Hospice News March 2015

This newsletter is sponsored by ‘Mrs Pickle’ raises funds for Hospice

Ruth Wrack has dedicated Hospice took care of Harry’s medical Ruth says that her signature preserve is needs through specialised palliative care a zucchini pickle that she has perfected herself to making jams and nurses and doctors. over 10 years of making it as a farmer’s pickles for Hospice Waikato. “The Hospice nurse made him wife when they lived in the King Country. feel comfortable at home, we had a Although Harry had a sweet tooth and Over the past three years Ruth specialised lazy boy in the lounge that liked Ruth’s jams the best, pickles were estimates that her volunteer pickling, jam they loaned us,” says Ruth. what she has become known for, largely making and preserving has raised over Harry passed away in July 2012 due to the abundance of cucumbers $15,000 for Hospice. and Ruth has continued to whip up and zucchinis she grows each year. “I am Ruth started her fundraising mission thousands of delicious home-made jams, known as ‘Mrs Pickle,’” she laughs. in 2011 when Hospice began looking marmalades, chutneys and pickles that In between cooking for Hospice, Ruth after her husband Harry, who had motor you will often see for sale throughout the also likes to holiday in her motorhome; neurone disease. six Hospice shops. she belongs to a motorhome group “After Harry died I decided I wasn’t where she takes off with friends to going to go sit around, so I went into the various parts of New Zealand. “A lot of my kitchen and made a big batch. I started motorhome friends provide me with jars making more and more to keep me busy and fruit,” says Ruth. and it has grown from there.” Last year Ruth estimates she made The delicious jams and pickles are all over 1200 jars. “It’s been my life saver and made by Ruth from fruit and vegetables a reason to get out of bed,” says Ruth. from her own garden and collected from If you would like to try one of Ruth’s neighbours, friends and both Silverdale delicious jams or pickles pop in to one of Fruit shop and the Big Berry. “I try to stock Hospice’s six retail shops. up during the growing season and freeze it,” says Ruth.

Happy New Year! Welcome to the palliative medicine doctor, social worker, February issue of Hospice News. I hope counsellor and spiritual care coordinator. you have enjoyed the festive season with Trained volunteers also assist with loved ones and are looking forward to the practical support. year ahead. As we look ahead, there are a number of Firstly, I would like to thank you for the trials before us; the year will no doubt have wonderful response we received to its challenges, its delights and hardships our call for donations in our Christmas for all of us. I know I express the thoughts newsletter. The lead up to Christmas of those around me when I say it is the is always a busy time and 2014 was noticeable differences we make to the no exception. We launched a range of lives of patients and families that make our Christmas merchandise and were involved job so worthwhile. in more events than in previous years. With your support you helped us to This year we anticipate more people will achieve a record December for donations be referred to our service along with and fundraising. considerable growth in Rainbow Place. We hope that you will continue to provide Throughout this issue of Hospice News, Last year we cared for more than 900 your generous support and help us care I hope you get a sense of the generous patients with a range of life limiting for people like Ruth and her late husband support that we receive from the many conditions; our care also extends to Harry to receive the treatments and care wonderful people and community groups families/whanau and carers, and is free of they need. whose stories we have highlighted. Thank charge. you for your donations and gifts that allow The majority of this care was delivered Hospice Waikato to continue to care and in people’s homes. This enables patients support patients and their families through to stay at home for as long as they are illness, death and bereavement. Support comfortable: fully supported by a nurse of Hospice Waikato comes in many ways practitioner, clinical nurse specialist and Craig Tamblyn, and we value each and every way. palliative care nurse as well as a visiting Chief Executive

Hospice Cuppa Campaign Wish list There is something special about sharing a cup of tea with We call this our wish list! If you can donate any of loved ones that fits so nicely with Hospice. So gather your these items, we would be very grateful. friends, family and colleagues and host a Cuppa to raise money for Hospice Waikato. Simply ask your guests to join you for a cuppa, bringing a donation with them that goes to Donations of wine for our drinks trolley in IPU Hospice. You are not limited to just a morning tea — there are Canvases - small, medium and large - to be used many ways to show your support; you could host a breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, cocktail party, Mother’s in Creative Therapy Day high tea, drinks after work – Bags of sugar and flour for the Hospice kitchen the options are endless! We will provide you Fabric material for covers on our jams and with a Cuppa Pack, chutneys with Caffe L’affare Small clean jam jars coffee, Dilmah tea, recipes, invites, a Trios of china donation box and decorations to get started. Register at www. hospicecuppa. co.nz to receive your Cuppa Pack today.

2 | Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 | 3 Hospice Waikato to open new Hospice Shop Mega Store on Lake Road

You may have seen recently of quality goods, from clothing, that Hospice Waikato’s Sharyn books and bric-a-brac to Cawood is seeking to form a collectables, vintage and good Seeking energetic volunteers to team of energetic volunteers quality used furniture.” to join her in an exciting new join us in an exciting new project. While the project is in its project. early stages, Sharyn is Retail Positions Sharyn is leading a project hoping to open the first stage Roles available in our Mega Store, Victoria Street, and team which will create what in April this year. “We are Morrinsville Store. Hospice Waikato hopes will looking for people with retail You will be assisting with greeting customers, assisting with be its flagship Hospice Shop. experience, and people to customer enquiries, stocking shelves/racks, keeping the store Located at 72 Lake Road, the help sort clothing. It’s a big tidy, processing transactions through the till and eftpos. new premises offers much operation that we are setting needed warehouse space up here, I will need at least 100 Back of House along with a high profile volunteers,” says Sharyn. Roles available in our Mega Store, Victoria Street, position and plenty of free “This is also a great way for Cambridge store and Morrinsville Store. parking. young people to gain valuable This role assists with the processing and receiving of inwards The new Hospice Shop Mega experience, whether that is goods, stock sorting, preparation of stock and restocking Store will be modelled on a in retail, in our warehouse, shelves. similar successful operation repairing or upcycling of Morning shifts (9.00am-12.30pm) or afternoon shifts (12.30pm- in Whangarei. Hospice furniture or sorting donated 4pm) are available Monday to Friday. Normally you would Waikato’s CEO Craig Tamblyn clothing,” she adds. do one or two shifts per week. You must enjoy says the new Mega Store will “You will be part of a fantastic working as part of a team of volunteers. aim to eventually turnover volunteer team assisting with over around $1million . The creating a new destination Help with the movement of Mega Store will join six other shopping experience, which larger items around the shop Hospice shops in providing will provide a vital new (Hours to suit) - Roles available in vital funding for the operation. revenue stream to help Hamilton Store, Cambridge store “Every dollar generated by support the great work that and Morrinsville store the Hospice shops, help us to Hospice Waikato does in this We are often given furniture and continue to provide quality community.” some large items that will need palliative care and support in moving around the shop, with If you have the energy and our community, free of charge,” the help of trollies we have skills to help Sharyn set up this says Craig. available. exciting new venture, contact: We’re looking for people Project leader Sharyn says, Karen Mansfield who could offer a couple “We are working to position the Volunteer Services Manager of hours a week assisting Mega Store as a place where [email protected] with these. Hospice customers will know 07 859 3832 that they can find a great range

2 | Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 | 3 On track for completion

The Hospice Foundation, Our new building will Board of Trustees, and staff provide us with the facilities are very excited about the we need to meet increasing progress of our Phase Two demands on our services building project. Our builders and the growing number of had a short break over patients we are caring for Christmas and were back on in our community. We have site to complete the project by had a busy couple of years; the original completion date of staff and volunteer numbers early April. We are now nearing have risen significantly as a the end of construction; the result. The new complex will internal framing has been put allow for greater expansion in place, the windows are in into our regions and enable and the insulation and GIB us to provide more services are on the first floor ready to including group therapy and go! Over the next few weeks out-patient clinics, all from our excavation will begin to lower central hub at the Gallagher the ground level in the entire Family Hospice campus. car park to improve drainage. A sincere thank you to possible. Much needed new Hospice This will have a huge impact our wonderful builders Our sincere thanks also to building nearing completion. on everyone visiting the site, Livingstone. Without their the following Trusts who so we thank you in advance for considerable support this have contributed towards the your patience and support. project would not have been building development.

$50,000 $100,000 $10,000 $15,000

Christmas Trees of Remembrance Open home delights guests raising over $17,000.

This Christmas, Raewyn Bayer and Lisa Burroughs didn’t just put one tree up, instead the pair fashioned a three day event whereby over 300 guests entered a whimsical wonderland of extraordinary decorated Christmas trees. Hosted on the banks of the Waikato River, the pair started planning the Christmas- themed open home in March last year and ended up with over 50 artificial, real, and repurposed Christmas trees. What started as a conversation over a glass L-R : Raewyn Bayer, Colleen Rowe, Lisa Burroughs, Peter Burroughs and Matthew Burroughs of wine turned into an presenting the cheque to Hospice Waikato. enormous task of spray painting, re-hooking, stitching, whopping $17,654 for Hospice a tribute to Lew amongst the shops and Barbara from the sewing and hanging of Waikato! display – Lisa’s husband Pete Recycling Centre was a huge decorations. At the end of Hospice was chosen as the had made a corrugated iron help. A very special thank you the three day event Raewyn lucky recipient of the event tree, and it was decorated with to Raewyn and Lisa and all the and Lisa, along with the because Hospice looked after his old building tools. Many people that helped pull this help of their friends, family Raewyn’s husband Lew, who of the trees and decorations amazing event together. and sponsors had raised a died four years ago. There was came from second hand

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In the four weeks leading up to Christmas, each Farmers store throughout New Zealand hosted a Tree of Remembrance and asked customers to make a donation to support their local hospice service. Thanks to the amazing support of the Farmers staff Hospice Waikato received over $46,000, almost tripling the amount raised last year. In addition they also sold Tim Beveridge Christmas CD’s which contributed to this phenomenal amount. “We are absolutely overwhelmed with gratitude for the Farmers staff and the community who embraced the Caring Connections campaign. It also strengthens our new brand and makes us proud to Hospice Waikato Volunteers Marylou and Neil Utting with Farmers Te Awa Manager Barbara and be working alongside Hospice staff member Teresa. New Zealand and 29 other Hospices,” says Fundraising and Event Coordinator In all, over $50,000 was raised provide the opportunity messages carefully removed Monique Webb. across all six sites including for the community to write so that our Hospice Spiritual A special thank you is New World Rototuna. a message and place it on Care Coordinator Sandy Neal the Remembrance Tree to can bless them before they are extended to all our marvellous “As well as raising funds commemorate their loves.” cremated and buried in our volunteers, community groups the campaign was also Hospice gardens. and corporate supporters about raising awareness for Following the end of the who helped to make our 2014 hospice services. It is really campaign, the trees were campaign a great success. special for us to be able to taken down, and beautiful

16 APRIL IS CONVERSATIONS THAT COUNT AWARENESS DAY It’s not easy to talk about These conversations are part of Advance Care Planning which is a process of planning for your future thinking about, talking about and planning and end-of-life care, but it for future health care and end of life. To help break the ice and start one of these is important. Conversations that Count we have

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4 | Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 | 5 Upcoming events

Shorts for Hospice 2015 telephone appeal

Big Shorts – Little Shorts – Loud Shorts Hospice Waikato is undertaking its second telephone appeal – just some of the options you could over the next two months, commencing on 23rd February. choose for Shorts for Hospice 2015. Why is Hospice having a telephone appeal? Every year there is a shortfall of around $2million that must be Shorts for Hospice is your chance to raise some money by raised from our community to enable Hospice to continue to having some fun with what you wear on Friday 6th March. provide specialist care for people who are dying or assistance Businesses, schools, and individuals are challenged to throw for families coping with the loss of a loved one e.g. children who away their inhibitions and wear their liveliest and most have lost a parent. outrageous shorts for one day for Hospice. The event will challenge people to have fun, to celebrate life and make the What will the funds raised be used for? most of every day. Much of what Hospice does is to support the living, either to How it works help patients young and old to make the most of the life or to help families and loved ones deal with the loss of a parent or It’s really easy to get involved. Just register your organisation relative. Grief counselling, for example, is a big part of the service online at www.shortsforhospice.co.nz and we will send you a that is offered by Hospice. Funds raised from this appeal will free information pack that includes flyers, stickers and ideas help us to continue to provide these services. to make Shorts for Hospice a day of outrageous fun. Because let’s face it….Life is SHORT so we are encouraging you to live Funds also may be used for: every moment. Electric community beds, specialised air mattresses, electronic Once the pack arrives let everyone know that your infusion pumps, equipment trolleys. organisation is supporting Shorts for Hospice on Friday March 6th 2015. On the day ask everyone to wear their finest HOSPICE NEEDS YOUR HELP – please give walk shorts and socks combo, their best beach boardies or generously when our telemarketing team call. their high fashion stunners and have some fun with shorts while supporting a great cause. As well as loads of laughs supporting a great community cause Shorts Day fun is documented online through Save the date Facebook www.facebook.com/shortsforhospice and Twitter @Shorts4Hospice to celebrate participation and share We wanted you to photos of your most creative shorts. be one of the first to know that our fabulous Hospice Waikato and Montana Catering Bucket List Banquet is back again for its third year on Thursday 23rd April 2015! Tickets are selling fast Reservations and we would love to see It is an evening not to be you at this iconic sell-out missed; tickets are limited event. so reserve yours early. 7 Days funny man Jesse Tickets: $150 each ($1500 Mulligan will MC this table of ten) exciting night with guest Contact: Ainsley at Hospice speaker Mark Inglis, the Waikato to reserve your first double amputee to tickets now: climb Mount Everest. Come and enjoy an Phone: 859 1260 or 0800 evening of delicious food HOSPICE proudly presented by Email: ainsley.day@ Montana Catering and hospicewaikato.org.nz experience this much anticipated event. Life is short - Live every moment!

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Thank you for helping us provide the best possible care to patients and families with life-limiting illnesses.

Showjumping event Non-profits working Wintec Christmas Elves The wonderful event organisers from together visit Rainbow Place the APL Showjumping Waikato event The fabulous team from Volunteering held at Mystery Creek in November Just before Christmas we had a visit Waikato (pictured below) worked came to visit Rainbow Place last week. from the Wintec staff who stopped into alongside volunteers from Hospice Kerry Willetts handed a cheque to our Rainbow Place to present us with lots of Waikato and the Waikato Breast Cancer CEO Craig Tamblyn for $7000! WOW we presents for our children and families! Trust at the Te Rapa Races Ladies’ Day were absolutely blown away! A big thank The staff decided instead of having on Saturday 7th February. The warm you to all the businesses and individuals a Christmas party to put the money summer’s afternoon saw the three non- who donated items for the raffle and live towards buying brand new presents for profits working together at the gate to auction and Chele Clarkin from the The Rainbow Place families. They had lots welcome guests, take their tickets and Cambridge Collection for the beautiful of fun shopping and picking pressies asking for a donation towards Hospice pearls. specific to the ages we gave them. and Breast Cancer Trust services. Thank We cannot thank them enough for their you to everyone who came and donated generosity and spreading their Christmas helping raise over $1200. spirit with us. Thank you to everyone who donated gifts and food leading up to Christmas it was greatly appreciated by our patients and families.

Chele Clarkin, Marianne Kessler, Brenda Allen, Craig Tamblyn, Kerry Willetts and L-R: Matthew, Heather, Justine (back), Amanda Gow having their photo taken Rita, Lorraine and Jex from Volunteering The team from Wintec with their with Gus the Rainbow Place car. Waikato. beautifully wrapped gifts. Hospice gives meaning Teeing off for Hospice Christmas lights create a to iconic Hamilton events In November, Rollo Webb, with the dreamy wonderland support of Steve Haggie and the Leading up to Christmas, Hospice Each year leading up to Christmas, Cambridge Golf Club, organised a Waikato worked alongside the Hamilton local jeweller Clive Hart has turned his Golf Tournament to raise funds for Christmas Trust to bring more meaning property in Tamahere into a dreamy Hospice Waikato. The event, tagged the to two of Hamilton’s iconic Christmas wonderland of Christmas lights and ‘Michael Webb Hospice Ambrose Golf events. The large tree in Garden Place decorations. This year Clive used the Tournament’, was in memory of Rollo’s for the first time hosted beautiful display to support the Child Cancer brother who sadly passed away in stars that families could write on and Foundation and Hospice Waikato’s August last year due to a brain tumour. decorate with images to remember their Rainbow Place collecting gifts and “The support the direct and greater loved ones. The stars were available donations. Not only did Clive collect lots family received from Hospice Waikato for a donation and were hung on the of presents for us to give to Rainbow before and after Michael passed away tree during the turning on of the lights Place families, he also raised $1040. was just fantastic,” says Rollo. A huge ceremony in December. Hospice Waikato Our sincere thanks to Clive for creating thank you to Rollo Webb & Associates was also present at the First Credit Union some magic for our Rainbow Place Ltd and everyone involved in bringing Carols by Candlelight. The public were families and the community at the event together. What a great result! invited to make a donation in exchange Christmas time. for a battery operated candle. The display of candles at Claudelands was beautiful.

If these stories have inspired you to give back to Hospice by organising or participating in an event, contact Fundraising and Event Coordinator, Monique Webb, on 07 859 1260 to chat about your ideas.

6 | Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 Hospice Waikato News | March 2015 | 7 Our sincere thanks to the following businesses and community foundations...

Thank you to Thank you to Thank you to Thank you to Ebbett Dealership Hendl & Murray Paterson Burn Vet Focus Group Engineering Ltd Optometrists $5,000 $5,000 $3,000 $5,000

Te Awamutu: 565 Mahoe Street, (07) 872 0004 (All hours), 387 Anglesea Street, Hamilton www.vetfocus.co.nz Ebbett Dealership Group 103 Tawa Street | PO Box 5492, Suite 1/9 Lynden Court, Chartwell Hamilton: Glenview Shopping Centre, Ohaupo Road, (07) 843 8822 204–208 Anglesea St Hamilton Bridge Street, Tokoroa Otorohanga: 9 Wahanui Crescent, PO Box 504, Hamilton 3240 T 07 843 8233 49 Duke Street, Cambridge (07) 873 7089, T 0800 280 888 or 07 838 0949 [email protected] 2 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu Putaruru: Kensington Street, www.ebbett.co.nz www.hmengineering.co.nz 452 Pollen Street, Thames (07) 883 7392

$21,840 $10,000 $15,000

Assisted with the costs of our Assisted with the salary costs of Rural Outreach nurse Contributed towards the Specialist Palliative Care Doctor. who covers the Thames-Coromandel area. costs of a major fundraising event.

$5,000 $17,000 $18,000

Assisted with the petrol costs Assisted with purchasing a new vehicle Assisted with purchasing a new vehicle for Rural of our community nurse cars. for Hospice@Home nurses to visit patients. Outreach nurses to visit patients in the wider Waikato.

Plus, a warm thank you to the on-going support from the Phyllis Mary & William George Seabrook Charitable Trust.

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