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ST LUKE’S HOSPICE WEST COAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Date: Wednesday 9th October 2024
Time: 14H00
Venue: 1 Hof Street, Table View

‘’WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE’’

ST LUKE'SHOSPICE WEST COAST MEMORY PAGE

ST LUKE’S HOSPICE WEST COAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Date: Wednesday 9th October 2024 Time: 14H00
Venue: 1 Hof Street, Table View

‘’WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE’’

HAVING FUN AT OUR VOLUNTEERS LUNCH DECEMBER 2018

Click for Video Skiffle Band at Lunch
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''Just when I finally become accustomed to things, you take away what little I have.'' In desperation I turn into a cocoon and await the end. Days later, I find myself transformed into a beautiful butterfly and able to fly!

Excerpt from: Paulo,Coelho. ''Maktub'' iBooks

THE 12TH OF MAY IS INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY SHOW THEM HOW MUCH YOU CARE! BUY A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS OR GIVE AN EXTRA BIG HUG TO A NURSE ON THIS DAY

BEGINNING A NEW YEAR

St Luke's Hospice West Coast would like to thank the community for all their valuable support during the past year and now we are well into 2014 we trust that we will be there for those who may need us and we look forward to your continued support in the future to enable St Luke's Hospice West Coast to carry on with their essential service.

Our two Charity shops are stocked and ready to entice you and this is one way in which you, the public can assist St Luke's Hospice West Coast while at the same time finding hidden treasures for yourselves.

Please support our charity shops!

Our two Charity shops will be reopening on Tuesday 14th January

OUR DAY CARE TEAM CARES

NOT ONLY FOR OUR PATIENTS BUT FOR THEIR LITTLE ONES AS WELL

During these stressful times it is particularly difficult for the children of our patients to deal with everything going on around them. Not only are they having to adjust to living with Covid but also having to come to terms with the prospect of loss and having to deal with a loved one at home who is suffering with a terminal illness. At times they may feel afraid and somewhat bewildered and at a loss as to what the future may hold for them. With that in mind our Day Care Team recently held a Craft Morning especially for the young children of patients under our care to offer them the opportunity to enjoy a change of environment with others their own age and to express their concerns if they so wished with our Social Worker or with one of our Nursing Sisters on hand. The children had a great time jumping with enthusiasm into varies crafts activities including planting up small containers made from LP records painstakingly baked in the oven by Liz Jones one of our Care Team volunteers. Once planted and decorated the children could present these and their other imaginative creations as gifts to either their family members or friends. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny morning which the children enjoyed outside in our garden and to end the morning they were treated to a selection of tasty home made eats, sweets and refreshments.

A TIME TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES

Hospice West Coast will be holding their ''TIME TO REMEMBER'' service in October. Those we hold dear to our hearts, who sadly are no longer with us are never forgotten All family and friends are welcome to share in this service as we fondly remember them Date: Saturday 22nd October 2016

Time: 14H00 Venue: 1 Hof Street, Table View Please RSVP early for catering purposes 021 5578925 (Mon - Fri 08h30 to 15h00)

NEXT ORIENTATION DATES WILL BE IN 2016

BEING A ST LUKE’S HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS IS NOT ALL HARD WORK!

During the month of July we hold our Volunteers Soup Lunch in appreciation of our dedicated Volunteers and their efforts on our behalf. VOLUNTEERS

DIARISE THESE DETAILS - YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT! PLEASE ENSURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE ATTENDANCE LIST

DATE: Monday 27th July 2015 TIME: 10h00 Sharp / VENUE: 1 Hof Street, Table View

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''DONATION BIN'' PROJECT''

In an endeavour to collect donations of clothing for resale in our two charity shops St Luke's Hospice West Coast has embarked on a ''Donation Bin'' project. The idea is that these bins would become a permanent feature in Garden Nursery outlets within our area of operation.

We have started off our ''Donation Bin'' project at Super Plants Nursery at No 1 Link Road just off Vryburger Avenue in Bothasig, so when next you pop into your local nursery please look out for the blue wheelie bins with the Hospice sticker on the front and drop off your unwanted clothing to support your local Hospice.

Funds raised go directly towards the care of our patients! St Luke's Hospice West Coast relies on donations from the public and the income generated from our two Hospice Charity shops.and we trust that you will support this initiative and that in due course we may introduce bins into other exciting venues near you. If you have access to any suitable venue to introduce one of our ''Donation Bins'' please call our Hospice office.

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In March 1980 the first formal meeting of the directors of St Luke's Hospice took place following the visit to Cape Town Dame Cecily Saunders, the world renowned initiator of the hospice concept. The organization was officially incorporated as a non-profit company on 13 August 1980, to care for all people in need of its services regardless of their ability to pay, or of the class, colour or creed.

St Luke's started working in the in patient care field in 1982. At this time the St Luke's Hospice offices were situated at the Vincent Palotti Hospital in Pinelands. Then they were moved to a home in Trill Road Observatory but it became obvious that the premises were too small and with the help of the Lombardi Family Trust in 1985 the present Kenilworth property was acquired.

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