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Donation by the Reg and Betty Tinney and family of Woree

Donation by the Reg and Betty Tinney and family of Woree. Corey is 11 years old and Bryce is 5 years old. Unfortunately Reg and Betty lost their son and the boys lost their father to cancer last year.

COUCH wishes to thank the Tinney family for their generous support and wish them well.

Couch Aims:

  • Improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Far North Queensland community that may suffer the disease of cancer
  • Improve the cancer treatment technology available in the Far North Queensland region
  • Establish a fully functional radiation oncology unit at Cairns Hospital
  • Provide education to carers, service providers including healthcare workers, hospitals and other organisations to enable them to appropriately support individuals suffering from the disease of cancer
  • Assist where possible in the medical research into causes, prevention and treatment of the disease of cancer
  • Engage in activities to raise community awareness of the disease of cancer
  • Investigate and research the true statistics and costs in the treatment and care of those that suffer the disease of cancer
  • Provide education and support programs to cancer patients and their families
  • Provide financial support to assist cancer patients and carers in necessitous circumstances.


$2641.00 Many Thanks to The Reef Casino Community Benefit Fund

Donations

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.

Account Details
Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation
Suncorp Cairns

BSB - 484799
Account No: 001633222

Innisfail OES held a raffle of a Bed Quilt over a period of several weeks and raised $3,000 to go towards the COUCH in Cairns - Thank you.