March 2013: Family Easter Gift Box Competition
CKSN had an Easter Gift Box to give away to one lucky CKSN Family.
Our Easter Gift Box contained:
Hop DVD, Ice Age 4 Continental Drift DVD, 4 x DVD Box Set for Mum and Dad – Bridget Jones’s Diary, Love Actually, The Holiday and Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason, Easter Bunny Soft Toys, Easter Egg Hunt Kit, 3D Easter Bunny Activity Kit, Drumming Bunny, Easter Chicks, Glitter Eggs and an Easter Fun Activity Book and Stickers.
Congratulations to our Winners – Riley, Emma, Danae and Dan.
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February 2013: Lalaloopsy Dolls Competition
CKSN had two Lalaloopsy Dolls to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
These included the Crumbs Sugar Cookie Lalaloopsy Large Soft Doll – Crumbs Sugar Cookie was once a rag doll who magically came to life when her very last stitch was sewn. She’s super-sweet, has perfect manners and loves inviting friends over for tea and treats.
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The Harmony B. Sharp Mini Lalaloopsy Doll – She’s a natural entertainer who likes to be on stage. She can do it all – act, dance and sing – even if she sometimes misses a note or two! Harmony B. Sharp also comes with her own stage!
Congratulations to our Winner – Ava.
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February 2013: The Trash Pack Kit Competition
CKSN had a Trash Pack Kit to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
The kit included = a Trash Pack of 12 Trashies plus 2 Special Edition Mouldy Trashies, a Trash Pack of 6 Trashies and Liquid Ooze plus a Trash Pack Collector’s Case.
A total of 20 Trashies.
Congratulations to our Winner – Jayden.
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2 December 2012 – CKSN Christmas Party
This year our CKSN Families enjoyed a Dino-Claus Christmas Party with a visit to the Queensland Museum’s extremely popular Explore-a-saurus Exhibition, lunch in the Collectors Café on the terrace and after lunch we explored the wonders of the Museum … all courtesy of CKSN.
Every child also received a Dino-Claus Christmas Gift Box full of goodies.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Party – 55 of you – you all made the day so much fun – it was fantastic!!
A special thank you to CKSN Volunteer Andréa for helping me organise the party (Andréa works at the Museum) and for creating the Dino-claus graphic for the invitation, CKSN Volunteer Denise who raised funds for CKSN when she entered the Bridge to Brisbane Run which helped with the cost, Andréa’s Mum, Dale, for making those wonderful dinosaur cakes and cupcakes and Andréa fiancé, Druce, for helping on the day – it was very, very much appreciated!
Also, many thanks to the wonderful staff at the Qld Museum who were so very helpful and courteous.
See you all next year!
Lyndal and the CKSN Team
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October 2012: The Muppets Gift Pack Competition
CKSN had a Muppets Gift Pack to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
Goodies in the Muppets Gift Pack included:
* T-shirt
* Cap
* Lunch Bag
* Pencil Case
* Notebook Set and Gift Box
* Miss Piggy and Kermit Bag
* Coin Purse
* Bookmarks
* Stickers
* Mobile Strap
This Gift Pack was very generously donated by Sonya Bowles and her family – thank you so much Sonya!
Congratulations to our Winner: Adam.
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September 2012: Donation of 3 iPads for our Kidney Kids
CKSN would like to send a huge thank you to Marjorie Ward and Edith Harris for raising funds to purchase 3 iPads for our Kidney Kids.
Marj and Edie are both undergoing Haemodialysis at the Henry Dalziel VC Dialysis Centre at the Greenslopes Hospital and after Marj read an article about CKSN in the Kidney Support Network’s newsletter she and Edie set out to raise funds for our Kidney Kids.
Marj is an enthusiastic quilter and when she attended her next Queensland Quilters Inc Meeting she spoke about CKSN and raised $595 on that day!
Since then we have received more donations and in total the very generous ladies of the Queensland Quilters have donated $700 to CKSN, as well as a beautiful quilt for us to use as a raffle prize.
Meanwhile, Edie was busily raising funds at her retirement village, The Village at Yeronga, and through her friends and family.
Altogether Marj and Edie raised enough money to purchase 3 iPads for our Kidney Kids plus more funds for our programs!
These iPads will be used by children when they are undergoing Haemodialysis, as well as those visited by a CKSN Volunteer when they are admitted to hospital.
We are so very grateful for all this wonderful support, generosity and kindness.
Many thanks to Marj and your husband Graeme, Edie and your husband Roy, and the very generous ladies at the Queensland Quilters Inc and the residents and staff at The Village at Yeronga, the patients at the Greenslopes Hospital Dialysis Unit and the many others for your support – you are truly our Kidney Kids Heroes!
(Pictured: Top – Edith Harris and Marjorie Ward with their CKSN Certificates of Appreciation; and Bottom – Marjorie Ward and Lyn Crump, Vice President of the Queensland Quilters Inc, with her CKSN Certificate of Appreciation.)
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September 2012: Children’s Movie Days
The Rotary Club of Toowong hosted its 9th Annual Children’s Movie Days at the Eldorado Cinema Indooroopilly and very generously donated free movie tickets for our Kidney Kids and their families.
Three movies were screened on each day – Saturday, 15 September 2012 and Sunday, 16 September 2012.
The movie choices were – Brave, Ice Age 4 and The Three Stooges.
Our families had a wonderful time!
Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Toowong for support CKSN – it is very much appreciated.
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July 2012: Brave Merida Doll Competition
CKSN had a Brave Merida Doll to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
“With her fiery red hair and the spirit to match, Merida finds the courage to save her mother from a mysterious curse…and creates her own destiny along the way!”
This Brave Merida Doll brings the character to life in a beautiful, sparkling fashion inspired by the Disney/Pixar movie Brave.
Congratulations to our Winner: Mia.
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July 2012: The Amazing Spider-Man Model Competition
CKSN had an Amazing Spider-Man Model to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
“No matter how big the threat, The Amazing Spider-Man is always ready to fight crime with a powerful blast from his launching web missile.”
This Amazing Spider-Man Model has lights and sounds with three different web missiles – Spider Tech, Hyper-Power and Webzooka.
Congratulations to our Winner: Blake.
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June 2012: Puss in Boots DVD Competition
CKSN had copies of the Puss in Boots DVD to give away to 2 lucky CKSN Kidney Kids.
Synopsis: Years before meeting Shrek and Donkey, the adorable but tricky Puss in Boots must clear his name from all charges making him a wanted fugitive. While trying to steal magic beans from the infamous criminals, Jack and Jill, the hero crosses paths with his female match, Kitty Softpaws, who leads Puss to his old friend, but now enemy, Humpty Dumpty. Memories of friendship and betrayal enlarge Puss’s doubt, but he eventually agrees to help the egg get the magic beans. Together the three plan to steal the beans, get to the Giant’s castle, nab the golden goose and clear Puss’s name.
Congratulations to our Winners: Blake and Robbie.
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May 2012: Smiggle Gift Pack Competition
CKSN had a Smiggle Gift Pack to give away to 2 lucky CKSN Kidney Kids - a Green Smiggle Gift Pack and a Purple Smiggle Gift Pack.
Each Smiggle Gift Pack contained:
* 1 x Pen cup
* 1 x Pyramid Hardtop Pencil Case
* 1 x Liquid Chalk
* 1 x Flip Out Notebook
* 1 x Swirl Pen
* 1 x Jelly Snake Eraser
* 1 x Big Badge
* 1 x Exband
Congratulations to our Winners: Emma and Maddison.
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April 2012: Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride DVD Competition
CKSN had copies of the Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride DVD to give away to three lucky CKSN Kidney Kids.
Synopsis: Simba and Nala have a daughter, Kiara. Timon and Pumbaa are assigned to be her babysitters but she easily escapes their care and ventures into the forbidden lands. There she meets a lion cub named Kovu and they become friends. What she and her parents do not know is that Kovu is the son of Zira – a banished follower of the now-dead Scar. She plans to raise Kovu to overthrow Simba and become the king of the Pride Lands. This tests not only Kiara and Kovu’s relationship as they mature, but Simba’s relationship with his daughter.
Congratulations to our Winners: Alexandria, Grace and Rhian.
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April 2012: Hopping into Easter Fun with CKSN
With plenty of Easter crafts to me made, baskets of gifts and donning Easter Bunny Ears, the CKSN Team celebrated Easter with our Kidney Kids at the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Haemodialysis Unit. Our craft project was for each child to make and decorate their very own Easter Bunny Ears. Every child also received Easter gifts – plush bunnies, ‘fluro glow’ chicks and ‘bling’ bunny ears. It really did look as if the Easter Bunny had arrived early with everyone wearing their Easter Bunny Ears and playing with their gifts.
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March 2012: The Smurfs Movie DVD Competition
CKSN had copies of The Smurfs Movie DVD to give away to three lucky CKSN Kidney Kids.
Synopsis: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours – in fact, smack dab in the middle of New York’s Central Park! The Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Congratulations to our Winners: Caitlin, Mason and Patrick.
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March 2012: CKSN’s Activity Programs – Haemodialysis Unit
CKSN has launched our Activity Programs for the children undergoing Haemodialysis at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane.
Our Activity Programs are designed to provide these Kidney Kids with some fun and laughter, an opportunity to be a little creative, keep their mind active and help pass the time.
We have had a great response to this program and the CKSN Team has some fantastic ideas for our upcoming visits every Friday.
Last Friday was ‘Funky Hat Friday’ where all of us wore funky hats whilst we played card games, coloured in and read 3D books.
Throughout the year we will be celebrating different events and festivals e.g. Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Christmas etc with craft projects and activities, as well as organising ‘special guests’ to provide entertainment.
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February 2012: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever book
CKSN had copies of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever book to give away to three lucky CKSN Kidney Kids.
Synopsis: Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?
Congratulations to our Winners: Angus, Maddison and Nicholas.
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January 2012: Zookeeper DVD Competition
CKSN had copies of the Zookeeper DVD to give away to three lucky CKSN Kidney Kids.
Synopsis: In Zookeeper, Kevin James plays Griffin Keyes, a kind-hearted zookeeper at the Franklin Park Zoo who is convinced the only way to get a girl in his life is to quit his job. The zoo animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honoured rule of not talking to humans and teach Griffin the ways of the wild so he can win back the woman of his dreams and stay at the zoo. This comedy also includes the voices of Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and Cher.
Congratulations to our Winners: Jessica, Riley and Lily.
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December 2011: Children’s Circus Spectacular
The Qld Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association hosted its 4th Annual Children’s Circus Spectacular and donated tickets for our Kidney Kids.
This Children’s Circus Spectacular is designed for those children who are sick or disadvantaged, as well as their families, and provides the chance to enjoy a fantastic day at the Circus. As each performance is a non-animal performance, it is suitable for all ages. The Circus includes acrobatics, high wire trapeze, clowns, comedy and more.
Dates: Saturday, 17 December and Sunday, 18 December
Many thanks to the Qld Police Citizens Youth Association for support CKSN.
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December 2011: The Wiggles Big Birthday Show
CKSN would like to thank The Wiggles for very generously donating tickets to their The Wiggles Big Birthday Show.
Date: Sunday, 11 December
Our families had a fantastic time!
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November 2011: CKSN Christmas Morning Tea
CKSN held its first Christmas Morning Tea at 10:00am on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 at the Melange Cafe, Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane.
It was a great opportunity to meet and catch up with parents and children, have a chat and enjoy a delectable morning tea and, of course, plenty of presents.
Thank you to all those families who came along – it was a fantastic morning!
And thank you to John Bartlett, General Manager, Melange Cafe who ensured that we were well looked after.
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November 2011: Arthur Christmas Movie Tickets
CKSN had 10 Family Passes (each Family Pass consists of 4 Tickets) to a Special Preview Screening of the fantastic family movie Arthur Christmas to give away.
The Special Preview Screening was at 3:00pm on Sunday, 20 November 2011 at the Event Cinemas Indooroopilly, Indooroopilly Shoppingtown, Brisbane.
Synopsis: Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child’s question: ‘So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?’. The answer: Santa’s exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa’s youngest son looks to use his father’s high-tech operation for an urgent mission. But at the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic – a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
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September 2011: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Competition
CKSN had Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVDs and books to give away to our Kidney Kids.
First Prize was a copy of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules DVD and a copy of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Journal. Second Prize was a copy of the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD. And 5 Runner-Up Winners each received a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book.
Congratulations to our Winners: Nicholas, Alexandria, Maddison, Shanae, Grace, Alicia and Duwarl.
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September 2011: Donation of Board Games and Cards to the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane
The CKSN Team donated board games and cards to the children in the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
These games and cards will definitely help to pass the time whilst they are on the dialysis machines – and have lots of fun as well!
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September 2011: The Smurfs in 3D Movie Tickets
CKSN had 5 Family Special Preview Screening Passes (20 tickets) as well as 5 In Season Family Passes (20 tickets) to The Smurfs in 3D movie to give away to our families.
The Special Preview Screening was at 2.30pm on Sunday, 4 September 2011 at the Event Cinemas Chermside, Westfield Shopping Centre Chermside. The In Season Passes can be used at any participating cinemas.
Synopsis: Audiences everywhere are in for a Smurfy good time as the Smurfs make their first 3D trip to the big screen in Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation’s hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours – in fact, smack dab in the middle of New York’s Central Park. The Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
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August 2011: Zookeeper Movie Tickets
CKSN had 10 Family Passes (40 tickets) to attend a Special Preview Screening of the fantastic family comedy movie Zookeeper to give away to our families.
The Special Preview Screening was at 10.30am on Sunday, 28 August 2011 at the Birch, Carroll and Coyle Garden City Megaplex cinema.
Synopsis: In Zookeeper, Kevin James plays Griffin Keyes, a kind-hearted zookeeper at the Franklin Park Zoo who is convinced the only way to get a girl in his life is to quit his job. The zoo animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honoured rule of not talking to humans and teach Griffin the ways of the wild so he can win back the woman of his dreams and stay at the zoo. This comedy also includes the voices of Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and Cher.
It was a great morning –and a great movie.
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July 2011: Donation of a portable DVD Player to the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane
The CKSN Team donated a portable DVD player to the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital. In the past, to watch DVDs the children had to borrow a DVD player from the Wonder Factory at the hospital and this was not always available. So now our kidney kids can watch any of the 40 DVDs we have previously donated at any time!
This is what Jo Jones, CNC Renal Co ordinator, Royal Children’s Hospital & Mater Children’s Hospital, had to say about our donations:
“I would like to thank the Childhood Kidney Support Network for the very generous donation of DVD movies for our families to watch whilst receiving Haemodialysis and now the portable DVD player. The movies have been very popular with our regular children, they are slowly working their way through them. Most recently one of our children aged 3 and new to dialysis, was feeling very nervous throughout his treatment. It was fantastic to be able to select his absolute favourite movie ‘Cars’ for him to watch and enjoy. Thank you again for your kindness.”
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June 2011: Gnomeo and Juliet DVD Competition
CKSN had a copy of the Gnomeo and Juliet DVD to give away to one lucky CKSN Kidney Kid.
Gnomeo and Juliet is an animated version of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, where garden gnomes Gnomeo (voice of James McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Emily Blunt) are would-be lovers from rival garden-based families. The neighbouring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love.
Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbours. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
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May 2011: Children’s Circus Spectacular
The Lions Club of Brisbane MacGregor hosted its 9th Annual Children’s Circus Spectacular and donated tickets for our Kidney Kids.
This Children’s Circus Spectacular is designed for those children who are sick or disadvantaged, as well as their families, and provides the chance to enjoy a fantastic day at the Circus. As each performance is a non-animal performance, it is suitable for all ages. The Circus includes acrobatics, high wire trapeze, clowns, comedy and more.
Dates: Friday, 13 May, Saturday, 14 May and Sunday, 15 May
Many thanks to the Lions Club of Brisbane MacGregor for support CKSN.
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April 2011: Donation of 40 DVDs to the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane
In April the CKSN Team donated a box of DVDs to the Dialysis Unit and the High Dependency Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane.
There were 40 DVDs in total and we would like to send a very big Thank You to Randal from JB Hi-Fi MacArthur Chambers Brisbane who very generously offered CKSN a fantastic discount on some of the DVDs. Your support Randal was invaluable.
Many thanks also to Kay Schafer, CEO of the Kidney Support Network and Susan Blyth, Operations Manager of the Kidney Support Network, Jo Jones, CNC Renal, Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane and Melinda O’Neill, Dialysis Unit Royal Children’s Hospital, for joining us for the fun on the day.
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April 2011: The Stuart Little 3 DVD Collection Competition
CKSN had 2 copies of The Stuart Little 3 DVD Collection to give away to 2 lucky Kidney Kids. This classic complete movie collection includes all of Stuart’s great adventures – the original hit Stuart Little, the sensational sequel Stuart Little 2 and his biggest adventure yet, Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild. The DVD collection is packed with special features and hours of entertainment for the whole family.
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April 2011: Easter at Royal Children’s Hospital Renal Clinic
CKSN Team’s display table was bursting with glitter decorated Easter Eggs and yellow chicks to give away to the children and parents who were there on the day.
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April 2011: Donation of Activities for Dialysis Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital
CKSN donated pages and pages of colouring pages as well as a huge box of colouring pens, pencils and crayons to the Dialysis Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
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December 2010: Christmas at Royal Children’s Hospital Renal Clinic
CKSN Team celebrated Christmas at the Royal Children’s Hospital where everyone created their own Christmas Bauble to take home and place on their tree. With red, green, purple, blue and silver baubles to choose from and heaps of Christmas stickers for decorations.
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October 2010: Halloween at Royal Children’s Hospital Renal Clinic
CKSN Team celebrated Halloween at the Royal Children’s Hospital with Witches Hats, glow wands and wind-up ghost and pumpkin toys to give away to those children and parents who were there on the days.
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September 2010: Despicable Me Movie Tickets
NBC Universal has very generously donated tickets for our CKSN families to attend a Special Preview Screening of the fantastic animated family movie Despicable Me. This animated movie stars Steve Carell, Jason Segal and Russell Brand and told the story of a criminal mastermind who uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme and then finds himself profoundly changed by the growing love between them.
Many thanks to Wendy Calder from NBC Universal who very generously donated free movie tickets to our families for a Special Preview of Despicable Me. It was a great morning – everyone had a fantastic time – thank you Wendy for the donation of movie tickets and supporting CKSN.
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October 2009: Halloween at Royal Children’s Hospital Renal Clinic
On Friday, 30 October 2009 the CKSN Team celebrated Halloween at the Royal Children’s Hospital with our morning tea in the renal clinic. A warm welcome to all those parents and children who were there on the day, it was great to meet you all. We enjoyed a chat, a coffee, biscuits and the very popular Halloween ‘Body Parts’ Lollies – a huge hit with the kids!! Also a very big thank you to Jo Jones, CNC Renal, who helped make the day a success.
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September 2009: Visits to the Renal Clinic at the Royal Children’s Hospital
The CKSN Team has been having a great time visiting the Children’s Renal Clinics at the Royal Children’s Hospital over the past months. It has been such a pleasure meeting parents and their children and chatting about the services we offer.
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August 2009: Kidney Kids Create Cupcakes! Cupcakes…tubs of icing…sprinkles…100s and 1000s…balloons – it could only mean one thing – the launch of the Childhood Kidney Support Network
Fun was had by all at the Mater Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane when CKSN conducted their Kidney Kids Create Cupcakes Day. Kidney kids, their parents, nurses, doctors and medical staff enjoyed a great day decorating (and eating!) cupcakes. Whilst the children were very busy spreading icing on cakes, the CKSN team was spreading the word about the network and its services.
A very big thank you to CKSN mums, Simone and Vicki, their families and friends who donated a laptop to the hospital for the use of kidney kids and their parents during their stays in hospital.
Pictured: Volunteers Vicki and her daughter Gabrielle 11, Simone and her son Joshua 22 months and Lyndal at the Mater Children’s Hospital.
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