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An old Supporter and friend of FOTCF, Mr. Puru Kanodia of Silk World donated some beautiful fabric.
A group of volunteers converted them into colourful gifts and multipurpose bags for donations.
We are now looking for outlets to sell these bags and help raise much needed fund for our charity work
Naomi, CEO of Cornerstone Contact Centre presenting Letter of Appreciation to FOTCF in recognition os our ongoing support to Cornerstone.
FOTCF delivers free bread, three days a week to Cornerstone, which is utilised to prepare breakfast & meals for the homeless & other disadvantaged. Apart from bread we recently delivered Pasta, Bags and Plastic Food Containers.
The supply of 1000 containers and 50 packets of Penle Pasta will last for 3-4 weeks and then Cornerstone will need more supplies. You can help us here.
Congratulations to our Founder Shashi Kochhar OAM for being awarded “Lifeblood Legend” by Australian Red Cross!! 175 times!!
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Community Environmental Forum
2020 Recap
On 9th February 2020 at Brickmakers Park, Oakleigh “Friends of the Children Foundation” celebrated its 1st Australia Day Community Environmental Forum successfully. Some school principals guided us to move our Australia Day celebrations into February to avoid a clash with school holidays and the long weekend.
Our theme, “How to keep this Lucky country……LUCKY, was well attended by 175-200 guests. Our new format was well received, and they appreciated and enjoyed the artwork of many young school children. It was very encouraging to see the crowd participation despite the Corona virus scare.
We were very buoyed by some very positive and encouraging feedback. During our general discussions, one lady said, “Don’t you think the ship has already sailed”. It took me few seconds to understand and reply to this comment. My comeback was “If we keep standing here and keep talking, ship will move further and further. We all have to work together and work harder to swim and catch the ship, before it is out of our reach”.
To create a better future for our coming generations, we must all work hard together to create a better tomorrow. We must work in such a way that we ensure that we are going to leave this world in better order and condition than we inherited it in.
This was our 12th Australia day community get together and 5th, on a theme with the support of local primary schools’ children. Our next year’s theme will be same – “How to keep this lucky country ……LUCKY”. We will be celebrating it on February 14th, 2021. The venue remains the same, Brickmakers Park, Stamford Road Oakleigh.
Please come and join us on this day and help us create a better tomorrow for our future generations.
Supporting the
MONASH Children’s Hospital
During our “Gala Dinner of 21st September 2019” Friends of the Children Foundation committed to purchase two “Smilyscope” for the New Emergency Department of Monash Children Hospital.
Smileyscope was developed by Melbourne doctors combining therapeutic distraction, relaxation and cognitive-behavioural therapies.
It takes patients on an underwater adventure that allows them to virtually escape the hospital room. They are immersed in an interactive 3D world.
This patented approach is led by Pogles the Penguin who explains what is happening each step of the way.
Smileyscope relaxes patients, allowing them to reimagine needles being fish gently nibbling at their arm to say hello.
On growing demand and Need of these “Smileyscope” in the Children Emergency Department, During our 8th Monash Children Walk of 1st March 2020, we aim to raise more funds to purchase Two more Smilyscopes.
PLEASE
HELP & SUPPORT
THIS INITIATIVE
Our commitment to purchase
two “Smilyscope” for the
New Emergency Department of Monash Children Hospital
During our “Gala Dinner of 21st September 2019” Friends of the Children Foundation committed to purchase two “Smilyscope” for the New Emergency Department of Monash Children Hospital.
Smileyscope was developed by Melbourne doctors combining therapeutic distraction, relaxation and cognitive-behavioural therapies.
It takes patients on an underwater adventure that allows them to virtually escape the hospital room. They are immersed in an interactive 3D world.
This patented approach is led by Pogles the Penguin who explains what is happening each step of the way.
Smileyscope relaxes patients, allowing them to reimagine needles being fish gently nibbling at their arm to say hello.
On growing demand and Need of these “Smileyscope” in the Children Emergency Department, During our 8th Monash Children Walk of 1st March 2020, we aim to raise more funds to purchase Two more Smilyscopes.
PLEASE
HELP & SUPPORT
THIS INITIATIVE
Fund raising Gala Dinner on 16th September 2017.
We presented our 1st Billy Blanket to the Hospital with the help of AMRIT VANI group three months back and with in this short period Monash Children Nursing Staff is wrapped with the advantages of this machine and they have put an request for another one. PLEASE HELP to raise money for 2nd Billy Blanket.
This is portable machine and under hospital “Home Programme” can be sent home with patients. Monash Children can provide the family with a Bili blanket at no cost, to take home. A nurse visits each day to assess the baby re observations, weights, feeding and daily blood tests and provides support for the parents caring for their baby with Jaundice. This treatment usually lasts 3-4 days and the benefits are enormous.
Supports Mums to breast feed their babies
A daily nurse visit to support the family
Keeps babies out of hospital environments which have the potential of exposure to “bugs” and infections
Frees up an acute bed for sick patients
No cost to the families, Keeps Mums and Babies together in their families
This Fund raising Gala Dinner is on 16th September at Brothers Banquet, 3/134, Springvale Road, Springvale between 6.30 and 11.30pm.
Tickets $55.00 per person
or $500.00 for Table of Ten.
3 course Dinner
includes Beer & Wine
Live Fusion Band & Singers, Bollywood Dancers.
Loads of Raffle prizes to win.