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Auxiliary plays major role

 

Woy Woy Hospital Auxiliary has raised $18,750 of a total of $128,000 donated to Central Coast Health by local hospital auxiliaries.

Central Coast Health's area director of nursing, Ms Jenny Becker, has praised the six auxiliaries for their fundraising efforts.

Speaking at the Long Jetty auxiliary's annual meeting, Ms Becker said: "Every year at this time, starting with Ourimbah and finishing with Long Jetty, the hospital auxiliaries hold their annual meetings and announce the amount of funds donated to our hospitals during the year.

"This is a tremendous result for the auxiliaries and our hospitals and this wonderful group of volunteers is to be congratulated.

"Through their hard work and generosity, we have been able to purchase medical items including beds, wheel chairs, and endoscopy sterilization equipment, and to help areas such as our Cancer Care Centres and Wyong Dialysis Unit."

Over the last five years, the auxiliaries had raised a total of $547,396, Ms Becker said.

Central Coast auxiliaries had about 215 members, with Woy Woy the largest with 60 members.

Anyone interested in joining a hospital auxiliary can contact Central Coast Health on 4320 2803 for information.

Press release, August 21