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About the Foundation
Starship Children’s Health cares for nearly 100,000 from across New Zealand and the Pacific each year. The Starship Foundation is a charity set up to provide additional equipment, support and help to patients, their families and staff - as an extra to state funding. This is only possible through the generosity of people like you and the strength of your support of Starship Children's Hospital.
With the support of donors, we have been able to boost many different areas of child health - from antenatal and newborn services through to other complex services like intensive care, heart, cancer and neurosurgery. We also apply funds to paediatric research and community projects which aim to keep children healthy and happy.
But it's not all about big pieces of equipment or high-tech units. We use donated airpoints to help staff with ongoing medical education and to help take patients' minds off their illnesses, we supply televisions, videos and DVDs to the wards, as well as musical and play equipment. And 2009 has seen the launch of our Mobile Phone Appeal where you can send in your old, unused phones to Starship, which are then refurbished and on-sold. Read more about this project here.
We are also proud to have refurbished Starship's central atrium in the heart of the hospital, themed around a New Zealand Rainforest. It offers a calming area away from the busy and often stressful clinical areas. And the newly rebuild Oncology Ward will help children with cancer recover with the dignity and privacy they deserve.
Valued supporters and donors help the Starship Foundation make a significant difference to the lives of seriously ill children. Funds are raised through a number of ways, including:
The team at the Starship Foundation is committed to making the impossible possible for children's health - but we couldn't do it without our generous supporters. Thank you for any help you can give us!
Starship Foundation is a registered charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005 - Registration number: CC24272 |
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