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27 September 2024
Reading is no silly subject
To celebrate book week, Gin Gin Hospital was involved in Paint Gin Gin REaD an early literacy community program that encourages the whole community to read, sing, talk, draw and move.
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29 May 2024
Making Hospital Visits Warmer with Compassion and Essentials
A change of clothes, clean undies, or a comb might not seem like much, but it can make all the difference to someone experiencing an unexpected hospital stay.
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29 May 2024
Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Seeks New Volunteers
Volunteer Services coordinator Kim Hanns says she has the best job! A typical day for the volunteer coordinator involves engaging with the community, coordinating donations, training new volunteers, and working closely with hospital wards to
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29 May 2024
Finding Purpose after loss: Neville's story of healing through service
Neville manages the library cart at Hervey Bay Hospital, weaving through the busy halls with a warmth that belies his own struggles.
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29 May 2024
A World of Volunteering Opportunities
Sally Chandler thinks everyone is a winner when it comes to volunteering. She works as a supportive therapy volunteer handing out drinks and snacks or pulling up a chair for a chat while patients are receiving infusions at Maryborough Hospital.
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28 May 2024
WBHHS Health Hero - Brad Shultz
I visit all possible patients with ongoing heart conditions, ranging from heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery (from pre-op to post-op), as I myself had a STEMI heart attack followed by bypass surgery at the age of 53.
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28 May 2024
Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy
Sandra Nagel’s journey into chaplaincy began in the early 2000s when she volunteered at the Fraser Coast Palliative Care Service (FCPCS).
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28 May 2024
Geoff's route to drive compassionate kilometres
Geoff is a self-proclaimed chatter, which helps make him an excellent volunteer patient driver in Bundaberg.
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28 May 2024
Meet Bundaberg Hospital's biggest smile
When Judy Stubbs says she greets everyone who enters Bundaberg Hospital with a big smile she isn’t exaggerating.
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28 May 2024
Finding Purpose after loss: Neville's story of healing through service
Neville manages the library cart at Hervey Bay Hospital, weaving through the busy halls with a warmth that belies his own struggles.