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The Dandelion Wishes Celebration at Home was held last Saturday night (21 November) and raised more than $329,000 towards equipment for the new Children’s Emergency Department. With the June 2020 Dandelion Wishes Gala unable to be held due to COVID-19, the Gala team decided to take the evening of fun, performances, patient stories and fundraising

The Monash Health Foundation has launched its end of year community fundraising appeal. Funds raised will support the creation of the new Children’s Emergency Department (ED) at the Monash Health Clayton site. Dr Adam West, director of Paediatric Emergency said that the new ED has been planned to provide exceptional and timely healthcare in a

This year the Monash Health Foundation ran a community appeal to raise funds to support promising research into COVID-19 at Monash Health. The community responded very generously and donated close to $500,000. Monash Health researchers were invited to apply for grants of up to $100,000. 40 applications were received requesting more than $2.5 million in

Monash Health has the largest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Victoria, caring for the littlest and most unwell newborn babies. The Monash Health Foundation’s new community appeal is raising funds to help purchase special cot cameras, which will enable parents to view their baby from wherever they are situated. Mel Newton, Nurse Unit Manager

Since the first Dandelion Wishes Gala in 2016, the annual Gala at Crown Palladium has been a flagship event on the Monash Health calendar. Created and run by volunteers Lincoln and Veronique Wulff of the Dandelion Wishes Foundation, the events have raised more than $2 million for Monash Children’s Hospital. With the June 2020 Gala

Michelle Cleland is a patient at the Casey Dialysis Unit and her creativity has led to a generous donation back to the unit. Casey Dialysis Unit Nurse Manager Eileen McDonald explains: “Michelle has special needs and before COVID-19 worked with her mum, Marie, and her carer to make greeting cards, which were then sold via

The Monash Health Foundation has broken previous community appeal records with its COVID-19 appeal. In May and June this year the Monash Health Foundation ran an urgent appeal asking donors to support Monash Health research into treatments for people with COVID-19. With the ongoing nature of the coronavirus pandemic, the Foundation elected to keep the