Totora Hospice Newsletter December 2015

TOTARATALK December 2015

your connection to Hospice tou hononga ki Hospice

Christmas fundraising update

TREES OF REMEMBRANCE Once again our Trees of Remembrance are at our supporting supermarkets and shopping centres. Please do say hello if you see our lovely volunteers who are at the tables. It is a chance to be able to remember loved ones and of course help hospice by donating when you place a bauble on the trees.

The baubles are available exclusively at Farmers stores at a cost of $10 each – the full $10 will be donated to support hospice services in our community. So please head into Farmers and purchase these beautiful pieces of art for your Christmas tree and help raise funds for your hospice.

Fantastically we have all Farmers stores raising funds for hospices throughout the country in the lead up to Christmas. As well as having the Trees of Remembrance in our 4 local stores, they will also be selling two specially designed, hand painted baubles.

Make sure you visit these local Farmers stores that are helping Totara Hospice this December: Farmers Pakuranga - Pakuranga Plaza Farmers Botany - Botany Town Centre Farmers Papakura - 46 O’Shannessey St, Papakura Farmers Manukau - Westfield Manukau

YOU DID IT! OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL LONG LUNCH YET! A huge thank you to all who joined us for the 2015 Long Lunch.

Such an amazing day and with the help of our sponsors and guests we are happy to confirm $36,500 was raised for Totara Hospice!

A huge thank you to everyone involved in the event including our fabulous Youth Ambassadors, Celebrity Hosts, the fantastic Michele A’Court our MC and Chefs Ben Barton, Sam Campbell with their NZMA Culinary Students.

An extra special thanks to our Volunteer Fundraising Supporters Team.

We hope to see you all again for 2016 – book in the 16th October when we will be indulging in ‘An Italian Affair’ themed luncheon.

We would like to extend our special thanks to the following funding sponsors for generously supporting Totara Hospice South Auckland.

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AMAZING THINGS Your Generosity and Support Have Made Possible Look at what your donations and time have made possible in the past year Managed 898 community referrals, including 9817 visits in our area - Giving 1000’s of families more precious days with loved ones

Cared for 277 patients in the Inpatient Unit, an equivalent of 2,467 bed days - Ensuring no one goes through their final journey alone

Ensured Day Hospice stayed open for 901 attendances, with an average of 10 days per attendee - Providing time, care and support for patients and their whanau

You, our volunteers, worked 186,423 hours to help Hospice happen in your community - We would need to find another $4.6million a year to cover wages for these hours Thank you, can you imagine how many more people in our community you can help with your support today.

We need to raise $9,041.00 per day in 2015/16 to continue providing services.

A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP THAT NEVER STOPS GIVING BNI Chapters have been supporting Hospices through their national partnership with Hospice NZ since 2005. We are so lucky that hardly a month goes by without us receiving support from our amazing chapters in Auckland that choose to support Totara Hospice.

We would like to share a little of what they have done recently. BNI East Auckland donated $500, BNI Eastside kindly donated $520 and BNI Counties generously donated $1000.

BNI Parnell raised $6000 through an auction of goods and services from their membership

one morning! Bruce Hughson of BNI Parnell commented “Totara hospice is a wonderful cause, and we at BNI Parnell are very proud to be associated with it, and so pleased to be in a position to donate.”

For 3 years now BNI Metro have been supporting Totara Hospice through participation in the Great Auckland Bed Race.

In this years’ race they retained the winner’s trophy of ‘Fastest Team’ that they first won in 2013, and received a special award for ‘Most Money Raised For Charity’ raising $15,240, our heartfelt thanks goes to the team and all their supporters at BNI Metro.

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BNI Metro Bed Race

BNI Connect Botany donated $734.30 through their weekly money box fine system.

THE WISHLIST Items to support Totara Hospice Vouchers for Hospice Property and Garden maintenance: • Mitre 10, Bunnings, Briscoes, Warehouse and Garden Centre Vouchers General Supplies: • Tea lights and Absolute Essential Oils – Pure Blend • Large Candles (8cm diameter minimum) • Brand NEW King Single Flat sheets are desperately needed for our IPU • Pedestal fans for our patient’s rooms over summer • Baby monitors - for patients unable to ring the bell If you can help us please contact Melinda melinda.seal@hospice.co.nz or 09 640 0208, for further details. Thank you for your support.

LADIES LUNCH FOR HOSPICE

LIGHT UP A LIFE

Memorial Light

Dedicate a light to someone you love this Christmas

$10

During the month of December, the trees of Totara Hospice will be adorned with thousands of sparkling lights – each one shining in honour of someone special who is in your thoughts.

For $10 per light you can sponsor one of these lights, and have a dedication shared on the memorial board.

It is a way to remember your own heroes, the people close to you, who have lit up countless lives while they were alive and so deserve to be remembered.

You can purchase your light online at www.hospice.co.nz/lightupalife or call Nicole on 09 6400250 or email Nicole.pemberton@hospice.co.nz

SUNRISE WALK FOR HOSPICE This wonderful 5km charity walk, which takes place in the Auckland Botanic Gardens, sees people who are dealing with life limiting illnesses, those who have lost loved ones, and all those in our community who support hospice coming together for one reason – to help keep Totara Hospice going.

Everyone is welcome - families, schools and businesses. Please do join us for a fun and easy going walk, where you will be helping Hospice step by step. Don’t forget to ask friends and family to sponsor your walk and help fundraise for Hospice.

Now is the time to book in for the Ladies Lunch for Hospice with Jo Seagar 2016, hosted at Totara Hospice South Auckland.

Ladies, pop on your pinnies and pearls to join us for the annual Ladies Lunch at Hospice.

Jo Seagar will be joining us to share her Easy Entertaining Ideas. This year Jo will be doing a special cooking demonstration.

Plus the Annual Bake Off Sale will be on!

Bring along your friends for an entertaining afternoon enjoying a glass of wine and a three course lunch prepared by Grant Allen and the Alfriston College Culinary Students.

Sunday 3 April 2016 8am – 10am Tickets $35pp + Children $20 VIP $45

(R18 private area + a goodie bag and glass of bubbles) Auckland Botanic Gardens, 102 Hill Road, Manurewa Buy tickets at www.sunrisewalk.co.nz or for more details call 09 6400255

Friday 6th May 11:45am – 3:00pm Tickets $60 – Table of 10 $600 Totara Hospice, 140 Charles Prevost Drive, Manurewa, Auckland Last year sold out so book now at: www.hospicebakeoff.co.nz/ladieslunch Please call Mel on 09 640 0208 with any queries Totara Talk - your connection to Hospice // 03

Greetings All, Kia ora tātou, Kia Orana, Talofa Lava, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa Lahi Atu, Ni sa Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Ní hăo, Hola!

Summer is on the way and with that, Christmas and the festive season. The holidays are a great time to connect with you all again and reiterate our appreciation for your support throughout the year. We really value our relationships with you, our communities, as we couldn’t make Hospice happen without you.

Additional news this year is that we will receive a long awaited boost of approximately $1m to our government funding. This will go some way to addressing the $3.5m shortfall that we currently manage with your help – our supporters and volunteers. When we say that we appreciate all you do and we wouldn’t be here without you - we mean it.

This time of the year also brings about reflection on what we have done over the months. Earlier this year we developed and implemented our 5 year strategic plan ‘Hospice in our Hands’. This has been a significant milestone for our organisation, detailing our strategic direction and associated priorities and objectives as your Hospice. Thank you for the feedback that you have given us over recent years, it has been invaluable in helping us prioritise our activities in order to continue to meet the needs of patients and families.

Totara Hospice South Auckland remains the lowest funded specialist palliative care hospice in New Zealand. As at Year End June 2015, we were funded only 49% of our costs - this equated to $7.77 per capita (the range nationally is $7.77 to $21.34). The Government’s Budget 2015, ensures that important steps are being taken to address the historic and significant shortfall in our

• We provided approximately 2,500 in patient bed days and accepted over 9,500 community visits/800 referrals for our community home based service.

During 2015 I have also participated in some thank you events – for local businesses who support us, fundraisers and volunteers. We had fun, we shared information, and enjoyed reinforcing the meaning behind our relationships. I had the privilege of attending our Volunteer Long Service Awards, over 60 Totara Hospice volunteers were recognised for long service; some for 5 years and some as long as 30 years. This was an amazing event – their commitment is inspiring and reminds us of the legacy we hold.

Totara Hospice South Auckland remains the lowest funded specialist palliative care hospice in New Zealand

By the very nature of what Hospice represents, we recognise that our communities engage with us when they are at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives; facing the end of life. As such we respect the trust you place in us and recognise that your expectations are understandably high. ‘Hospice In Our Hands’ belongs to all who have a relationship with Totara Hospice; governance, management, staff, volunteers, the communities we serve, clinical network partners, funding organisations and sponsors. We are all needed and we all have something to contribute to securing our prosperous, sustainable and purposeful future in order that we remain accessible and free to those who need us.

funding and this cash injection brings us to a funding level of approximately $10 per capita.

Although this is still some way from equity, we welcome the government taking clear action.

All of this is important as last year saw the biggest demand for Hospice services in our history. Over the years the health system has predicted a growing need for palliative care.

Our figures support that, this year: • 17% of referrals were for conditions other than cancer - renal, respiratory, heart, neurological and other chronic diseases.

• The youngest person in our service was 16 years and the oldest 95 years.

So we are busy, we are energised, we have delivered another year of care and are about to commence a new one.

There is no time more fitting to say thank you for caring and staying connected to us, and I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2016!

Tina McCafferty, CE

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