eKourier Jan 2019

CHARITY

A Network Of Support For Children’s Health

Fair Game

Michael Bradshaw Centre Manager for Macquarie Park, with the next shipment to Labasa Fiji.

A hospital in the agricultural town of Labasa, on the island of Vanua Levu Fiji, which is still struggling to build up its resources after a fire that occurred many years ago will soon benefit from a shipment of medical neo-natal equipment through the Medical Repurposing Network’s (MRN) Care4Kids’ Health-Fiji project. The Network channels unwanted medical equipment from Australian hospitals to neighbouring communities in need. “The equipment is donated, people support with storage, and shipment that guarantees delivery ‘on the smell of an oily rag’,” says Wayne Leathem, MRN Director. MRN first heard about the Labasa Hospital need through a connec- tion with Mark McElrath, the Ronald

McDonald House foundation contact in Fiji. Marc has assisted with the delivery of other Neonatal equipment in the past, the last shipment being to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Fiji. Regular contributors, the Mater Hospital (North Sydney) Maternity Unit provided a neo-natal humidicrib and Cosy Cot and the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network donated patient monitors and thermal lamps used with newborn children. Kennards Self Storage is a long-term supporter of the Medical Repurposing Network through an ongoing donation of free storage space at Macquarie Park, where donated items are held until there is enough to warrant a shipment. Sharon Munro Executive Assistant to the MD

Fair Game Australia is a grass- roots not-for-profit organisation that inspires healthy communities through donating recycled sports equipment, using it as a tool to deliver health and fitness education programs. KSS at Hoxton Park is proudly donating space for Fair Game Sydney, for the collected sports equipment before it’s placed with communities and programs who have asked for their services. Donating sports equipment is at the heart of what they do. It allows Fair Game to educate young Australians, improve access to sport equipment, reduce waste and improve the health and lives of children in under serviced communities. For more information about Fair Game Australia or if you know a community who may like their services, visit www.fairgame.org.au Sharon Munro Executive Assistant to the MD

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