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In this Issue:
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COUCH requires some
helpers to sell raffle tickets outside the
IGA store at Pease Street on Tues 16th and
Sat 20th December and at the IGA store
Edmonton on Thurs 11 Dec and Sat 13
December.
We are raffling a Baroni
scooter donated by Industrial & Marine
Electrics Pty Ltd (see
below).
Express your interest by
clicking here or phone 4041 9474. |
While Parliament
was held in Cairns at the end of October, the COUCH
executive consisting of Charles and Pip Woodward, Bob
McGill and Max and Liz Plummer met with the Premier Anna
Bligh and the Health Minister Stephen Robertson to
discuss the redevelopment of the Cairns Hospital.
Firstly, COUCH has pushed for the
relocation of the present chemotherapy facilities to be
expedited so that the extra 5 chemotherapy chairs which
were committed by the Rudd Government could be
installed. Hopefully this will be brought forward by two
months to mid June. We also discussed the location of
radiotherapy in the new redevelopment and methods of
this being fast tracked. We have also been to meetings
with Queensland Health about the best possible location
and integration of all Cancer Care facilities.
| Yours sincerely
Charles Woodward
Chairman |
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COUCH Capers &
Congratulations
Local Hero Award in Queensland
Congratulations to Liz Plummer on her selection as a
finalist for the Local Hero Award in Queensland.
The Local Hero Award is one of four
categories of the Australian of the Year Awards
program, presented by the National Australia Day
Council in association with state and territory
Australia Day organisations.
The Australian of the Year Awards
acknowledges individuals who inspire national pride
and enrich the lives of their fellow Australians.
Being a finalist for these Awards is a great honour
and Liz is to be congratulated on this achievement.
| Iefje Boissevain held an art
exhibition and charity auction at the
Shangri La Hotel on 31 October. Chris Curtis
from Cairns Coating bought this beautiful
painting and will hang it on her office wall.
Iefje raised $5000 on the evening and donated 1
original painting which sold for $2700 and two
prints of my work as well.
www.underart.com.au
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Iefje is on the left with Chris accepting the
painting and Pip representing COUCH. |
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| Winner of the 9L bottle of
French Veuve Salmanazur Champagne. The
raffle ticket was drawn at Blue Sky Brewery on
the afternoon of Melbourne Cup. Tracey Bryen.
Tracey works at the Woolshed as Manager of
Finance and Administration.
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Tracey is pictured receiving her bottle of
Veuve from Charles. |
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| COUCH was
pleased to receive a call from Philip
Wish-Wilson, General Manager of Industrial &
Marine Electrics Pty Ltd located in Portsmith,
Cairns. They donated a beautiful yellow
Baroni scooter and COUCH looking for people
to help us sell raffle tickets at IGA stores.
Express your interest by
clicking here. |
Baroni Scooter |
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| Industrial and Marine
Electrics Pty Ltd is a Cairns-based (since
1976) electrical manufacturing and contracting
firm with around 85 employees, which is now part
of the Bilfinger Berger Services Group. It
services the mining, utilities, marine, sugar,
tourism, resident development and commercial
construction industries with clients ranging
from top 100 ASX listed companies, major
international mining companies, Commonwealth and
State Government corporations, agencies and
departments, through to local councils, sugar
mills, resort operators, builders, developers,
fishing operators and small businesses. |
Philip from Industrial and Marine Electrics
Pty Ltd |
For
more information on fundraising activities click here
Alternatively you can
email
info@couch.org.au
Donations to COUCH
Direct donations can be made to Far
North Queensland Hospital Foundation who will send out a
Deductible Tax Gift receipt. Please provide your name
and address when you complete the direct deposit.
Suncorp, Cairns
BSB 484 799
Account 001633222 |
