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Buzz about fundraising The Werribee Hospital Foundation will host its irst virtual fundraiser, The BIG BUZZ Trivia Night, next month. The event will raise funds to upgrade the 24-hour Mental Health Crisis Line at Werribee Mercy Hospital, which is experiencing a rise in calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The online trivia night will include prizes for the winning team, best dressed and best team name. The foundation’s community engagement and fundraising manager, Lisa Field, said the family-friendly event would include ive rounds of general trivia. The ticket price for the night is $25 per device, with as many people as participants would like allowed on the one device. Ms Field said the foundation was also seeking business support and donations of prizes for the trivia night. The event will be held at 6.30pm on Friday, August 14. Bookings essential, via: www.trybooking.com/BKNJD Additional donations can be made at www.werribeehospitalfoundation.com.au Businesses interested in donating a prize can email lisa.ield@ werribeehospitalfoundation.org.au
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Goodbye to family man By Alesha Capone Geof Fitzgerald is being remembered as a devoted family man with a passion for bringing Christmas spirit to the community. Mr Fitzgerald, a long-time Hoppers Crossing resident, passed away on Friday at Werribee Mercy Hospital, from COVID-19. he 64-year-old father of three and grandfather of three, was well-known in the local area – along with his wife Jenny – for decorating their Macedon Street house and garden at Christmas time. Mrs Fitzgerald said their Christmas eforts
started with Geof putting a few lights in the front yard. “He started putting a couple of lights out the front, I said, ‘You’ve got to add in colour,’ and it took of from there,” she said. “he council used to close the street of for us every year. Once we had a choir and the Lions Club selling Christmas cakes.” he couple had stopped decorating their house in more recent years as their children grew older, and they travelled more. Mrs Fitzgerald described her husband as a “fantastic” person. “He would go work and come home to his
family, he was a real family man and loved his garden,” she said. As a younger man, Mr Fitgerald was employed at a glassworks in Spotswood and later started working for his son-in-law’s building business. Mrs Fitzgerald said she was unsure where her husband had contracted COVID-19. He was diagnosed with the lu and underwent a coronavirus test about four days later, which came back positive. He was admitted to hospital about 10 days before he died. Mrs Fitzgerald said Geof’s passing had made her incredibly sad.
“One day he was there, next day he’s not,” she said. Mr Fitzgerald is survived by his wife, their children Tina, Kristie and Jason, son-in-law Peter, daughter-in-law Jenny and grandchildren Matilda, Olivia and Eliza. he number of active coronavirus cases in Wyndham has risen by more than 150 in the past week. As of Tuesday, there were 535 active cases of the virus in Wyndham – the second highest number of cases in the state. Victoria has recorded more than 9,000 cases of coronavirus, according to DHHS.
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