Monday July 27th was the first day on deck for the new CEO of Hospice Whanganui, Davene Vroon. Davene was appointed to the position after the retirement of Karen Anderson, who had been in the CEO’s chair for 14 and a half years. Karen had signalled her retirement late last year and then with the sudden and sweeping changes brought …
Awareness Week
An opportunity to celebrate and share the key messages which underpin and define the Hospice service, in acknowledgment of Hospice Awareness Week.
Our shops are open!
We’re delighted to let you know that our three retail stores are again open for business now that we are at level 2. Tawa Street, Duncan Street and the Boutique are trading Monday-Friday on slightly altered hours, 9:30am to 3:30pm. From May 23rd Tawa Street will resume Saturday trading from 9:30am to 1pm. From May 30th Wanganui East will resume …
UPDATED! Saturday March 28th. Information for visitors and supporters of Hospice Whanganui.
The safety and wellbeing of Hospice Whanganui’s patients, families, staff and volunteers is our first priority. UPDATED: Saturday March 28th, 5pm Hello everyone, just an update on where we’re at. We hope you and all in your bubble are safe and well and stay that way. 🙂 Our Hospice Inpatient Unit has now closed for the duration of the lockdown, …
Tree of Remembrance Cheque from Farmers
Hospices throughout the country have once again been overwhelmed and humbled by the support from Farmers Department Stores and their customers in the lead up to Christmas. More than $759,000 was donated towards the end of 2019. This is the sixth year that Farmers has raised funds for Hospice and to date has generated more than $4.2M to help keep …
Spending Spree Raffle winners
Drawn this morning by one of the Lasses-in-Blue at the Whanganui Police Station, we have the four winners of our Spending Spree Raffle! Each winner has a $250 shopping card to unleash with in the store of their choice! Thank you to Z, The Warehouse, Mitre 10 MEGA and New World (all in Wanganui) and to everyone for supporting our …
We have Christmas Cake winners!
Congrats to the winner of our first fabulous Christmas Cake, R O’Brien, with ticket number 175! There’s a whole lotta cake in there, so I hope you and your family enjoy every last bite!! The winner of the first of our beautiful glazed Christmas Cakes is Mary with lucky ticket number 62. There’s more to come so pop in and …
The Hospice Christmas Bauble
Copy the link to go to our Facebook page and see the story of Spencer Bellas, the artist and creator of the design for this year’s Christmas Bauble, available through Farmers Department stores. It’s a beautiful design and Spencer’s story is heartfelt and meaningful and was the inspiration for him to create this year’s design. You’ll need to scroll a …
What’s New?
Find out in Heart & Soul, our December newsletter! We’re happy to keep you up to date with Hospice happenings via our newsletter and that update kicks off with a message from Dr Andrew Zimmerman, our Board of Trustees Chairman… There’s a whole swag of things to catch up with in this issue. There are stories with a patient/practice/clinical focus, …
Lights in the Sky!
A little pictorial round-up of the night when the lights hit the sky over Cooks Gardens.