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COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT The last year was a time of increased collaboration amongst the Auxiliary network, and more broadly with community fundraisers. United by a common goal to make sick kids better, these efforts ensured that urgently needed funds were pooled for ongoing project commitments at the RCH and important COVID-19 initiatives. Auxiliaries support Me and UooUoo
AUXILIARY HIGHLIGHTS
Auxiliaries and friends rallied together to support Me and UooUoo: The RCH150 Anniversary Art Trail, selling beautiful keepsakes for adventurers to remember the art trail and raise funds for the hospital. Kay Reay from Parkville Auxiliary and her sewing group handmade 150 unique UooUoo toys which were sold alongside Maxwell & Williams UooUoo mug sets at the Me and UooUoo farewell event at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday 17 April 2021. Manning the stall were Parkville Auxiliary members Kay Reay, Jenny Holmes, Helen Mann, Bev Noonan OAM, Jan Gilbertson, Paula Brophy and Barb Nicoll from Templestowe Auxiliary. The UooUoo stall was popular with visitors, with all products selling out in three hours, raising $6,817 to support patient care at the RCH.
Auxiliaries fund Solid Tumour Study Coordinator CIKA and Absent Friends Auxiliary collaborated to continue CIKA’s funding of the Solid Tumour Study Coordinator. The role is an integral part of the Children’s Cancer Centre and provides patients and families the option to access clinical trials. Therapeutic clinical trials are the cornerstone of modern cancer care for children. With the support of CIKA and Absent Friends Auxiliary, children with cancer will have access to new treatments and novel drugs at the forefront of medical research. The collaboration was featured on the front page of the Hamilton Spectator newspaper in July 2020.
UooUoo artist Audrey Buttigieg Cardona with a UooUoo toy and Kay Reay from Parkville Auxiliary
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Lyn Lewis from Absent Friends Auxiliary and Andrew Duyvestyn from CIKA
