Better health care for Western Sydney

el ra se unds and awareness or Blacktown and Mount Druitt os tals

Here’s a chance to do your bit for your community, and having some fun while you’re at it. Being part of a community means celebrating togetherness. But it’s not just about coming together for festivals, it also means coming together to help each other out in times of need. So if you want to give back to your community, here’s a golden chance: An inaugural Gala Dinner to raise funds and awareness for Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals.

To be held on 26 May at Rooty Hill RSL, the event is aimed at the development of a new outpatient and specialist clinic within the Children’s Ward at Mount Druitt hospital. The spectacular evening has plenty of entertainment in store for guests and a variety of fundraising options.

Planet Groove, a live band that has had over 800 shows has been roped in for the event to regale the audience with some terrific music. There will canapés on arrival, a delicious three course meal and beverages and a selection of fundraising options including live and silent auctions, Lander Toyota car draw and raffles. The event is hosted by the newly established Better Foundation. Being the only dedicated fundraising body for both hospitals, Better Foundation aims to enrich the health and lives of people in our communities through the delivery of exceptional patient care and innovative clinical practice.

Committed to raising vital funds and awareness for Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals, the charity aims to fund specialist medical equipment and innovative research programs and to support professional development and clinical education. These events, and more to come in the future, are hoped to make a real difference to the health platform of Blacktown’s local communities. The idea is to bridge the government funding gap and improving the health and lives of residents in Blacktown, Mount Druitt and the surrounding areas.

As locals in the area might well be aware, both Blacktown and Mount Druitt are undergoing new building, refurbishment, infrastructure upgrades and service expansion, a clear indication that the community’s healthcare needs are everincreasing.

Blacktown has already been transformed into a major tertiary hospital and Mount Druitt continues to be the one-stop shop for surgery and high quality care. As a result, the need to travel out of the area for treatment is being reduced as more services are provided closer to home.

Both hospitals are affiliated with Western Sydney University which aids in providing excellence in care in conjunction with a commitment to clinical teaching and medical research. The hospitals have an average of 645 daily available beds and care for over 76,000 people via the emergency departments each year.

The focus of the gala event is on supporting medical and nursing research with over 100 projects being carried out in laboratories and hospital wards. The range of disciplines and areas of interest include cancer, diabetes, paediatrics, endocrinology, weight loss surgery, anaesthetics, infectious disease, stroke, speech pathology, pharmacy and palliative care.

Community support and fundraising plays a vital role in the delivery of hospital services. Your collaboration with the Better Foundation will directly support the hospitals’ innovative research programs that will ultimately lead to earlier diagnosis, better treatment and management, new therapies and potential new cures. Your generosity will ensure that state-of-the-art medical equipment can be funded and pioneering clinical treatments developed to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Western Sydney.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

For enquiries about the event or to collaborate with Better Foundation, please call Sonia Daniels, Fundraising and Events Manager on 0429 413 194.