Welcome to this month’s Karuna E-bulletin!

In the last month we had some wonderful fundraising events and next month we will once again be hosting our annual Christmas market. This year we will have some wonderful gifts for sale as well as a theatre performance and carols on Friday night. We hope you can come along and celebrate the festive season and help us raise some much needed money.

The Karuna Hospice Team
Kindness Compassion Courage

• Fundraising update
• Mark it in your diary!
• Items for Xmas raffle
• Volunteer program
• Palliative care counsellors
• Christmas appeal
• 10% off Loot homewares
• New Karuna brochures
  

Fundraising update

Once again Karuna’s craft group has shown just how wonderful they are at fundraising! In the last month the ladies organized another Bridge Day at Karuna which attracted over 60 players and raised nearly $4000 which is a wonderful achievement.

They also baked and barbequed at The Brisbane Festival’s Brisbane Backyards jazz concert which took place at Stuart and Jan Gregory’s home in Newmarket. It was a beautiful afternoon with Brazilian music and a lovely atmosphere. A big thank you to Stuart and Jan and our brilliant craft ladies who raised over $600 for Karuna!

Mark it in your diary! Karuna annual Christmas market is here again! Ho Ho Ho!

If you want to miss the crazy shopping crowds, purchase something unique, get a bargain and be entertained then come to our annual Christmas market!

This year is set to be bigger and better than ever with wonderful items for sale and a ‘Christmas Crackers’ theatre performance at 6 pm on Friday. It will be a wonderful family evening with food and festivities so bring a chair or blanket and join us in some Christmas cheer.

When: Friday 27 November 3 pm- 7pm and Saturday 28 November 9 am – 3 pm
Where: Karuna, 27 Cartwright Street Windsor

New items needed for Christmas raffle prizes Christmas food, jams and pickles needed

If you have a business please consider giving a gift voucher or a new item to our Christmas market. Likewise if you have any items at home that would make a nice present and haven’t been opened please also think about donating them to us! Your donation can be large or small and will be used as raffle prizes and will help us raise much needed funds.

We are also in need of Christmas food, jams, pickles, cakes and biscuits to sell at our Christmas market. If you are a keen baker please email renee.b@karuna.org.au or telephone 3632 8325 about the items you could donate.

They will need to be dropped off at Karuna between the 23 and 26 November. Thank you!

Volunteer program commences

A training course for Karuna’s new Family Support volunteers has commenced early this month. This popular course comprises eight one-day sessions and prepares people to work as palliative care volunteers who will support clients, families and carers. Upon completion of the course participants may be selected to join Karuna’s invaluable Family Support volunteer team. Our Family Support volunteers commit to support Karuna once a week for at least 12 months. Many of our current volunteers have been with us for a number of years and really enjoy the experience.

Palliative care counsellors collaborate

Last month the Karuna Family Support team hosted an inaugural South-East Queensland Palliative Care Counsellor Network meeting. Counsellors, social workers, psychologists and therapists from Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba attended and shared knowledge, experiences and research. The meeting was very successful and will take place every six months.

Christmas appeal

Karuna’s Christmas appeal will be mailed out in early November and we are looking for people who would be interested in helping. It would require up to four hours of your time and will involve “stuffing” envelopes. The exact date is yet to be confirmed but will most likely be during the first week of November. Morning tea will be provided.

If you are interested please email renee.b@karuna.org.au or
telephone 3632 8300.

10% off at Loot Homewares – a Karuna supporter

Mention the Karuna newsletter in any participating Loot Homewares stores and receive a FREE Rewards Card membership entitling you to 10% off all full price stock!! You can also purchase large and small Prayer Flags at LOOT stores. All proceeds go to Karuna.

www.loot.com.au

New Karuna brochures

We now have some lovely new brochures advertising Karuna’s services. If you would like some to distribute in appropriate places, please email renee.b@karuna.org.au or call 3632 8300 and we can mail some out to you.