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The 10th Walk for Monash Children’s Hospital will take place virtually and at Jells Park, Wheelers Hill, on Sunday 22 May 2022. Ron Fairchild, Director of the Monash Health Foundation explained the impact of the Walk. “Since its establishment, participants in the Walk for Monash Children’s Hospital have helped raise more than $1.2 million for

There’s no doubt that 2021 has been a tough year for many of us. The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to present challenges and opportunities for Monash Health and the Monash Health Foundation. While our colleagues – nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and non-clinical employees – have been working extremely hard responding to COVID-19 and delivering

The Summer 2021-22 issue of Momentum – the Monash Health Foundation’s newsletter for and about our donors – is now available to read online. In this edition, you will read stories about the impact of donations across the health service. We report back on the outcomes of 2020’s urgent COVID-19 appeal, which broke Foundation records

Monash Health’s Urology team are resting their legs after collectively riding a virtual 1000 km in their 2021 ‘Pump the Pedals for Prostate Cancer’ fundraiser. Held last Friday 3 December and Saturday 4 December at Casey Hospital, the event involved teams riding in relay virtually from Melbourne to Sydney using stationary bikes and Zwift technology.

The Monash Health Foundation has launched its end-of-year appeal focusing on innovative research that aims to give preterm babies the best chance in life. In Australia, around 10 per cent of babies are born preterm. Over recent years, there have been many advances in neonatal intensive care, but very preterm babies are still at risk

Leading Australian ceramic artist Ted Secombe has kindly donated a beautiful piece from his ‘Round Form Kimono’ series to help fundraising efforts for prostate cancer care at Monash Health. The stunning vase is now for sale. Proceeds from the sale of the 28 cm by 32 cm piece will go towards the 2021 ‘Pump the

After a very successful inaugural event last year, the Monash Health Urology unit will again complete a virtual bike ride over Friday 3 December and Saturday 4 December to fundraise for enhanced prostate cancer patient care. Urology unit director Mr Scott Donnellan said that the second annual ‘Pump the Pedals for Prostate Cancer’ will involve