there is unfortun<strong>at</strong>ely<br />

no miracle cure or happy ending<br />

awaiting them. Staff <strong>at</strong> Bear<br />

Cottage focus on cre<strong>at</strong>ing a<br />

special, home-like environment for<br />

families, with advanced aroundthe-clock<br />

medical and nursing<br />

care on-hand.<br />

Child Life <strong>The</strong>rapy and Music<br />

<strong>The</strong>rapy, along with a more<br />

recent addition, Art <strong>The</strong>rapy, have<br />

had a powerfully positive impact<br />

on Bear Cottage, uplifting and<br />

enriching the mood of the house.<br />

<strong>The</strong> understanding th<strong>at</strong> any child,<br />

irrespective of their abilities or<br />

emotional st<strong>at</strong>e, can be drawn into<br />

the magical fun of play, music and<br />

art has ensured th<strong>at</strong> all children<br />

have benefited in some way.<br />

An important role of Bear<br />

Cottage is to not only care for<br />

sick p<strong>at</strong>ients, but also to provide<br />

care and support to their families,<br />

especially siblings who often<br />

suffer gre<strong>at</strong>ly during their brother<br />

or sister’s illness. <strong>The</strong>rapists are<br />

able to connect with siblings<br />

through play and music, which<br />

has a dram<strong>at</strong>ic impact on their<br />

emotional wellbeing.<br />

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Kristy<br />

Kristy Rose has dedic<strong>at</strong>ed her<br />

career not just to working with<br />

children with muscle and nerve<br />

disorders, but also to finding<br />

improved tre<strong>at</strong>ments or cures for<br />

their debilit<strong>at</strong>ing conditions.<br />

Kristy is a Postdoctoral<br />

Research Physiotherapist <strong>at</strong><br />

the Institute for Neuroscience<br />

and Muscle Research <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />

Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>.<br />

Kristy started her career as a<br />

physiotherapist 11 years ago and<br />

followed her interest in tre<strong>at</strong>ing<br />

p<strong>at</strong>ients with muscle and nerve<br />

disorders, eventually leading<br />

to her completing postdoctoral<br />

research in this field in 2010.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Institute for Neuroscience<br />

and Muscle Research, which is<br />

strongly supported by don<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />

has 48 staff who tre<strong>at</strong> over 1000<br />

p<strong>at</strong>ients with muscle and nerve<br />

disorders each year.<br />

“Our staff are emp<strong>at</strong>hetic, caring,<br />

supportive, overwhelmingly<br />

hard-working and committed to<br />

providing an excellent standard<br />

of care for p<strong>at</strong>ients and families,”<br />

Kristy said.<br />

One of the conditions th<strong>at</strong><br />

Kristy spends considerable<br />

time researching is Duchenne<br />

Muscular Dystrophy, a lifelimiting,<br />

genetic condition<br />

affecting boys th<strong>at</strong> results in<br />

severe muscle degener<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

“Ten years ago, most boys with<br />

this condition would be in a<br />

wheelchair by eight years old.<br />

Now, thanks to research and<br />

improved tre<strong>at</strong>ments, most<br />

hit double figures and are still<br />

walking. One of my p<strong>at</strong>ients has<br />

just turned 14 and is still walking,<br />

running and jumping. To me this<br />

is truly incredible,” Kristy said.<br />

Kristy is involved in clinical trials<br />

on an intern<strong>at</strong>ional scale, working<br />

with therapists in countries<br />

such as Taiwan, Japan and South<br />

America. One of the main focuses<br />

of her research has been to<br />

establish th<strong>at</strong> children as young<br />

as two years old can be involved in<br />

clinical trials. This is a monumental<br />

change in tre<strong>at</strong>ment as children of<br />

this young age have the potential<br />

to benefit most from therapies<br />

th<strong>at</strong> aim to slow muscle disease<br />

progression or cure it completely.<br />

Kristy is constantly inspired by<br />

the families she cares for, most of<br />

whom she says are like ‘a second<br />

family’ to her.<br />

“I really enjoy working with<br />

my p<strong>at</strong>ients and their families.<br />

With no known cure yet for any<br />

childhood neuromuscular disorder,<br />

they live with the complic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

of their disorder each and every<br />

day. <strong>The</strong>ir tenacity and hope for<br />

the future is both humbling and<br />

motiv<strong>at</strong>ing,” Kristy said.<br />

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Taylor<br />

As Taylor’s parents looked forward to her much-awaited<br />

birth, little did they know the tough journey th<strong>at</strong> lay ahead.<br />

Taylor was rushed to <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> straight after<br />

she was born and endured heart surgery when she was barely 24 hours<br />

old. She was soon diagnosed with Velocardiofacial Syndrome, a genetic<br />

condition th<strong>at</strong> affects the heart and facial appearance.<br />

Taylor spent the first two months of her life in <strong>Hospital</strong> and her parents,<br />

Chris and Amanda, were thrilled to finally take their baby girl home to<br />

treasure. Two years down the track, Taylor is now a happy, healthy and<br />

fun-loving girl who loves swimming lessons and feeding the ducks <strong>at</strong><br />

the local lake.<br />

Taylor is undergoing intensive speech therapy in prepar<strong>at</strong>ion for<br />

reconstructive thro<strong>at</strong> surgery in around two years’ time. Her cardiac<br />

condition is reviewed every year and she is doing well.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> saved our daughter’s life. If it<br />

wasn’t for their doctors and facilities, we wouldn’t have her here today.<br />

It’s as simple as th<strong>at</strong>,” Taylor’s Mum, Amanda, said.<br />

“It was such a hard time for us to learn th<strong>at</strong> Taylor had major health<br />

concerns. <strong>The</strong>re have been many ups and downs over the past two<br />

years, but Taylor’s <strong>at</strong>titude is always so positive th<strong>at</strong> we try and stay<br />

focussed and full of hope.”<br />

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Our Volunteers<br />

– many ways to care<br />

Volunteers make an incredible contribution to <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>. This is not only through their tireless<br />

fundraising efforts, but also through their regular assistance with<br />

the day-to-day running of the <strong>Hospital</strong> – helping out on wards,<br />

caring for sick children and their siblings, escorting guests around<br />

the <strong>Hospital</strong> and assisting with administr<strong>at</strong>ive work.<br />

In the past year, the Volunteers raised $342,000 th<strong>at</strong> will be used<br />

to benefit and improve p<strong>at</strong>ient care and expand support services<br />

for families.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Volunteers Service was awarded one of the <strong>Hospital</strong>’s most<br />

prestigious honours in 2011 – st<strong>at</strong>us as a <strong>Hospital</strong> Founder. All<br />

volunteers were presented with a replica of the Founder’s Award as<br />

a token of the <strong>Hospital</strong>’s appreci<strong>at</strong>ion of their commitment, enthusiasm<br />

and compassion.<br />

<strong>The</strong> contribution made by volunteers stretches way back when the<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> first opened in Glebe in the l<strong>at</strong>e 1800s. <strong>The</strong> long tradition of<br />

volunteer support has carried throughout the years, with many new<br />

initi<strong>at</strong>ives and programs only able to be launched because of their support.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> would not be the world-class<br />

institution th<strong>at</strong> it is today without ongoing support and assistance<br />

from Volunteers. <strong>The</strong>ir selfless dedic<strong>at</strong>ion to the <strong>Hospital</strong> is gre<strong>at</strong>ly<br />

appreci<strong>at</strong>ed by staff and by the children and families who are touched<br />

by their work every day.<br />

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Volunteer Coordin<strong>at</strong>or, Jill Jenkins, and Volunteers with the<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> Founder Award


Bianca<br />

Having a child with a movement<br />

disorder, like cerebral palsy, can<br />

affect every aspect of a family’s<br />

day-to-day life. Lucky for these<br />

families, Bianca Botha is there to<br />

help every step of the way.<br />

Bianca is the Social Worker for<br />

the Celebral Palsy and Movement<br />

Disorder Service <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>. It is her<br />

role to support families, keeping<br />

them informed about resources<br />

to add to their quality of life and<br />

advoc<strong>at</strong>ing for more local support<br />

for these families in need.<br />

“I’m humbled to know th<strong>at</strong> I<br />

can make a difference to these<br />

families, even through the smallest<br />

act. Sometimes just making<br />

one phone call on behalf of a<br />

distressed mother can make the<br />

world of difference,” Bianca said.<br />

Another important part of her role is<br />

counselling p<strong>at</strong>ients with movement<br />

disorders, their parents and siblings.<br />

Valid<strong>at</strong>ing how families feel and<br />

helping them to deal with feelings<br />

of grief and loss is vital to their<br />

ongoing emotional health.<br />

Bianca works within the Kids<br />

Rehab Department of <strong>The</strong><br />

Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>,<br />

th<strong>at</strong> cares for over 3000 children<br />

with conditions such as brain<br />

injuries, limb deficiencies, spinal<br />

cord injuries and movement<br />

disorders.<br />

Bianca’s role can be emotionally<br />

challenging <strong>at</strong> times, but she<br />

draws strength from the families<br />

in her care.<br />

“I stand in admir<strong>at</strong>ion for the<br />

courage and perseverance<br />

I see in families. Some families<br />

have more than one child with a<br />

disability and they are still able to<br />

be hopeful, positive and smiling.<br />

I return home to my own family<br />

each night inspired by them,”<br />

Bianca said.<br />

Bianca’s work is supported<br />

by don<strong>at</strong>ions. It’s incredible to<br />

think th<strong>at</strong> without community<br />

support, families would not be<br />

able to rely on Bianca and the<br />

very helpful, gentle and caring<br />

support she offers.<br />

“Building trust and rapport with<br />

families over the years and<br />

witnessing young p<strong>at</strong>ients grow<br />

into adulthood is a gre<strong>at</strong> joy. Every<br />

day I see first-hand the wonderful<br />

power of hope, courage and<br />

resilience,” Bianca said.<br />

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Glenys<br />

To the vast majority of our community, child abuse is unthinkable.<br />

But when the unthinkable happens, Glenys Griffiths is there to help.<br />

Glenys is a doctor in <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>’s Child<br />

Protection Unit, where physically, emotionally and sexually abused<br />

children and those <strong>at</strong> risk of harm are cared for.<br />

“We see children and non-offending family members <strong>at</strong> a time when<br />

they are usually experiencing crisis. As well as providing tre<strong>at</strong>ment and<br />

support to help children and families recover from the abuse they have<br />

experienced, we also ensure we minimise future trauma and reduce<br />

stigma while keeping the child’s safety and wellbeing as the central<br />

focus,” Glenys said.<br />

Child Protection Unit staff are available to see children, from newborns<br />

to teens, and their families 24 hours a day. Sadly, many children have<br />

suffered neglect, physical, sexual or emotional abuse or domestic violence,<br />

with some experiencing more than one kind of abuse in their lives.<br />

Child abuse is unfortun<strong>at</strong>ely not rare. <strong>The</strong> Child Protection Unit <strong>at</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is the busiest service of its<br />

kind in NSW and over 1000 children who may have been abused or<br />

neglected are assessed each year.<br />

Glenys has completed her training as a resident doctor <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> and her position as Fellow now allows her to<br />

undertake medical specialty training in the child protection field. She is<br />

gaining significant experience caring for children who have been abused<br />

and will eventually be able to transfer these valuable skills to other<br />

paedi<strong>at</strong>ric health care settings.<br />

Working in the Child Protection Unit is nearly always challenging and<br />

difficult for Glenys, but she also describes her work as incredibly rewarding.<br />

“One young p<strong>at</strong>ient was transferred to our care after experiencing many<br />

types of chronic and severe child abuse. Over time, I have w<strong>at</strong>ched her<br />

transform from an extremely traum<strong>at</strong>ised frightened child with significant<br />

mental health difficulties to a confident girl who is thriving in her foster<br />

placement and is now showing her playful sense of humour,” Glenys said.<br />

“Hope for a better future is the gre<strong>at</strong>est gift we can give her.”<br />

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Taj<br />

W<strong>at</strong>ching Taj run around the playground with his little<br />

brother Fynn, he looks just like any other six-year-old<br />

boy. He loves trains and going to the beach and he is<br />

not so fond of bananas.<br />

But the difference between Taj and most other six-year-old boys is th<strong>at</strong><br />

he is alive only thanks to the donor liver th<strong>at</strong> was transplanted into him<br />

when he was just a baby.<br />

When Taj was born he suffered jaundice, a fairly common condition for<br />

newborn babies. When Taj’s jaundice became worse and he started<br />

losing weight, his parents and doctors became concerned. When he<br />

was just eight weeks old, Taj’s parents, Paul and Kylie, learnt the heartbreaking<br />

news th<strong>at</strong> their son had a serious liver condition.<br />

“It was a challenging time for us because Taj was so young. But looking<br />

back, perhaps it was best he was so young as he was rel<strong>at</strong>ively unaware<br />

of the blood tests, stays in hospital and the oper<strong>at</strong>ion,” Taj’s Mum,<br />

Kylie, said.<br />

Since his transplant, Taj’s health has gone from strength to strength and<br />

he has only had a few short stays in hospital. He has a health check<br />

every three months to make sure his liver function is normal and his<br />

parents make sure he has a healthy diet, lots of exercise and good rest<br />

to keep him feeling on top of the world.<br />

“We hope th<strong>at</strong> Taj stays well and doesn’t ever need another transplant<br />

and we hope th<strong>at</strong> other families experience the gift of life just as we<br />

have. Hope means so much to my family,” Kylie said.<br />

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Siva<br />

When Siva Subramaniam and the<br />

team of Burns Anaesthetists <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />

Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

assist with a burns procedure, they<br />

know their contribution is more<br />

than skin deep.<br />

Children with acute burns require<br />

dressing changes every few<br />

days. Despite advances in burns<br />

tre<strong>at</strong>ment, dressing changes are<br />

very painful and can cause gre<strong>at</strong><br />

anxiety to children and their<br />

families. Knowing th<strong>at</strong> they have<br />

to endure this procedure over<br />

and over can be a terrible burden<br />

for families.<br />

“Our role is to allevi<strong>at</strong>e the pain<br />

and stress involved with burns<br />

dressing changes and procedures<br />

by providing anaesthesia and pain<br />

relief. We help make repe<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

procedures more tolerable to<br />

children and less stressful for<br />

families,” Siva said.<br />

As many burns p<strong>at</strong>ients are<br />

just young toddlers, it’s easy to<br />

understand th<strong>at</strong> making procedures<br />

as calm and pain-free as possible<br />

is important to their ongoing care.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Burns Unit <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is the only<br />

paedi<strong>at</strong>ric burns unit in NSW,<br />

caring for about 200 inp<strong>at</strong>ients<br />

and 1000 outp<strong>at</strong>ients each year.<br />

<strong>The</strong> range of specialist staff in<br />

the Burns Unit who provide care<br />

to children and families include<br />

surgeons, pain specialists, nurses,<br />

physiotherapists, play and music<br />

therapists, occup<strong>at</strong>ional therapists,<br />

dieticians, social workers,<br />

psychologists, chaplains and<br />

educ<strong>at</strong>ors. <strong>The</strong> tre<strong>at</strong>ment given<br />

to p<strong>at</strong>ients c<strong>at</strong>ers to their physical<br />

and emotional needs in the short<br />

and long term.<br />

Since anaesthetists became part<br />

of the expert team <strong>at</strong> the Burns<br />

Unit in 2007, their contribution<br />

has dram<strong>at</strong>ically improved the<br />

way burns p<strong>at</strong>ients are cared<br />

for and has eased some of the<br />

psychological burden of tre<strong>at</strong>ment.<br />

Much of the work undertaken by<br />

the Burns Unit <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is funded<br />

by community don<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />

including the Burns Anaesthetists<br />

positions. This not only ensures<br />

th<strong>at</strong> clinical care is world-class,<br />

it also provides important<br />

support services for families.<br />

Siva enjoys working as part of the<br />

Burns Tre<strong>at</strong>ment Team and knows<br />

how important it is to help children<br />

back on their feet.<br />

“Children are the hope and the<br />

future of our n<strong>at</strong>ion. By getting<br />

them back into the community, we<br />

are ensuring minimal disruption to<br />

their growth and potential,” he said.<br />

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Zoe<br />

With her cheeky smile and a sparkle in her eye, it’s easy<br />

to see th<strong>at</strong> Zoe has a remarkable spirit and a zest for life.<br />

Zoe’s life started out just like any other baby and she developed<br />

normally until her first birthday when her parents started noticing th<strong>at</strong><br />

her development had not just stopped, it was regressing. After months<br />

of testing, Zoe was eventually diagnosed with Rett Syndrome, a serious<br />

neurological disorder.<br />

“From the moment th<strong>at</strong> Zoe was born I had a nagging sense of unease.<br />

When she was finally diagnosed, even though we were completely<br />

devast<strong>at</strong>ed by wh<strong>at</strong> it meant for our daughter, we were relieved to finally<br />

have a diagnosis,” Zoe’s Mum, Nellie, said.<br />

Zoe has since gradually lost the ability to speak and has difficulties<br />

walking. Despite her disability, she is a happy and bright girl who enjoys<br />

spending time with her sisters, Ella and Phoebe, and g<strong>at</strong>hering around<br />

the table <strong>at</strong> home e<strong>at</strong>ing her Dad’s French toast.<br />

“We love Zoe just as we love our other daughters. She is our happy,<br />

gentle, cuddly and sparkly little girl. Her packaging is slightly different<br />

but we are all different to one degree or another,” Nellie said,<br />

“Zoe has taught us so much about wh<strong>at</strong> really m<strong>at</strong>ters and has made<br />

us better people. For us, hope is about doing wh<strong>at</strong> we can for Zoe today<br />

but always looking positively towards tomorrow.”<br />

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Chief Executive<br />

message<br />

‘Hope Grows With You’ is such a fitting theme for this year’s <strong>Annual</strong> Review and has<br />

applic<strong>at</strong>ion to many aspects of our work here <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> is a place of hope for thousands of sick children and their families as they<br />

turn to us for our world-class paedi<strong>at</strong>ric health care, ranging from burns tre<strong>at</strong>ment to<br />

epilepsy, heart surgery, organ transplants and cancer tre<strong>at</strong>ment.<br />

<strong>The</strong> stories of Corey, Dean, Georgina, Samuel, Taj, Taylor and Zoe are nothing short of<br />

inspir<strong>at</strong>ional and are a true reflection of the courage and hope seen <strong>at</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s<br />

<strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> each and every day. <strong>The</strong>y represent the many thousands of<br />

families who come through our doors each year – 51,623 present<strong>at</strong>ions to our Emergency<br />

Department, 29,416 admissions and 940,514 appointments through our clinics.<br />

Our researchers are driven by hope - to find cures for childhood diseases or discover new<br />

and better ways of tre<strong>at</strong>ing young p<strong>at</strong>ients. Some of our recent research achievements in the<br />

areas of transl<strong>at</strong>ional cancer research and neuromuscular research are outstanding and place<br />

us <strong>at</strong> the intern<strong>at</strong>ional forefront of shaping future tre<strong>at</strong>ment of serious childhood diseases.<br />

It is important to recognise th<strong>at</strong> our achievements are not solely due to the contribution and<br />

efforts of our staff. Our success is also achieved through the generosity of the community<br />

and major donors. At the heart of this support is the hope th<strong>at</strong> our <strong>Hospital</strong> – through<br />

care, research, educ<strong>at</strong>ion and advocacy - can provide the very best health care to children<br />

across the st<strong>at</strong>e and beyond.<br />

I am so proud of the involvement of donors in almost every one of our achievements. It’s a<br />

true testament to how much we rely on your support and a clear indic<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> we simply<br />

could not provide our world-class, life-saving services without you.<br />

<strong>The</strong> staff profiled in this <strong>Annual</strong> Review have substantially benefited from the don<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

from our generous supporters to undertake their vital work. Reading their stories,<br />

it’s incredible to think th<strong>at</strong> without your help, their work would not be making such<br />

a significant impact and sick children would not benefit from their talent, passion and<br />

dedic<strong>at</strong>ion to building brighter futures for families.<br />

Thank you very much for your continued support and for partnering with<br />

us to fulfil our important mission of improving the health and wellbeing<br />

of children through clinical care, research, educ<strong>at</strong>ion and advocacy.<br />

Hope will continue to grow through our partnership with you.<br />

Elizabeth Koff<br />

Chief Executive<br />

Sydney Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>s Network<br />

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Supporters<br />

2011-<strong>2012</strong><br />

Founders<br />

A Bear Affair<br />

Cornupcopia Committee<br />

Macintosh Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Sporting Chance Cancer Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e P<strong>at</strong>ricia Marea Hirst<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e C<strong>at</strong>herine P<strong>at</strong>on<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Thyra Joan Thompson<br />

Benefactors<br />

Allergen Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Jane, Jimmy and Elly-May Barnes<br />

Dunn Family Trust Fund<br />

DOOLEYS Lidcombe C<strong>at</strong>holic Club<br />

Fairfax Media Group<br />

NF Australia<br />

NRMA<br />

Owen Miller Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

PKU Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of NSW Inc<br />

Col Reynolds OAM<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Reveka Karagiorgou<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Harry George McCrohon<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Margaret Lorna Rounsevell<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Charlotte Johanna Sucker<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>es<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Charles Ross Adamson<br />

Sir Robert & Lady Mollie Askin Charities Trust<br />

(<strong>Hospital</strong>s)<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Mavis Ivy Bannister<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Hilda Dorothy C<strong>at</strong>herine Barnett<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e David John Borwick<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e William Frederick Bradshaw<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Jocelyn Brian<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Arthur Brown<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Arthur Willian Byrne<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e <strong>The</strong>lma Chippendale<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Lydia Davidson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Dorothy Dawson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Lionel Ernest Fredrick Dege<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e John Colvin Evans<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Violet Falls<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e William John Ford<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Henry Friend<br />

H & R Israel Fund<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Janette Fay Gough<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Joycelyn Beryl Graudins<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Aileen Gertrude Green<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Bob Henry De Groot<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Pauli Salomon Hakkio<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e C<strong>at</strong>herine Dorothy Joan Hamilton<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Anne Higgins<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Kenneth Henry Houlton<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Eulalia Sau-Kuen Hsu<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Roderick Robson Kelly<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Barbara Anne Kinsella<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Allan St Ruth Knights<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Mabel Kohler<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Lorna Allan Liddell<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Keith Henry Line<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Eileen <strong>The</strong>resa Mariner<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Jill P<strong>at</strong>ricia <strong>The</strong>resa Marsh<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Alice Victoria Mason<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Sheila Woodruffe McBryde<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Gloria Jessie May McKeon<br />

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Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e K<strong>at</strong>herine Lilly Mitchell<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Mollie Adele Moff<strong>at</strong><br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Emma Georgina Norton<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Margaret Anneliese Prager<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Hilda Blanche Pyemont<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Florence Rogers<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Valda Leone Sciacca<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Ida Elizabeth Sharpe<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Margaret D'altry Carter Sherwin<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Norma Blanche Shirley<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Ronald Strike<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Lilianti Sutedja<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Noela Eileen <strong>The</strong>arle<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Joan Hope Thomas<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e May Rosa Thompson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Nola Caroline Tranter<br />

K & G Gluck Trust<br />

N & M Hurll Charitable Trust<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bernard David Rothbury Trust<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Valerie P<strong>at</strong>ricia Urguhart<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Josephine E White<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Evan Frederick J Williams<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Phyllis Williamson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Janice Eileen Wilson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Peter Wilson<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Joan Wilson<br />

Major Supporters - organis<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

2CH Northbridge Womens Golf<br />

400 in 4 Charity Ride<br />

8 Notes - A Bangladeshi Band in Sydney<br />

8th Day Communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

A D Barnett & Co<br />

A Moment in Time Photography<br />

ACA Pacific<br />

ACCO Australia<br />

Activision Blizzard<br />

Adapt Alift Hyster<br />

Adecco Group<br />

Adolph Basser Trust<br />

ADP Employer Services - Work Place Giving<br />

Advanced Life Pty Ltd<br />

Adventure Caravan Club Inc.<br />

AHG NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Aicila Recruitment<br />

AISM<br />

AKK Finance Partnership<br />

Alcoa Australia Rolled Products<br />

Al-Faisal College<br />

All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School<br />

Allens Arthur Robinson<br />

Alliance Real Est<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Amalgam<strong>at</strong>ed Holdings<br />

American Universities Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Programs<br />

Limited (AUIP)<br />

Amist Super<br />

AMP Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Amputee Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of Sydney Inc Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Amway Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Amyson Pty Ltd<br />

An Restaurant<br />

Anderson Wright Real Est<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Andrews & Rech Pty Limited<br />

Anowah Community Living Inc<br />

Anthony Suters & Associ<strong>at</strong>es<br />

Anti Damp Australia<br />

ANZ Banking Group Ltd - Foreign Exchange<br />

& Commodities<br />

ANZ Stadium<br />

AOOB<br />

APC Prosthetics<br />

Apex Resource Solutions Pty Ltd<br />

Argyle Property Group<br />

Arkhadia Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Arthur A Bain Pty Ltd<br />

Ascham Junior School<br />

Ascham School<br />

Asquith Rugby League Club Ltd<br />

Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Sinopolese<br />

Athanase Yenibis Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Atlas Copco Specialty Rental<br />

Ausgrid Employees' <strong>Children's</strong> Appeal<br />

Australia Best Image Pty Ltd<br />

Australian C<strong>at</strong>holic University<br />

Australian Chinese Charity Found<strong>at</strong>ion Inc<br />

Australian Doctors' Orchestra<br />

Australian Ethical Investment Ltd<br />

Australian Fire & Emergency Service Authorities<br />

Council<br />

Australian Furniture Removers Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Australian Institute of Professional Photography<br />

Australian Islamic College of Sydney<br />

Australian Lawyers Phil-Hellenic Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Australian Lebanese Ladies Aid Fund Inc<br />

Australian Reptile Park<br />

Auto One Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Automotive Holdings Group<br />

AutoNexus Pty Ltd<br />

Averaxis He<strong>at</strong>h Communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Avnet Technology Solutions (Australia) Limited<br />

B. Braun Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Baby's Got Style<br />

Bain Intern<strong>at</strong>ional - Payroll Contribution Scheme<br />

Balgowlah RSL Memorial Fishing Club<br />

Balgowlah RSL Memorial Club<br />

Balgowlah RSL Memorial Club Midday<br />

Millionaires<br />

Balgowlah Seaforth Clontarf RSL Club Sub<br />

Branch<br />

Bandage Bear Benefit Night<br />

Bank of America Merrill Lynch<br />

Bankstown District Sports Club<br />

Bankstown Sports Bowls Club<br />

Barclays Capital<br />

B<strong>at</strong>hurst Harness Racing Club Ltd<br />

Baulkham Hills North Primary School<br />

Baxter Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Bayer Australia Ltd<br />

Bazmark Film III Pty Ltd<br />

Beam Global Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Be<strong>at</strong>GBM Trust<br />

Beaver Air Conditioning Services Pty Ltd<br />

Bennelong Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Bennett Elder Smash Repairs Pty Ltd<br />

Beresford Road Public School<br />

Best & Less<br />

Bettina Child Model Management<br />

BevChain<br />

BGC Partners Australia Pty Ltd<br />

BHP Billiton<br />

Bimonu Pty Ltd<br />

Birrong Girls High School<br />

Bittini Pty Ltd T/as Napoleons Hotel<br />

Blackmore Design Group Pty Ltd<br />

Blackmores Limited<br />

Blacktown Workers Club Ltd<br />

Blacktown Workers Sports Club<br />

Blaxland High School<br />

Bluefish Software<br />

BlueScope Steel<br />

BlueVisions Management Pty Ltd<br />

BMD Group<br />

BMF Advertising Pty Ltd<br />

Bob Jane T-Mart<br />

Bob Moore Lighting (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

BOC Limited<br />

Bohler Uddeholm (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Boral Ltd<br />

Boronia Building<br />

Bridgestar Pty Ltd<br />

Bridgethaw Pty Ltd<br />

Bright Print<br />

Brightpoint Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Brigidine College St Ives<br />

Bruce & Joy Reid Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Buddha's Light Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Assoc. of Australia<br />

Loving Care<br />

Built NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club<br />

Bunnings Warehouse<br />

Burnside Public School<br />

C & M Antoniou Pty Ltd<br />

C & V Engineering Services Pty Ltd<br />

Cabra-Vale Ex-Active Servicemen's Club Limited<br />

Caltex Australia<br />

Camden Horse Trails<br />

Cameron's Motorist Services Pty Ltd<br />

Camp Quality Limited<br />

Campsie RSL Sub Branch Club Ltd<br />

Canley Vale High School<br />

Canterbury Bulldogs Leagues Club<br />

Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club Ltd<br />

Capital Landscape Contractors Pty Ltd<br />

CarbonSystems<br />

Carlingford Bowling, Sports & Recre<strong>at</strong>ion Club<br />

Carrickshock Pty Ltd<br />

Cassidy's of Harbord<br />

Castle Hill Country Club Ltd<br />

Castle Hill RSL Soccer Club - Premier League<br />

Team<br />

C<strong>at</strong>erpillar of Australia Pty Ltd<br />

C<strong>at</strong>holic Development Fund<br />

CBA - Foreign Exchange<br />

Celebrity Speakers<br />

Central Coast Classic Motorcyle Club<br />

Central Cumberland Racing Pigeon Feder<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Inc<br />

Central Motors Nepean Pty Ltd<br />

Cerner Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Limited - Work Place<br />

Giving Program<br />

Challenger Limited<br />

Charity Cabaret for Bear Cottage<br />

Cherrybrook Technology High School<br />

<strong>Children's</strong> Cancer Welfare Services<br />

<strong>Children's</strong> Miracle Network<br />

<strong>Children's</strong> Tumor Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Citi - Workplace Giving Scheme<br />

Civic Concrete Group Ltd<br />

Clipper Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Corp<br />

Club Lines<br />

Clubs NSW Eastern Zone Bear Cottage<br />

Fundraising Committee<br />

CMC Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Co<strong>at</strong>es Hire<br />

Coca-Cola Am<strong>at</strong>il<br />

Comfort Delgro Cabcharge - Hillsbus<br />

Seven Hills Depot<br />

Commercial & Industrial Property Pty Ltd<br />

Commercial Freight & Logistics<br />

Commercial Refriger<strong>at</strong>ion Manufacturers<br />

Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Commercial Travellers Cot Fund<br />

Commonwealth Bank - Sydney<br />

Compusoft Australia<br />

Concord Senior Citizens Club<br />

ConnecTeD for Kids Inc<br />

Converga Pty Ltd<br />

Cook's Plumbing Supplies<br />

Coombs Shoe Service<br />

Coopers Brewery Found<strong>at</strong>ion Incorpor<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

Corrective Services - Penrith Court Complex<br />

Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Crestwood High School<br />

Crinitis Southern Italian Cuisine<br />

Crisp Legal<br />

Cromer Golf Club<br />

Crooked River Winery<br />

CSE Technology Pty Ltd<br />

CSR Limited<br />

Cub Campers Pty Ltd<br />

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Cure Our Kids<br />

Curl Curl Lifeball Ladies<br />

Cystic Fibrosis New South Wales<br />

Daikin Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Dancler Trust<br />

David Henning Memorial Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

David Moffet's Active Dental<br />

Day of Difference Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

De Martin & Gasparini Pty Ltd<br />

Deadwood Rugby Club<br />

Dee Why Grand Shopping Centre<br />

DEEWR - Financial Oper<strong>at</strong>ions Unit<br />

Deicorp Constructions NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Delahunty Constructions & Maintenance Pty Ltd<br />

Dell Pty Ltd<br />

Delta Society Australia<br />

Dents Gloves Pty Limited<br />

Denwol Group<br />

Department of Corrective Services<br />

Detective Training Unit - DEP 26<br />

Deutsche Bank<br />

Device Technologies Australia Pty Limited<br />

Diamantina Homes<br />

Dieu Pham Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Inc.<br />

Direct Focus Australia Pty Ltd<br />

DLA Piper Australia<br />

DOOLEYS City 2 Surf Team<br />

DREGGS<br />

Dulux Australia<br />

Dunmain Pty Ltd<br />

Dural Country Club Ltd<br />

Dynamic Brands<br />

Eagleview Escapes<br />

Earthing Solutions Pty Ltd<br />

Eastwood Public School<br />

EcoDirect Pty Ltd<br />

Ebenezer Fairfield Church<br />

Electrical Trades Union of Australia NSW<br />

Branch<br />

Employ<br />

Employer's Mutual Management Pty Ltd<br />

Endeavour Energy - Payroll Contributions<br />

Endeavour Energy Australia<br />

EnerSys Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Era Polymers Pty Ltd<br />

Ernst & Young<br />

Est<strong>at</strong>e L<strong>at</strong>e Thomas Walker Charitable Trust<br />

Everlast Shopfitting Pty Ltd<br />

EVOLHOPE Pty Ltd - <strong>The</strong> George & Janet<br />

Parker Memorial Trust<br />

Executive Electrical Voice & D<strong>at</strong>a Services Pty<br />

Ltd<br />

Executive Property Leasing<br />

Express D<strong>at</strong>a<br />

F Teng Pty Limited<br />

Fairbridge Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Falcon-Tickford-FPV (FTF) Car Club NSW<br />

Festa di San Rocco di Cepag<strong>at</strong>ti<br />

Fight Cancer Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

FIIG<br />

Finsynergy Pty Ltd<br />

Fire and Rescue NSW<br />

Fire and Rescue NSW - Firey Felines<br />

Fire and Rescue NSW - Mortdale<br />

Fire and Rescue NSW - Payroll Deductions<br />

Fire Fighters Calendar<br />

First Grammar Merrylands<br />

First Grammar Seven Hills<br />

First Hand Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

FIT-BioCeuticals Limited<br />

FMW Financial Planning<br />

Footwear Le<strong>at</strong>her & Allied Trades Cot Fnd<br />

Forestville RSL Club Ltd<br />

Freeman C<strong>at</strong>holic College<br />

Freshw<strong>at</strong>er Community Bank<br />

FTSE Investments<br />

Gaden Lawyers<br />

Gaffwick Pty Limited<br />

Genea<br />

Georges Hall Public School<br />

Georges River District Womens Bowling<br />

Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Get Addicted Fitness & Personal Training<br />

Gilbert & Roach<br />

Gilbut Korean Inter-Faith Group<br />

GILD Insurance Litig<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Ltd<br />

Girrakool Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Centre<br />

GK Kirkby Pty Ltd<br />

Glenaeon Retirement Village<br />

Glenorie Hydroponics Pty Ltd<br />

Global Glass<br />

Golden Stave Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Goldman Sachs<br />

Grannies Group - Orange<br />

Grant Thornton Australia Ltd - (Payroll Support)<br />

Granville Community Group Incorpor<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

Green Valley Islamic College<br />

Gresham Partners Ltd<br />

Greyhound Public<strong>at</strong>ions Pty Ltd<br />

Groundwork NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Guardian Interlock Systems A/Asia P/L<br />

Guildford Leagues Club Ltd<br />

Gujar<strong>at</strong>i Brahman Samaj of NSW Inc<br />

Gwynvill Group<br />

Gymea Bay Public School<br />

Gymea United Football Club<br />

Habib Bros - Truck & Car Smash Repairs<br />

Harbord Diggers Mounties Group<br />

Harbord Public School<br />

Harcourts Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Hasbro Australia Ltd<br />

Hausmann Communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Hawkesbury Liquor Accord<br />

Hawkesbury Race Club<br />

HCF<br />

Heartkids NSW Inc<br />

Heidrick & Struggles<br />

Hellenic Lyceum Club<br />

Helping Hand Ministry<br />

Hewlett Packard<br />

Hills Grammar School<br />

Hilton Parkes First N<strong>at</strong>ional Real Est<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Hornsby RSL Club Ltd<br />

Hornsby Shire Council<br />

Horsley Kids Pty Ltd<br />

Hotel Steyne<br />

House 2 Home<br />

Howards Storage World<br />

HR Connections<br />

Humphreys Newsagency<br />

Humpty Dumpty Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Hunter Douglas Limited<br />

Hunter Valley Grammar School<br />

Hush Music Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

IAC Robertson & Co<br />

Ian Potter Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

ICAP Australia Pty Ltd<br />

IGA Glebe<br />

IKEA Pty ltd<br />

Ilhan Food Allergy Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Illawarra C<strong>at</strong>holic Club Ltd T/as Club Central<br />

Hurstville<br />

Independence Studios Pty Ltd<br />

Infin It Pty Ltd<br />

Infinity Constructions Group Pty Ltd<br />

Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd<br />

Inner Wheel Club of Guildford<br />

Inta Group Pty Ltd<br />

Intact Projects Pty Ltd<br />

Integr<strong>at</strong>ed Group Ltd<br />

Intern<strong>at</strong>ional College of Management Sydney<br />

Interpro Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Intrepid Travelling Troupe<br />

Irwin & Sheehan Pty Ltd<br />

Italian C<strong>at</strong>holic Feder<strong>at</strong>ion - Smithfield<br />

J & G Bedwell Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

J & G Excav<strong>at</strong>ions & Asphalting Pty Ltd<br />

J & J Robertson & Sons Transport<br />

J & M Lighting<br />

J B Bedwell Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

J Drain A White & Co Pty Ltd<br />

J L Cummine Pty Limited<br />

James Ruse Agricultural High School<br />

Jardine Lloyd Thompson<br />

JCS Carpentry Services<br />

Jemena Asset Management Pty Ltd<br />

Jenolan Caves Reserve Trust<br />

Jesus Is Lord Church<br />

Jim Middleton Motors<br />

John & Lois Turk Charitable Gift<br />

John Morris Scientific<br />

JX Nippon Oil & Energy (Australia) Pty Limited<br />

K & G Gluck Trust<br />

K2M Inc.<br />

Kapstream Capital<br />

Kids with Cancer Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Kilkenny Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of NSW<br />

Killara Golf Club<br />

Kim Williams No 2 Investments Pty Ltd<br />

Kindifarm<br />

Kinghorn Motor Group<br />

Kings Langley Christmas Carols<br />

Kings Langley Cricket Club<br />

Kingsleigh Farm Pty Ltd<br />

KMC Controls Pty Ltd<br />

Knox Grammar Prepar<strong>at</strong>ory School<br />

Knox Grammar Senior School<br />

Kordamentha<br />

LKT Holdings Pty Ltd<br />

Kosi to Coast for Chemo Kids<br />

Lady Members Castle Hill Country Club<br />

Laidlaw Found<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Ltd<br />

Landson Alliance Australia Pty Ltd<br />

LATMA Australia<br />

Lemoar Nominees Pty Ltd<br />

LFG Holdings<br />

LFH Media Pty Ltd<br />

Liangrove Found<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Ltd<br />

Liberty Financial<br />

Lindt & Sprungli (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Lion-Dairy & Drinks Finance Pty Ltd<br />

Lioness Club of Georges River<br />

Lionheart Offset Pty Ltd<br />

Lions Club NSW-ACT, Public Health Care<br />

Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Lions Club of Balgowlah<br />

Lions Club of Beecroft Cheltenham<br />

Lions Club of Bombala Inc<br />

Lions Club of Carlingford - Dundas<br />

Lions Club of Frenchs Forest<br />

Lions Club of Kings Langley<br />

Lions Club of Manly Inc.<br />

Lions Club of Parram<strong>at</strong>ta<br />

Lions Club of Richmond Inc<br />

Lions Club of West Pennant Hills - Cherrybrook Inc.<br />

Lions Club of Winston Hills<br />

Lions Club of Yagoona<br />

Lipsian Brotherhood Saint John <strong>The</strong>ologos<br />

Liquid Capital Austalia Pty Ltd<br />

Live It Now<br />

Local Care Pharmacy<br />

Lockley Land Title Solutions<br />

Lodge Phoenix<br />

Lodge <strong>The</strong>spian Fundraising<br />

Lodge Wyong 310 Royal Antediluvian Order of<br />

Buffaloes<br />

Looksmart Alter<strong>at</strong>ions Pty Ltd<br />

Loqu<strong>at</strong> Valley School<br />

Lumsden Pty Limited<br />

M & F K<strong>at</strong>z Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Mack Trucks<br />

Macquarie Group Found<strong>at</strong>ion Limited<br />

Macquarie Group Ltd<br />

Macquarie Grove Retirement Village<br />

Magdalene C<strong>at</strong>holic High School<br />

Malek Fahd Islamic School<br />

Mancini's Belfield<br />

Mango Auction<br />

Manildra Group of Companies<br />

Manly Malibu Boardriders Club<br />

Manly Masquerade Ball<br />

Manly Mens Bowling Club<br />

Manly Rugby Football Club Inc<br />

Manly Warringah Football Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Inc<br />

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Ltd<br />

Mannell Motors<br />

Maple-Brown Family Charitable Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Mar<strong>at</strong>hi K<strong>at</strong>ta<br />

Maria SS Mamma Nostra Committee<br />

Marian College<br />

Marisa Buzzai Fundraising<br />

Markit<br />

MasoniCare NSW and ACT Freemasons<br />

M<strong>at</strong>rix Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

McDonalds Australia Limited<br />

McGr<strong>at</strong>h Mazda<br />

McGr<strong>at</strong>h Mazda Liverpool<br />

McGr<strong>at</strong>h Mazda Sutherland<br />

McGr<strong>at</strong>hNicol Services Pty Ltd<br />

McGraw Hill Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd<br />

Mehta Orthodontics<br />

Merrett Endowment<br />

Metlife Insurance Limited<br />

Metromix Pty Ltd<br />

MHT Vegetable Consultancy Services Pty Ltd<br />

Miles to Go<br />

Milton Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Mitac Australia<br />

Mitsubishi Australia Ltd<br />

Mix Inc<br />

Moblie Fleet Services Pty Ltd<br />

Mona Vale Golf Club Limited<br />

Morgan Stanley Australia<br />

Mount Druitt Public School<br />

Mt Druitt Netball Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Mt Pritchard and District Community Club<br />

MULPHA Australia Ltd<br />

Mum's on a Mission<br />

Mustang Owners Club of Australia (NSW)<br />

My Body Clinic (Jessie Sharma)<br />

Myer - Parram<strong>at</strong>ta<br />

Myer Community Fund<br />

N & M Hurll Charitable Trust<br />

Nasko's Mini Excav<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Australia Bank - Sydney<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Foods Finance Pty Ltd<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional P<strong>at</strong>ios Pty Ltd<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Rugby League<br />

Newman's Own Found<strong>at</strong>ion Inc<br />

Newport Marine Services Pty Ltd<br />

Nexbis Ltd<br />

Nexia Court & Co<br />

NF Australia<br />

Nicsons Concrete Pty Ltd<br />

Nomura<br />

North Sydney Girls High School<br />

North West Disability Services Inc<br />

Northern Beaches College Student Funds<br />

Northg<strong>at</strong>e Fuel Pty Ltd<br />

Novus Found<strong>at</strong>ion Limited<br />

NSW Food & Allied Trades Golf Assoc<br />

NSW Gun Club Ltd<br />

NSW Master Builders Bowls Club<br />

NSW Police - Fairfield<br />

NSW Police - St George District Police Charity<br />

Ball<br />

NSW Rural Fire Service - Chifley/Lithgow<br />

NSW Rural Fire Service - Coffee 4 Kids<br />

Nutricia Australia Pty Limited<br />

O2C Pty Ltd<br />

Oaks Sport Horses Pty Ltd<br />

O<strong>at</strong>ley Family Wines Pty Ltd<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ory Tower<br />

Official Elvis Presley Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Philanthropic<br />

Society<br />

Olex Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Olsens<br />

Oncology <strong>Children's</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

One By One Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Onepartners<br />

OneSteel Limited<br />

Open Hearth Hotel<br />

Orange Bins<br />

Ord Minnett Ltd<br />

Orion Expedition Cruises Pty Ltd<br />

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Society Australia<br />

Ottomin Charitable Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Our Lady of F<strong>at</strong>ima Craft & Leisure Centre<br />

Our Lady of Lourdes School<br />

Outback Sales & Service Pty Ltd<br />

Owen Miller Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Oz Window Cleaning Pty Ltd<br />

Popink<br />

Pacific Equity Partners Pty Ltd - Work Place<br />

Giving<br />

Pallet Logistics<br />

Palomarr Pty Ltd<br />

Parklea Correctional Centre<br />

Parram<strong>at</strong>ta City Council<br />

Parram<strong>at</strong>ta Leagues Club Ltd<br />

Parram<strong>at</strong>ta Senior Citizens Social Club<br />

Parram<strong>at</strong>ta Transit Social Club<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ron Financial Advice<br />

Pegasus Systems<br />

Peninsula Pals<br />

Pennant Hills High School<br />

Penrith Anglican College<br />

Perforce Software Pty Ltd<br />

Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd<br />

Peter Cornock & Associ<strong>at</strong>es - Solicitors &<br />

Attorneys<br />

Petersen Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Pfizer Australia<br />

Pilequip Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Pillar Administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Pillar Investments Pty Ltd<br />

Pinpoint Pty Ltd<br />

Pittsberg Holdings Pty Ltd<br />

Pittw<strong>at</strong>er Council<br />

Planinsek Property Group<br />

Pongrass Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Portugal Madeira Sydney Social & Cultural<br />

Sports Club Ltd<br />

Posco Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Premier Media Group<br />

Preston Mill Proprietary Limited<br />

Pricew<strong>at</strong>erhouseCoopers<br />

Procter & Gamble Australia - Oral-B ANZ<br />

Protege Building<br />

Protiviti Pty Ltd<br />

Pymble Ladies College<br />

QANTAS Staff Credit Union<br />

Quakers Hill Junior Soccer Club Inc<br />

Quantium Group Pty Ltd<br />

Quicksmart Homes Pty Ltd<br />

Quinlan Electrical<br />

R & A Family Holdings<br />

Radiomar<strong>at</strong>hon<br />

RAHC - Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Nurses Auxiliary<br />

RailCorp - Country Link<br />

RailCorp - Work Place Giving<br />

Rainbow Excav<strong>at</strong>ions (NSW) Pty Ltd<br />

Raise A Smile Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Ranay Pty Ltd<br />

Ravenswood School for Girls<br />

RBS/ABN Amro<br />

Readers Digest Magazine<br />

Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research<br />

Found<strong>at</strong>ion Limited<br />

Rediform<br />

RedKite<br />

Reed Business Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Ltd<br />

Regiti Pty Ltd<br />

Rellim Holdings No 2 Pty Ltd<br />

ResMed Limited<br />

Rest Industry Super<br />

Rett Syndrome Australian Research Fund<br />

Revolution X Pty Ltd<br />

Ritchies Stores Pty Ltd<br />

River Quays Marina<br />

Rocky Trail Entertainment<br />

Rooty Hill RSL Club Ltd<br />

Ross Equipment Aust Pty Ltd<br />

Rossc<strong>at</strong> Pty Limited<br />

Rotary Club of Balgowlah<br />

Rotary Club of Belrose<br />

Rotary Club of Breakfast Point<br />

Rotary Club of Brookvale Inc<br />

Rotary Club of Burwood<br />

Rotary Club of Frenchs Forest<br />

Rotary Club of Liverpool<br />

Rotary Club of Manly Sunrise<br />

Rotary Club of Narrabeen Lakes<br />

Rotary Club of Nowra<br />

Rotary Club of Parram<strong>at</strong>ta Daybreak<br />

Rotary Club of Terrey Hills<br />

Rotary Club of <strong>The</strong> Hills - Kellyville<br />

Rotary Club of Turramurra<br />

Rotary Club of Wahroonga<br />

Rotary Club of Winston Hills<br />

Royal Oak Hotel Parram<strong>at</strong>ta<br />

Rydges Hotel Ltd - Work Place Giving<br />

Rydges World Square Sydney<br />

Saltw<strong>at</strong>er Insurance Consultants<br />

Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia<br />

Santa Sabina College<br />

S'Antonio Da Padova Protettore Di Poggioreale<br />

Trapani Ltd<br />

SAP Australia Pty Limited<br />

Sargents Pies Charitable Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

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SAS Institute Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Say Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Scholastic<br />

Screenmasters Australia pty Ltd<br />

Seek Ltd - Work Place Giving<br />

Sefton High School<br />

Selsby Solutions<br />

Serendipity Craft Group<br />

Seven Consulting Pty Ltd<br />

Seven Hills Toongabbie RSL Club Ltd<br />

Seven Network (Oper<strong>at</strong>ions) Limited<br />

SGIC<br />

SGIO<br />

ShareGift Australia<br />

Shaw Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Shazbec Contracting<br />

Shell Refinery (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Sherman Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Shipping Industry Golf Challenge<br />

Shire Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Shiv Shakti Cultural Group Inc<br />

Shoalhaven City Turf Club<br />

Shop Distributive & Allied Employees'<br />

Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Shukutku University<br />

SingTel Optus Pty Ltd<br />

Smithfield RSL Men's Bowling Club<br />

Smyths Specialty Store<br />

SOS Excav<strong>at</strong>ions Pty Ltd<br />

Specialized Engineering Services<br />

Splash of Red Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Sprintcar Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of NSW Ltd<br />

St Baldrick's Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

St Charbel's College<br />

St George Bank - Lending & Investment<br />

St George Found<strong>at</strong>ion Limited<br />

St George Leagues Club Ltd<br />

St Ign<strong>at</strong>ius Riverview College<br />

St Johns Park Bowling Club<br />

St Johns Park Women's Bowling Club<br />

St Joseph's College<br />

St Kieran's Primary School<br />

Stage Artz<br />

Standby Forty-Six Pty Ltd<br />

Star Scientific Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Starbucks Coffee Company (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Starlight <strong>Children's</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

St<strong>at</strong>e Street Global Advisors<br />

St<strong>at</strong>e Transit Authority of NSW<br />

Stella Maris College<br />

Stephen Richardson Memorial Golf Day<br />

Steven Bourk & George Jammal (Partnership)<br />

Stockland<br />

Stockland Balgowlah<br />

Storage King North Parram<strong>at</strong>ta<br />

Sulphuric Acid Consulting Pty Ltd<br />

Suncorp Metway Limited<br />

Sunshine Club of Pendle Hill<br />

Sunsports Footwear Pty Ltd<br />

Surveyors Creek Public School<br />

Survive <strong>The</strong> Ride Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of NSW<br />

Sutton Roofing Pty Ltd<br />

Swimming Pool and Spa Associ<strong>at</strong>ion of NSW<br />

Limited<br />

Sydney Chinese Dance Group<br />

Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre<br />

Sydney Ferries<br />

Sydney Invit<strong>at</strong>ional Pty Ltd<br />

Sydney Mariners<br />

Sydney Northern Districts Doll and Bear Guild<br />

Sydney Speedway<br />

Sydney Technical High School<br />

Sydney Turf Club<br />

Sydney W<strong>at</strong>er Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Sydney Women's Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Club Inc<br />

Sydneysiders Express Inc.<br />

Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd<br />

Tak Fuk Investment Pty Ltd<br />

Teachers Credit Union<br />

Telos Partners Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Temperance Rugby Club Non Players<br />

Tennis Australia Limited<br />

<strong>The</strong> Blackmore Found<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Ltd<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cerebral Palsy Alliance<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Children's</strong> Help Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Coffee Emporium<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cycling Cerebellums<br />

<strong>The</strong> Diavitiko Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Family Inn<br />

<strong>The</strong> Framing Centre<br />

<strong>The</strong> Freedman Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Gallop Family Account<br />

<strong>The</strong> George Gregan Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Good Guys Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hannah & Amelia Young Trust<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hotel School Sydney<br />

<strong>The</strong> Humour Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Inner Wheel Club of the Hills Inc.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Jain Found<strong>at</strong>ion Inc.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Jenour Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Kids Charity Ute Muster<br />

<strong>The</strong> King's School<br />

<strong>The</strong> Knappick Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Lee Falk Memorial Bengali Explorers Club<br />

<strong>The</strong> Macintosh Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> McDonald College<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mill House Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Neurofibrom<strong>at</strong>osis Assoc of SA Inc<br />

<strong>The</strong> Outback Stars<br />

<strong>The</strong> Philanthropical Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Vamvakiton<br />

Lakonias of NSW<br />

<strong>The</strong> Philip Bushell Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Powder Principle<br />

<strong>The</strong> Profield Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> RA Gale Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Rix Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> Schwinghammer Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

<strong>The</strong> South Australia Rose of Tralee<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sydney Lodge No 1020<br />

<strong>The</strong> Trust Company (Australia) Limited<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wade Family Trust<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wales Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion Pty Limited<br />

<strong>The</strong> Walt Disney Company (Australia) Pty<br />

Limited<br />

Thiess Services Pty Ltd<br />

Thinking Ergonomix<br />

Thriving Enterprises Pty Ltd<br />

Tom & Franks All St<strong>at</strong>es Pty Ltd<br />

Tonelli Motor Cycles<br />

Tony McCullough Found<strong>at</strong>ion Trust<br />

TOPS Celebr<strong>at</strong>ion Concert<br />

Town Hall Hotel<br />

ToyBox Intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Toys R Us (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Traffik Marketing Pty Ltd<br />

Travellers Golf Club<br />

Tron Finacial Services<br />

Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club<br />

UBS AG Australia Branch<br />

UBS Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Ultim<strong>at</strong>e Sign Install<strong>at</strong>ions Pty Ltd<br />

Unilever Australasia<br />

United Mine Workers Feder<strong>at</strong>ion of Australia<br />

Uruguayans United - Uruguayos Unidos Inc<br />

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Vedanta Child Care Services Pty Ltd<br />

Veolia Environmental Services<br />

Village Roadshow Limited<br />

Vinnies Craft Ladies<br />

Virgin Australia<br />

Virtue & Partners<br />

Vitaflo Australia Pty Ltd<br />

WAAAF - AFC & RAAF Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

(NSW Division)<br />

Wanted Shoe Company<br />

Warringah Mall<br />

W<strong>at</strong>son Erskine & Co Pty Ltd<br />

Waverley Council<br />

Wentworthville Leagues Club Ltd<br />

West Epping Panthers Bowling Club<br />

Western Earthmoving Pty Ltd<br />

Western Suburbs Leagues Club<br />

Westfield Capital Corp Ltd<br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> Priv<strong>at</strong>e <strong>Hospital</strong><br />

Westpac<br />

Westrac<br />

Whites Group Pty Ltd<br />

William Buck NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Windcraft Australia Pty Ltd<br />

Window Displays Pty Ltd<br />

Wishing Hearts<br />

Woodend Pty Ltd<br />

Woolworths Supermarkets<br />

Xavier College<br />

Xenian Pty Ltd<br />

XL Insurance Company Limited<br />

Yellow Brick Road Property Pty Ltd<br />

Youth Off <strong>The</strong> Streets<br />

Yusen Logistics (Australia) Pty Ltd<br />

Zed's Italian & Seafood<br />

ZWF NSW Pty Ltd<br />

Major Supporters - individuals<br />

Michael Abdallah<br />

David & Elizabeth Adams<br />

William & K<strong>at</strong>hryn Adams<br />

Dieter Adamsas<br />

Lenore Adamson<br />

Rafael Aducayen<br />

Michael Ahrens<br />

Lisa Ainsworth<br />

Robert Albert<br />

Felicity Allen<br />

Gloria J Amedee<br />

Mahendra Amin<br />

Valerie Appleroth<br />

Takako Arain<br />

Russel Armstrong<br />

W Arnott<br />

Garo Artinnian<br />

D Austin<br />

J Auty<br />

Martha Aziz<br />

David Bachmayer<br />

Nadia Badawi<br />

Ivy Baddock<br />

Christine Bailey<br />

Lynette Bain<br />

Peter Baines<br />

Kerryn Baird<br />

Peter Barclay<br />

Andrew Barelle<br />

Andrew Barkla<br />

Joe Bartolo<br />

Louise Baur<br />

Lil Bayley<br />

John B Bedwell<br />

Amina Belgiorno-Nettis<br />

Max Benjamin<br />

Hilda Bensley<br />

Scott Berggren<br />

Alexander Berlee<br />

C Berrigan<br />

Ernest Bickford<br />

Grant Blackley<br />

Nicole Blackley<br />

Adam Blades<br />

C Blomfield<br />

David Bloom QC<br />

Robert Boctor<br />

Michael Bonifacio<br />

John Borghetti<br />

Robert Botros<br />

Jessica Boyson<br />

Majella Brady<br />

Sinead Brady<br />

G Briant<br />

Ron Brierley<br />

William Britten<br />

Fiona Britten<br />

Jenny Brown<br />

Leo Browne<br />

Ann Browne<br />

Norman Brunsdon<br />

Elizabeth Buchanan<br />

David Buckland<br />

Margaret Bucknell<br />

Richard & Susan Bunting<br />

Valma Burrows<br />

E Butler<br />

Jean Butson<br />

David Cable<br />

Ian Cairns<br />

Ron Callus<br />

John Cameron<br />

Charles Campbell<br />

Mark Carlile<br />

Brian Carpenter<br />

Darren Carr<br />

Francoise Carrasco<br />

Phil Carter<br />

Graham Carters<br />

Frank Caruso<br />

Nadine Castellano<br />

Somthanh Chai<br />

K<strong>at</strong>e Chapman<br />

Kasey Cheung<br />

K<strong>at</strong>hy Christodoulou<br />

Jim & Angela Clark<br />

Robert Clark<br />

Rosie Clarke<br />

Nigel Clarke<br />

Lisa Clay<br />

J Clowes<br />

Cynthia Coghill<br />

Bernard Cohen<br />

Marco Colantonio<br />

David Colmer<br />

Chris Connolly<br />

K<strong>at</strong>rina Conyers<br />

Geoff Cooper<br />

Charbel Coorey<br />

Timothy Cormack<br />

Deena Coronna<br />

Neville Cox<br />

Carmel Crane<br />

Merle Crawley<br />

Daniel Cross<br />

Geoffrey Crossley<br />

Stephen Crozier<br />

Xiule Dai<br />

Jacqui Dalby-Payne<br />

Marco Davalos<br />

Jim Davidson<br />

Garry & Lynn Davis<br />

Paul Davis<br />

Keith de Jong<br />

Jeanette de Montemas<br />

Aileen De Paul Kelly<br />

John de Smet<br />

George Deiri<br />

Leigh Delbridge<br />

Christophe Denoux<br />

Leanne Dittmer<br />

David Dixon<br />

George Dobson<br />

Vittorio Dolfo<br />

Bette Dolman<br />

Monica Donazzolo<br />

George Douglass<br />

Anthony Drew<br />

John Dunlop<br />

Imraan Ebrahim<br />

Helen Economus<br />

Richard Eigner<br />

Ahmed Elarif<br />

Julie Ellinas<br />

Elizabeth Elliott<br />

John Elston<br />

Claire Essery<br />

Charles Essery<br />

C<strong>at</strong>herine Evans<br />

Paul Evans<br />

Robert Every<br />

James Fairfax<br />

Renee Farah<br />

David Farlow<br />

Susan Farrugia<br />

David Farrugia<br />

Edward Federman<br />

Mark Ferrington<br />

Joyce Foran<br />

Ines Frearson<br />

Lindsay Freeman<br />

Laurelle Freeman<br />

Phillip Friery<br />

Rachael Friery<br />

M<strong>at</strong>thias Fuchs<br />

Ernest Fung<br />

David Gale<br />

Richard Galvin<br />

Eleni Gerassis<br />

Joseph Giandomenico<br />

Frank Gillies<br />

Anastasia Gioulis<br />

Alan Giumelci<br />

Elaine Gock-Young<br />

Joseph Gomes<br />

Gary Goundrie<br />

Ray & Margaret Goymer<br />

Megan Grace<br />

Neville Grace<br />

James Graham<br />

Helen Graham<br />

Cheryl Grant<br />

A Green<br />

Allen Greenhalgh<br />

Steven Griffiths<br />

John Grigg<br />

Scott Grove<br />

Lance Gudgeon<br />

Barbara Gunn<br />

Amita Gupta<br />

M<strong>at</strong>thew Gwynne<br />

Dorothy Gyde<br />

Chris Hadley<br />

Susan Hadley<br />

David Hall<br />

Roger Hallaran<br />

Warren Halloran<br />

Verity Halvorsen<br />

Anthony Hammond<br />

John Hanbury<br />

Ian Hardiman<br />

Tom Hardwick<br />

Jeremy Harris<br />

Lachlan Harris<br />

Stephen Harris<br />

Frances Harrison<br />

Les & Vicki Harvey<br />

Jean Hay<br />

F Haynes<br />

Connor Hays<br />

Simon Hellams<br />

Melanie Henry<br />

Rose Herceg<br />

Linda Hernando<br />

Timothy Hext<br />

Chee-Leong Hiew<br />

P<strong>at</strong>rica Hill<br />

David Hillard<br />

Gy Ho<br />

Tom Hobbs<br />

Andrew Holland<br />

Carl Holt<br />

Youdong Hong<br />

Jessica Hore<br />

Thomas Howard<br />

Doug Howlett<br />

Tu Linh Hua<br />

Joanne Humbert<br />

Donald Hutton<br />

Tham Vi Huynh<br />

Adil Igladyos<br />

Leanne Ingram<br />

A Ireland<br />

Jon<strong>at</strong>han Isho<br />

Julianne Jackson<br />

Cynthia Jackson<br />

Shirley Jackson<br />

Khorshid Jahan<br />

Robyn Jamieson<br />

Christopher Janssen<br />

Kim Jarvis<br />

Nigel Jeffreys<br />

Gemma Jenkins<br />

Myrtle Johns<br />

John Johnston<br />

Thomas Johnston<br />

Cheryl Jones<br />

Avinash Joshi<br />

Marjorie Jump<br />

Brian Kable<br />

Ren<strong>at</strong>a Kaldor<br />

Andrew Kaldor<br />

Kay Kallas<br />

Radhika Kanade<br />

Eleni Kassianou<br />

Janine Ke<strong>at</strong>ing<br />

Chris Kennedy<br />

Mary Jane Kenny<br />

John Keogh<br />

C<strong>at</strong>herine Keogh<br />

Kim Kertesz<br />

Jared King<br />

Lucy King<br />

Tony King<br />

Greg King<br />

Geoffrey Kinghorn<br />

Andrew & Debbie Kladis<br />

David Knox<br />

Didem Korkmaz<br />

Richard Kovacs<br />

Adrian Kwok<br />

Erik La Hei<br />

Louise La Hei<br />

Craig Laforest<br />

Maria Lagadinos<br />

Sharon M Laing<br />

Jennifer Lambert<br />

Andrew Langley<br />

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Ada L<strong>at</strong>ham<br />

Wai Law<br />

M<strong>at</strong>thew Lawther<br />

Nance Le Merle<br />

Vicki Lee<br />

Swan Lee<br />

Niall Lenahan<br />

Graham Lennon<br />

Mei Han Leung<br />

Tony Leung<br />

Roger Levy<br />

Carol Lewis<br />

Michael Lewis<br />

Dorothy Libbesson<br />

Eduard Litver<br />

Robert Lockley<br />

A Loewenthal<br />

M Lombardo<br />

Alison Loughran-Fowlds<br />

Michael Lowe<br />

David Lowy AM<br />

J Ludeke<br />

Chan Luong<br />

J Mackisack<br />

Gordon Macmillan<br />

Kevin MacMillan<br />

Margaret MacPhail<br />

Dale Maguire<br />

Mangion<br />

Michael Martin<br />

Frank Martin<br />

Robert Martyr<br />

Peter Mason<br />

Robert M<strong>at</strong>her<br />

Marion Maxwell<br />

Roy Maxwell<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ricia McAlary<br />

Leisa McBurney<br />

Deidre McCann<br />

Conor McCarthy<br />

LA McCullagh<br />

Angus McGilvray<br />

Mary McGowan<br />

Daren McKennay<br />

Peter McKeon<br />

Angela McMahon<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ricia McNair<br />

Robert McNally<br />

Rose McNeill<br />

Richard McPhail<br />

P<strong>at</strong>ricia McPhail<br />

M<strong>at</strong>thew Mears<br />

Atul Mehta<br />

Chris Mentis<br />

Dennis Merchant<br />

Gabrielle Merchant<br />

Angela Michaelis<br />

Ron Miles<br />

George Miltenyi<br />

Lisa Moane<br />

Walter & Betty Mobbs<br />

Emma Mollerson<br />

Michael Monaghan<br />

Daniel Mong<br />

Daniel Montesin<br />

David Morgan<br />

Ksenia Morgan<br />

Michael Morgan<br />

C<strong>at</strong>herine Moroney<br />

Callan Moroney<br />

Kelly Morrison<br />

Alex Morton<br />

P Moss<br />

J Moujalli<br />

Anil Mudaliar<br />

Vivek Mudaliar<br />

Sanjin Muhic<br />

David Mullen<br />

Wendy Mulligan<br />

John Munce<br />

Lawrence Myers<br />

W Nash<br />

David Nguyen<br />

Brian Nicholls<br />

Ashleigh Nicholson<br />

Peter Nickerson<br />

David Nikic<br />

Trish Noakes<br />

Peter Nohra<br />

K<strong>at</strong>hryn North<br />

Roger Northcote<br />

Liliane Novak<br />

Jackie O'Brien<br />

John O'Connor<br />

Dunya O'Georges<br />

Rob Oldman<br />

Daniel O'Neill<br />

Michael O'Neill<br />

<strong>The</strong>odore Onisforou<br />

Kirraly Osborne<br />

Philip O'Sullivan<br />

Debra Oswald<br />

Peter & Lauraine Overton<br />

Stephen Palmer<br />

Jamie & Debbie Papagianopoulos<br />

Peter Paradise<br />

Danny Paris<br />

Les Parry<br />

Dominic Parsons<br />

Scott Pascoe<br />

Naveen P<strong>at</strong>el<br />

Hayley P<strong>at</strong>ernott<br />

Howard Peak<br />

Karan Perkins<br />

Andrew Pickup<br />

Robyn Pickworth<br />

Yvette Pieri<br />

Warren Pieri<br />

Francis Pires<br />

Efisio Podda<br />

Gary Pontifex<br />

Robin Potter<br />

Douglas Potter<br />

Nicola Potter<br />

G Powers<br />

Grahame Pr<strong>at</strong>t<br />

Adam Prested<br />

Andrew Pridham<br />

Robert Priestley<br />

Carolyn Priestley<br />

Greeba Pritchard<br />

Kim Prodinger<br />

Hans Prodinger<br />

Mary Puskas<br />

Mario Qu<strong>at</strong>roville<br />

Maggie & Violet Quinlan<br />

Graham Radford<br />

Elizabeth Ramsden<br />

Janita Rankin<br />

Steve Redman<br />

Velma Reibelt<br />

John Rendle<br />

Jennifer Reynolds<br />

Ian Robertson<br />

Sylvia Romanik<br />

Victor Ross<br />

Jennifer Ross<br />

Naomi Roth<br />

Sophie Rothery<br />

Maria Rowe<br />

Peter Russell<br />

Sharmin Saadullah<br />

Deana Saleh<br />

Lawerence Salter<br />

Weng Leong Sam<br />

Marjorie Sardiner<br />

Michael S<strong>at</strong>terthwaite<br />

Sonia S<strong>at</strong>tout<br />

Darrel Savage<br />

Philippa Sawyer<br />

Rick & Michelle Schirripa<br />

Pera Sciberris<br />

George Scopelitis<br />

Jeff Scott<br />

Meredith Scott<br />

Gordon Scott<br />

Norman Seckold<br />

Ravindra Seepersad<br />

Jon<strong>at</strong>han Sellar<br />

P<strong>at</strong>rick Sen<strong>at</strong><br />

Claude Sen<strong>at</strong><br />

Richard Seton<br />

Allan Shaw<br />

Julie Sheridan<br />

Philip Sheridan<br />

Mary Sherwood<br />

Peter Sherwood<br />

Albert Shun<br />

Diana Sibley<br />

Jenny Sillar<br />

David Sillence<br />

Sebastian Sinozic<br />

Mary Siu<br />

Lalithambal Sivasanthakumar<br />

Rachel Skinner<br />

Michelle Smart<br />

Grahame Smith<br />

Karl Solomonson<br />

Noel Sonter<br />

Frank Spaninks<br />

Joyce Spro<strong>at</strong><br />

Ian Stanley<br />

Simon Starr<br />

Terry Stassi<br />

Christian Stauber<br />

Be<strong>at</strong>rice Stauber<br />

Jodi Steel<br />

Graham Steele<br />

Rudoph Stefszky<br />

K<strong>at</strong>harine Steinbeck<br />

Alison Stephen<br />

Malcolm Stephens<br />

Shirley Stevenson OAM<br />

Val Steward<br />

John Stitt<br />

Alice Styles<br />

Tony Suters<br />

Kumar Swamin<strong>at</strong>han<br />

Petrus A Swemmer<br />

Samira Taouk<br />

Mark Taylor<br />

Bronwyn Taylor<br />

Nick Taylor<br />

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Joe Testa<br />

Steve Thomas<br />

Raymond Thomlinson<br />

Paul Threlfo<br />

Hugh & Colleen Tighe<br />

Murray Tobias<br />

Louise Tofts<br />

Peter Tonagh<br />

Millie Tong<br />

Eunice Tong<br />

K<strong>at</strong>ie Tran<br />

Hon Trang<br />

Jane Trumper<br />

Philip Tuerlines<br />

Naren Tumkur<br />

Mary Turton<br />

Danielle Van Snippenbury<br />

Albert Vandenberg<br />

Alex Varga<br />

Margaret Veitch<br />

Anthony Venning<br />

Jacky Vilardi<br />

Anthony Vourdanos<br />

Tony Wales<br />

Chad Walker<br />

Mark Walsh<br />

June Ward<br />

Giles Ward<br />

Kerry Webster<br />

Peter Wedgwood<br />

Lee-Anne Weeks<br />

Roseline Welsh<br />

Alexander Wendler<br />

Brian West<br />

Peter Wheeler<br />

Wayne White<br />

Kay White<br />

G D White<br />

Hilary Whitworth<br />

Glenn Williams<br />

Jane Williams<br />

Stuart Williams<br />

Peter Williams<br />

Kim Williams<br />

David Wills<br />

Adrienne & John Wilson<br />

K<strong>at</strong>hleen Wilson<br />

Don Wilson<br />

John Wilson<br />

Eisse Woldhuis<br />

Bik Ching Wong<br />

Peter Wong<br />

Jacki Wong<br />

David Wooden<br />

Helen Wootton<br />

Tony Wright<br />

Jackie Wright<br />

Christopher Wyke<br />

Anna Wyke<br />

Barbra Wynn<br />

Robin Yabsley<br />

Lynn Yager<br />

Anthony Yeung<br />

Nabeel Youakim<br />

Yang Yu<br />

Zohrab Zaitounian<br />

Steve Zakaria<br />

Lisa Zois<br />

How to help<br />

Your generous support of <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong> is gre<strong>at</strong>ly appreci<strong>at</strong>ed by our p<strong>at</strong>ients, families<br />

and staff. Our ground-breaking work would be gre<strong>at</strong>ly diminished without your support. Every dollar counts in<br />

our quest to save precious young lives.<br />

Thank you for your valued support.<br />

First Name: ____________________________________ Last Name _________________________________<br />

Organis<strong>at</strong>ion/Company Name: ________________________________________________________________<br />

Address: _________________________________________________________________________________<br />

_________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

Suburb: ______________________________________ St<strong>at</strong>e: _________________ Postcode: ___________<br />

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I would like to:<br />

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Don<strong>at</strong>ion payment: (please tick):<br />

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Please forward your gift to:<br />

Mail: Fundraising Department<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

Locked Bag 4001<br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> NSW 2145<br />

Phone: (02) 9845 3367<br />

Fax: (02) 9845 3457<br />

/<br />

Your gift of $2 or over is tax deductible.<br />

Funds will be used <strong>at</strong> the discretion of<br />

the Chief Executive to improve the health<br />

and welfare of children cared for by<br />

<strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong>.


Hope<br />

grows<br />

with you<br />

Thanks to the children and families who are fe<strong>at</strong>ured in this public<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Profile photography by Michael Amendolia<br />

Illustr<strong>at</strong>ions by Tiel Seivl-Keevers<br />

Children’s clothing supplied by Best and Less<br />

Financial inform<strong>at</strong>ion can be accessed via <strong>The</strong> Sydney Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong>s Network <strong>Annual</strong> Review <strong>at</strong><br />

www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au<br />

@BandagedBear


© <strong>2012</strong> <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

Fundraising Department, <strong>The</strong> Children’s <strong>Hospital</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Westmead</strong><br />

Corner Hawkesbury Road & Hainsworth Street,<br />

<strong>Westmead</strong> NSW 2145 Australia<br />

Locked Bag 4001 <strong>Westmead</strong> NSW 2145<br />

Phone: (02) 9845 3367<br />

Website: www.bandagedbear.org.au

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