Welcome to the June 2013 Edition of The Hopewell Herald

N E W S F R O M H O P E W E L L H O S P I C E &

P A R A D I S E K I D S

June 2013

Hopewell’s Service Divisions

Hopewell Hospice: Residential Palliative Care in an eight-bed home-like setting

Hopewell Outreach Service: Providing social and

emotional palliative care for families caring for a loved one at home

Paradise Kids: Grief, Loss

and Illness support programs for children and their families

Illness Support Holiday House: Accommodation for

children with life-limiting illnesses and their families from rural Australia for a Gold Coast holiday and support

Hopewell Education Services: Specialising in

courses on Counselling, Health Care and Spirituality

The Women’s Group: Inspiring and sharing the jour-ney with like-minded women

The Living Well Centre: Personal growth and wellbeing programs

Explorations in Worship and Spirituality: An open

discussion group on the first Sunday of each month

Simply Divine Café: Delicious meals, coffee, cater-ing and 2nd-hand Bookshop

Paradise Kids 4 Africa:

Support for Orthodox Mission projects in Sierra Leone

Hopewell Hospice Services Inc. 88 Allied Drive, Arundel Qld 4214

PO Box 1290, Runaway Bay Qld 4216

Phones Hospice: 5563 2930 Paradise Kids: 5574 6853 www.hopewell.org.au www.paradisekids.org.au

Registered Charity 1194, ABN 38 890 040 788

Thank you Bill Bradnam for your donation of beautiful furniture

for the Garage Sale.

Greetings from

Ann Robilotta, Chair of

Hopewell Board A big thank you to all our

wonderful staff, volunteers,

donors and sponsors who

continue to provide our ser-

vices. I’d personally like to

especially thank Ladybirdz

and the great team who made the Rhinestones

and Caviar Lunch happen.

As our financial year draws to a close, I invite

you all to be part of our Friends of Hopewell

and Friends of Paradise Kids through the

Ezidebit Form on the back of this newsletter.

With warm wishes to you this winter, Ann

Thank you to all our Board, Staff, Volun-

teers, buddies, sponsors, donors, family

and friends who have supported Hope-

well’s incredible journey since the dream-

ing began 20 years ago.

Dee and Ian

Thanks to Jan

and Bill Brad-

nam who have

supported us so

generously since

we began.

Warm thanks to

our sponsors Gold

Coast Suns for

supporting an-

other Boy’s Group

in Term 3.

Kerrie Cage, RN, Hospice Manager with Peter Street, Hospice Volunteer, welcome families to the Candlelight Memorial Service, Sunday 19 May.

Faye Wyer and members of Sanctuary Cave

Ladies Golf Classic Committee presenting do-

nation of $28,000 to Paradise Kids.

The Paradise Kids Team Rhinestones and Caviar Lunch

Skiller Family children supported by PK Illness Support Team in the Holiday House. Miette, (front centre,) died in March just 2 weeks after her family holiday.

Hopewell Education Services

Grief Counselling Course Starts Saturday, 3 August 2013

Child-Centred Play Therapy Tues-Fri, 25 –28 June, for 4 days

Tree of Life, 14 July and 20 October

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Sat & Sun, 13-14 July

The Work of Byron Katie, Sat. 28 September

Palliative Care Course, from 26 October 2013 Details on www.paradisekids.org.au

Welcome to new Board Member John Wilson. John has had many years of experience in the Building Industry, developing the Credit Department of Bradnam’s Win-

dows and Doors into a large National opera-tion. Since 2008, he has been a Director of the Building Industry Credit Bureau.

Thank you to Message Media and

Dimitri Tsisikas for their $10,000

donation to Paradise Kids.

Jan, Pixie & Dee provide leadership for The Women’s Group that meets at

10.30 a.m. Fridays, 88 Allied Drive, Arundel. Women supporting one another.

Indy, the Hospice Pet Therapy Volunteer, meets the Buddha in the garden.

Hopewell’s Chapel, donated by Betty Vag-gelas is a place for memorials, letting go,

saying goodbye, and greeting new life. Betty Beverley, member since 1994, had

grandson Hunter baptized recently.

Thank you to the great team at 5th

Avenue Jewellery from Pacific Fair,

for your auction with all proceeds

to Paradise Kids.

Support Mireille Allan in 2013 Gold Coast Air-port Mara-thon with all proceeds to Paradise Kids.

www.everydayhero.com.au/mallan.

Thank you to Drupal Group for creating a

new data recording CRM and website for

Hopewell and Paradise Kids.

Thanks Bronnie Bell for your wonderful

work with the website for so many years.

Elvis Concert with Dean

Vegas, 21 June at 7.30 p.m.

at Southport RSL . Tickets $25

Phone Mireille on 5574 6853.

A Candlelight Memorial Ser-

vice was held in the Hospice

Chapel on Sunday 19 May.

The lives of 51 beautiful souls were cele-brated. The staff and volunteers created a most beautiful, sacred ceremony for fam-ily and friends. Thank you all for such a memorable occasion.

This kind of Palliative Care Service, created in love and with the participation of all, is what sets Hopewell apart as a place of hospitality, healing and grace.

Thank you Betty Vaggelas for donating

the Hospice Chapel, and your dream

come true, Paradise Kids Home.

Vocal Performance Class and Showcase, with Elisa James at PK - Singing, Move-ment, Acting. Individual coaching available now. Group work Mondays 3.30-5.00 p.m., ages 7-11; and 5.00-6.30 p.m. 12-17. Date TBA. $120.00 for 8-week course and show-case presentation. To enrol, call: 0437 536 333 or email: info@elisajames.com. Refer to www.elisajames.com.

Paradise Kids Annual Golf Day Emerald Lakes Golf Course, Fri, 27 Sept.

Contact Ken Morris, 0428 810 460.

Hospice grounds and chapel lit by Marian and Team for Memorial Service.

A huge Thank You to Ladybirdz, and Jilly

at EEV Fashions, Sanctuary Cove.

Thank you to Karen Plant and her team of

wonderful women, and

Di Skelly for her magnificent painting of

the life of Black Caviar for Paradise Kids.

Hopewell News Grateful thanks to Purchase Credit Pty Ltd for your ongoing generous support.

Thank you Gold Coast Community Fund for our new shade sails

Thanks to the Flannery Foundation for your donation .

Thank you to Message Media for your donation to Paradise Kids and sponsorship of our SMS texting program.

The Annual “Cocktails and Couture” Event will be held on 21 September at the Arts Centre—this is always a fabulous night out—book early!

Thanks to Australasian Order of Old Bastards for including Paradise Kids as a beneficiary at their lunch on 5 July.

Thanks to Carolyn Groves and her team who ran the successful Garage Sale.

Gold Coast Women in Tourism have made Paradise Kids their preferred charity for 2013.

Thanks to Rotary Club of Southport for the donation of the new coffee machine for Simply Divine Café.

Thank you to Aromas for your loyal ongoing support to Simply Divine Café—all proceeds from the Café go towards Paradise Kids.

Hopewell Outreach Service is now providing care in the community for those who are palliative and who need emotional, social and spiritual support.

The Women’s Group has 11-17 members each Friday—Woman Power!

Paradise Kids has placed 90 children in Term 2 Grief and Loss Support Groups, with 75 parents and carers in their groups, and 58 volunteers. What an effort!

PK Volunteers contribute over 2,100 hours per term or the equivalent of 54 full-time 40-hour working weeks! Wonderful Buddy Work!

The Illness Support Holiday House has had 2 families so far this year, with 6 on the waiting list.

The Skiller Family, whose daughter died 2weeks after visiting the Holiday House has donated $200 to PK and will contribute quarterly—what a beautiful grace-filled family. Farewell Miette.

Please sign up for workplace giving for Hopewell or PK, or for $10.00 be-come a Friend of Hopewell. Your regular donation is needed to help us con-tinue our excellent services through Hopewell Hospice and Paradise Kids.

We are building up a support base of people willing to donate $20.00 per month, by Direct Deposit or Ezi-debit. This is classic “People Power.” See the last page of this Newsletter or go to www.paradisekids.org.au.

Explorations in Worship & Spirituality

on Sunday 7 July and the first Sunday of

each month, 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

All Welcome.

Hospice Staff and Volunteers — providing Health Care with Heart at “Party Central”

the Hopewell Dining Room.

Thank you to Geoff Smith who

ran a Byron Katie Workshop for 25

participants and donated his

time and all proceeds to Para-

dise Kids. Next Workshop is Sat,

28 September.

Thank you Christine for volunteering in the

Café and helping organize the wonderful

coffee

machine

and fan

donated

by

Southport

Rotary

Club.

PK Sponsors enjoying the Luncheon Carolyn and Caitlyn Groves relaxing after the Garage Sale.

Farewell to our beloved community member, Robert Hannon who brought his questing mind into our Worship and Spirituality group for many years. Despite cancer, a heart transplant and blindness, Robert showed a vibrant loving spirit and has written a book “Journey to Freedom through a New Spirituality.” Phone Ian on 5574 6853 to order a copy. Lillian and Robert, we love you both always.

Christmas in July Hospice Resident, Glenys Klementsen, planned a Xmas in July but didn’t live to fulfil her dream.

Let’s get together to keep her dream alive on Friday 19 July for a Simply Divine Christmas Feast in the PK Training Room. Cost: $25.00.

Hopewell Hospice & Paradise Kids Donation Form Registered Charity 1194

Please find enclosed a Tax Deductible Donation payable to Hopewell Hospice or Paradise Kids

Donation Amount: $ Cash Credit Card Cheque (Number) Name on Tax Deductible Receipt: Signature:

Address:

Postcode:

Email: Phone:

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Card Number: CVV2 or CCV2 Code on back of card

Expiry Date: [Card details are destroyed once payment is processed]

Credit Card and Cheque Donations can be mailed to PO Box 1290 Runaway Bay Qld 4216 Cash donations can be made by visiting the Hopewell and Paradise Kids Centre at 88 Allied Drive Arundel Qld 4214

EZI DONATE to Hopewell/ Paradise Kids Please complete the entire form and Fax back to (07) 5563 3139 or drop off at Reception; or Email a scanned copy to enquiries@paradisekids.org.au; or Post to PO Box 1290, Runaway Bay, QLD 4216

Sign up to Support Hopewell Hospice and Paradise Kids Australia By signing up through EZIDEBIT, your payment takes place automatically

and you receive a receipt for your Tax Deductible Donation To connect with EZIDEBIT, go to www.paradisekids.org.au / Make a Donation/ Donate to Gold Coast: https://secure.ezidebit.com.au/

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