2014 Highlights - Starlight Children`s Foundation

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2014 Highlights
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Livewire.org.au
PRESENTED TO THE UN
Livewire.org.au was selected as a best practice
case study of ‘digital champions’ and organisations
supporting children under the age of 18.
The case study was presented to the United
Nations Committee for the Rights of the Child
in Geneva as part of the review being undertaken
of the Convention in light of the digital age.
The research was undertaken by the Young
and Well Cooperative Research Centre along
with the Digitally Connected Network (Harvard)
and UNICEF.
CASTAWAYS SCULPTURE AWARDS
First Place to Princess Margaret
Hospital patients!
In May Livewire entered the Castaways Sculpture
Awards, displayed on Rockingham foreshore in Perth.
Workshops were held with adolescent patients at the
Princess Margaret Hospital to brainstorm and develop
a sculpture concept and design. They came up with
‘Channel Surfing: Teenage patients escape the clinical
environment through using their imagination to
transform piles of abandoned analogue TVs into a giant
wave of sea creatures’.
Livewire.org.au member:
“I FEEL LIKE I BELONG”
“I feel different as a person. I feel like I belong, I
feel accepted like I never did before the ‘Livewire
Days’, and there are reasons as to why I login to
Livewire everyday. I feel like there is somewhere
I can go to when in need, I feel it’s an incredible
and nothing but a supportive place to go for
support when others would not listen to your
thoughts and feelings… They’d probably think
they were out of place or just plain stupid. But
Livewire is a place that is the opposite and no
one would ever dream or think that of you.
Because of Livewire, I feel better as a person, I
feel loved, supported, close friendships, I feel like
there’s somewhere I belong, I feel like there’s
somewhere and always somewhere to go to
when I need. It’s a beautiful community of a
growing family that I feel truly accepted in.”
The sculpture earned them a first place prize in
the ‘sculpture by community and educational art
groups’ category.
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LIVEWIRE
EXHIBITION
Livewire were invited to be part of the 2014
Spring Art Exhibitions at Sydney Children’s
Hospital, Randwick. This was the first year
Livewire were part of this exhibition, where pieces
were displayed together with professional artists
who were also contributing their art to the event.
RCH GRADUATION 2014
In 2014 a new initiative developed by Livewire saw the
Royal Children’s Hospital’s first Graduation Ceremony.
It was a great success with 150 people in attendance
including hospital executives, families and health
professionals.
The ceremony had us joining with the Transition team
and the Chronic Illness Peer support team (ChIPS)
to pull together an event that would involve all key
departments of the hospital.
The night included a heartfelt speech made by
Professor Susan Sawyer, Director of the Centre of
Adolescent Health at RCH, a message from RCH
CEO, Professor Christine Kilpatrick and a young
person shared her story in a very inspiring and
motivating speech. The night then concluded with
an uplifting farewell message from Starlight’s very
own CEO, Louise Baxter.
The Livewire exhibition titled ‘WirED’, was made
up of a compilation of artwork created during
digital photography workshops facilitated by the
Livewire team. After noticing the growing interest
in digital photography, the Livewire facilitators
decided to start creating digital imagery with
the adolescent patients. It became a highly
collaborative process among patients as they
each contributed their ideas and creativity to a
digital image in different ways.
Many of the photos in the WirED exhibit were
jointly created by five or more patients and after
a few months many amazing images came into
fruition. It was an exciting exercise and enabled
everyone to be engaged in the artistic journey.
The highlight of the night was seeing the young people
receive their certificates – it was a real celebration and
a perfect way for young people, families and clinicians
to say thank you to all the people who were such a big
part of their lives.
STARLIGHT
were
granted
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From Captain Starlight...
“5.4.3.2 ONE!
BLAST OFF!
Meet Julius... This little soldier has been in hospital
for many weeks and has a fair journey ahead of
him. He does regularly escape from the dreary
ward to the Starlight Express Room where he is
the ultimate Mario Kart champion.
SHANE & MILO
Shane is an amazing volunteer at the Randwick Starlight
Express Room (SER), he is a real favourite with the kids
because of his incredible balloon skills. This year he has
taken it one step further by having a very special puppet
made for the kids at Randwick.
Milo the monkey travels all the way from Planet
Starlight three days a week with the Captain Starlights
to visit the kids in the SER and on the wards. Milo loves
to do ward rounds, hang out in the SER doing arts
and crafts, playing video games and just hanging
out watching a movie with the kids.
The Starlight Express Room is a great adventure
for this brave explorer. However he longs to go
further, to go outside, to go to the park, but his
legs weren’t ready to take him there. Although this
little solider is brave, he had a fear of wheelchairs
– his only way of getting to the park. I am sure
you noticed the use of ‘had’. He HAD a fear.... until
one day Captain Starlight received a call from
Julius’s nurse to convert his wheelchair into a
rocket! So that is what Captain Starlight did.
Julius’s mum commented that he loves his ‘rocket’
and sometimes can’t even get him out of it. What
a transformation!
Over and out!
Captain Starlight
Shane worked on a video with the Captain Starlights
and the kids to introduce Milo to everyone via
Starlight TV and now Milo is a huge success and
the kids love him.
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CELEBRITY
SER Visits
A visit from a celebrity to the SER has
a significant impact on the children. It
provides important bragging rights and
creates a shared experience for families
to connect over. It also provides a boost
to the hospital community and there
is always a great buzz in the air when
someone special is visiting.
OLD MACDONALD HAD A
Hippo Named Crystal
Greetings Starlight fans!
My fellow Captain Starlight and I recently blasted down to
Geelong Hospital in our Starlight rocket ship (we have a primo
parking spot on the roof so we don’t have to worry about my
terrible parallel parking skills) for our weekly Tuesday visit. The
staff were pumped and excited for our regular weekly visit, like
always. As we skipped through the front door of the paediatric
ward the staff started firing kids’ names at us – the ones most
eager to see us first on our jam-packed ward round. After
spending time with heaps of kids dancing, face painting, Uno-ing,
hangman-ing, ballooning, giggling and so many other activities
we met Sophia. This shy five year old was barely visible propped
up on her bed underneath her thousands of stuffed toys. We
could barely hear her talk as she introduced us to all her animal
friends surrounding her: Henry the dragon who was very smart,
Sabrina the mouse who was very kind, Gill the sheep who was
very brave, and so on.
Sophia then assigned Captain Starlight with a toy each to keep us
company during our time in Geelong, I got teamed with Crystal, a
hippo who has great dancing skills. After meeting her entourage
of friends we played one of my favorite games, competitive
“Old MacDonald”; we play the song on our ukulele and leave
out the name of the animal and Sophia has to guess the animal.
If she gets five rounds correct, she is the big winner! “Dog” she
whispered after the first verse – correct. “Cow” she hesitantly
spoke after the second round. “Pig” she giggled after the third.
“Elephant” she triumphantly sang after the fourth. “Tiger!” she
roared before we could even finish the final verse. Sophia was
the big winner of the day. We then had to blast off but before we
did, we said goodbye to each and every single one of her stuffed
friends as Sophia danced goodbye to us on her bed with my new
best friend, Crystal the Hippo.
Signing out, Captain Starlight
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Over the past 12 months, the Stars
for Starlight program has attracted 59
celebrity visitors to our Starlight Express
Rooms including Hi-5, Hawthorn footy
players, Elmo, The Voice contestants,
WWE wrestlers, The Justice Crew,
Playschool and Barbie. Even The
Gruffalo emerged from the deep, dark
woods to spend time with us!
VISITORS
Starlight Express Room
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Marvellous
HOOPS GALORE!
Ahoy Starlight-ers!
Today was an incredible day in the Royal Children’s
Hospital as we got to hang out with an amazing
guy named Tyler. Tyler is completely blind and the
Starlight Express Room is one of his favourite places
to visit as there’s always an activity he can engage
with or a fun Captain Starlight who can make him
laugh. Today he blew us all away when he announced
he was going to challenge the Captain Starlights to
a basketball shoot out competition. To make it fair,
the Captain Starlights suggested they would shoot
the hoops from behind their backs. “No,” announced
Tyler, “I’m going to shoot them from behind my back!”
Tyler’s confidence flabbergasted us all. “Ok,” we said,
“how about we film it and if you can shoot at least
five baskets from behind your back we’ll put it on
Starlight TV.” Tyler’s face lit up at the idea of being
able to show his awesome skills on camera and a new
excitement began to fill the room.
Maybe it was the fun of knowing he was being
filmed, the Captain Starlights cheering him on, the
ecstatic crowd or just the general magic that seems
to happen in the Starlight Express Room but Tyler
nailed a basket on his first shot. Then another. And
another. And another! Without a sweat he shot five
hoops from behind his back and proceeded to shoot
hoop after hoop after hoop…32 times in a row! The
Starlight Express Room went absolutely ecstatic and
Tyler could barely believe he had done it himself!
Even better, Tyler got to take home a DVD of his
amazing achievement which made his visit to the
Starlight Express Room even more special.
Being Captain Starlights we get to see a lot of
miracles and this was definitely one of the most
amazing ones!
Signing out, Captain Starlight
Abi was unresponsive to doctors and family until
Captain Starlight found that using a puppet and making
funny noises cracked her up! Now, Abi directs the
puppet and story verbally which means she is able to
make play happen, giving her an increased sense of
control, confidence and general happiness.
Positive
PUPPETS
Abi is a 3 year old girl who, following a serious car
accident which left her with quadriplegia, was having
a hard time being in hospital and adjusting to her new
routine. But thanks to Captain Starlight, Abi has used
her imagination and learnt to play again.
The doctors at Abi’s hospital are highly skilled
and dedicated people, and she has received
the best possible care. But while the medical
professionals are the experts in treating her
injuries and meeting her physical needs,
Captain Starlight is the expert in helping her
just be a kid.
When Captain Starlight came along, it was the first
time Abi had played in months, with her only other
distraction being watching movies. Abi’s Mum credited
Captain Starlight and the use of puppets for a positive
change in Abi, stating “we got our little girl back”.
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MY FAVOURITE THINGS…
at Women’s and Children’s Adelaide
Early in 2014, a fantastic piece of artwork called
‘Favourite Things’ was created as part of an Artist in
Residence project with artist Kirsty Shadiac. During visits
to the hospital’s wards and within the Starlight Express
Room (SER), Captain Starlight asked children to draw
their favourite thing. These individual drawings were
then collated to form one, large artwork.
Talking with Captain Starlight about favourite things
and then drawing them was a great distraction for
children when in hospital and opened up lots of fun
conversations. Over 100 children and their families took
part, with some favourite things including:
• Our puppy dog
•Dolphin under the sea
•Pineapples are cool
•Monkey called Stinky
• My favourite playschool toys
•My dream house
The children loved the experience with one even joking
that now they were a famous artist they might need a
security guard to manage all of their new fans!
Captain Starlight has visited Tasmania 5 times
in 2014, connecting and reconnecting with
397 children in the hospitals located in Hobart,
Launceston and Burnie. Many children
and families travel across the
Tasman to visit the Royal
Children’s Hospital so it is
good to reconnect back
in Tasmania.
Captains Innovation Fund
2014
The Captains Innovation Fund in 2014 saw a call out
to Captain Starlights across the country to come up
with an idea to improve and deepen the impact of
the in Hospital Program.
One idea which was seen from inception through
to delivery was the introduction of the Starlight Slap
Band USB. The Slap Band USB is given to anyone
who has created content in the Starlight Express
Room and is loaded with their creation so they can
take it home. The child can then wear their Slap
Band around, filling it with memories they’ve made
in the room and create an archive of all the fun
they’ve had in the SER.
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SURPRISE PACKS
Just in time for the September school holidays,
500 families received our Spring Surprise Pack.
This year’s theme was ‘Family Games’ and each
pack included a range of board and card games
including Tenza, Zoo Yahtzee and Cranium cards.
Starlight Wish Week 2014
ON THE GOLD COAST
Starlight’s Wish Week 2014 saw 13 families and 70
individuals come together on the Gold Coast to share
their child’s wish experience with other families who
share a mutual understanding of the impact of having a
child with a serious or chronic illness or disability.
The families were flown to the Gold Coast, and for
many it was their first time on a plane. They were
officially welcomed at a star-studded dinner with
Starlight ambassador Mick Fanning and Gold Coast
Titans Mark Ioane and Kalida FaiFai.
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a fantastic bag for Sarah
to use as her schoolb
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next year. We can’t wa
it to try the games in
the
school holidays. We are
so grateful to be part
of
the Starlight family.
Thank you for thinking
of us and putting a sm
ile on
our faces today!
Love Darren, Susanna,
The week was adventure-packed with Starlight families
visiting all of the themeparks as well as other attractions
the Gold Coast has to offer, but also gave the families
some downtime to just enjoy each other’s company.
An important part of Wish Week is giving families the
opportunity to extend their support networks with
other families who know what it’s like to have a sick
child. The families were grateful for the time they spent
with others who share the same journey and most
importantly the memories an experience like Wish
Week creates for a family.
Neve, Noah and Sarah
”
STARLIGHT
WISH
REFERRALS
received from health professionals
EXTRAVAGANZAS
Starlight’s annual Extravaganza events bring families together who are
sharing similar journeys and challenges for a day of fun and relaxation. In
2014, 285 families enjoyed a Starlight Extravaganza.
Tasmanian families had a great AMF bowling day, in New South Wales
families enjoyed a farm experience (including helping at feeding time and
a best dressed competition!) and in Queensland it was an exciting day out
at Movie World. In Victoria Ten Pin bowling was a great success, families
from Western Australia had a fun Christmas party and in South Australia a
wonderful time was had at Beach House Water Park.
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CAPFEST
Captain Podcasts
The Captain Starlight Podcast ‘Captain Time Wow!’
was launched, providing seriously ill children and
their families the opportunity to connect with
Captain Starlight at any time.
Podcasts have covered topics as diverse as 5 dance
moves everyone should know (including the ever
popular “daggy dad dancing”) and 5 things Captains
have in common with Meerkats.
The feedback has been fantastic and best summed up
by one 8 year old who couldn’t describe his favourite
podcast, as every time he tried he was overcome by a
fit of the giggles as he remembered the podcast!
Winter 2014 saw the national Captain Starlight
team leave Planet Starlight and land in Sydney
for a four day intensive focusing on developing
performance skills, and exploring further how to
engage children through imagination. Seventy
Captain Starlights were in attendance, which
made for an enthusiastic, positive, hilarious and
noisy event.
The workshops were facilitated by entertainment
industry leaders including a national TV producer,
TV presenters such as Marc Fennell, Scott Tweedie
and Sam Mac, a professional magician, a NIDA
lecturer, renowned artists, a music therapist and
even a celebrity face painter.
Captains were offered workshop electives in:
•
Starlight TV – creating engaging content for
Starlight families on Starlight TV
•
Magic – learning new tricks to perform at
bedsides in children’s wards
•
Balloon sculpting – learning new designs for
those trickier requests
• A
rt – how to facilitate art workshops with
families in hospital, in Starlight Express Rooms
and on wards
•
Face painting – updating Captain Starlights on
current trends, new designs and brush techniques
CAPTAINS ACADEMY
When a new Captain Starlight joins Starlight one of
their first assignments is to attend Captains Academy:
READY. The event is designed to ensure they are READY
for their mission: brightening the lives of seriously ill
children and their families.
•
Music – how to use iPads to get children
composing music in hospitals
The skills gained will help the Captain Starlights
to brighten the lives of seriously ill children
across Australia.
In April, Starlight’s 11 new Captain Starlights arrived via
the Red Rocket ship and a further 10 in November.
Captains Academy prepares new Captain Starlights by
building their Captain Starlight character, experimenting
in a hospital simulation and learning from experienced
Captain Starlights. At Starlight we take the most
talented performers – actors, comedians and other
artists – and develop them as experts in entertaining
hospitalised children.
It’s working! A child in the Princess Margaret Hospital in
Perth told us: ‘We love our new Captain Starlight, she’s
funny! Can we keep her?’ Yes, you can!
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Captain Starlight
with over
117,955
CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL
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OF LIVE TV
broadcast
IN HOSPITAL ON
Starlight TV
Interactive Screen
At the end of September we launched a trial
of an Interactive Touch Screen Trolley in the
QLD Hospital Program. The trolley acts like a
giant 52 inch iPad that allows multiple children
and their families to gather around the device
to play games and enjoy media. The goal is to
provide a positive distractive tool that is able to
be wheeled around the hospital and enjoyed by
all ages and regardless of illness or disability. The
display itself is motorised so it can be positioned
vertically or horizontally which is great if you
want to use it as a blackboard (vertically), or if
you want to play ice hockey (horizontally). So far
the unit has been a complete success and we
are looking forward to having more interactive
screens in our SERs.
Scholarships
NT RECRUITMENT
Strategy
In 2014 we embarked on a project to develop and
establish a recruitment strategy for the Captain
Starlight Program in the NT. This project included
the development of a video that showcases the role
of Captain Starlight in the Northern Territory, the
opportunities within the Top End and the impact of
our Program in remote Indigenous communities.
The NT Recruitment Video was officially launched
on the 24th October and has been viewed over
1,660 times, generating interest amongst the
national performing arts community. We received
over 80 applications for the role of Captain Starlight
and are now in the final stages of our recruitment
process. Due to the success of the video and the
associated recruitment strategy we will be able
to expand our reach in the Northern Territory,
enabling us to deliver our programs to more
children and young people including visiting a
larger number of remote Indigenous communities.
AWARDED
Two of our Livewire team were awarded
scholarships to undertake a Graduate Certificate in
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. Offered by the
Centre for Adolescent Health through the Faculty
of Medicine at The University of Melbourne, the
course helps to further develop knowledge of
adolescent development, adolescent health issues
and skills to work effectively with young people.
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Social Return on
Investment
LIVEWIRE.ORG.AU
Independent consultants, ‘Social
Ventures Australia’, conducted a
Social Return on Investment study
of livewire.org.au. The study found
that since being founded in 2008,
livewire.org.au had facilitated its
members in experiencing multiple
positive outcomes, including ‘increased
well being’ as a result of members
‘feeling more understood, accepted and
supported’ as well as ‘having fun’. It also
found that livewire.org.au generated a
net positive social return on investment
with each $1 cash invested in 2012 and
2013, creating an approximate $5 of
social value resulting in a social return
on investment ratio of 5:1.
CONFERENCES
presented at in 2014
• Linking Conference 2014
• International Koorie Conference
• Young and Well CRC completed
•World Indigenous Health Conference
CAPITAL PROJECTS
Lady Cilento
After much planning and hard work by many people, the brand
new Starlight Express Room at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in
Brisbane officially opened its doors to children and families on 1
December 2014.
The Starlight Express Room (SER) is in a sought-after corner of the
building, with natural light a feature and spectacular views of the
city and the Brisbane River.
The Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital is the first children’s hospital
in Queensland to be developed with the needs of children, young
people and their families in mind. The new hospital brings together
the Royal Children’s Hospital and Mater Children’s Hospital to
create one, world-class paediatric hospital for Queensland.
Our new SER space is open to all children, young people and
families spending time in the hospital. Open seven days a week, the
innovative new space will deliver our Captain Starlight, Livewire and
Starlight TV programs.
The SER design incorporates the latest research on the impact
of architecture, interior design and lighting on the health and
wellbeing of children in hospital. With the colours and fittings
reflecting natural colours and themes, the new SER will provide a
warm, family-friendly and flexible environment that supports play
and entertainment, as well as relaxation.
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MONASH
Turning of the Sod
The new Monash Children’s Hospital
in Melbourne celebrated the start
of building works with a ‘Turning of
the Sod’ event in July 2014. Starlight
has been invited to build a new,
full-size Starlight Express Room as
part of the hospital which will treat
over 32,000 children every year. The
new Monash Children’s Hospital is
scheduled to open late 2016.
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BUILDS
We are currently building five new Starlight Express Rooms at Perth
Children’s Hospital, new Monash Children’s Hospital, Royal Darwin
Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital and The Children’s Hospital at
Westmead. These new SERs will support hundreds of thousands of
children and young people and provide Starlight’s unique brand of fun,
joy and laughter through our Captain Starlight and Livewire programs.
Our new Starlight Express Room design incorporates research on how
innovative architecture, design and lighting can support childrens’
wellbeing. The new SERs are calm, multi-purpose, family-friendly
environments, utilising elements of nature and garden theming to
provide a true “escape” from the hospital environment.
On the NT Program...
“The Starlight Captains have made
a huge difference to the success
of the Paediatric remote clinics
for Aboriginal children needing
specialist review! They attract the
kids into the clinic and keep them
entertained whilst waiting. This has
meant we have been able to see
more children at these clinics. The
kids are happier and the clinics are
transformed into fun places!!”
Dr Keith Edwards Community
Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in
Child Health at Flinders University.
Starlight Programs:
THE EVIDENCE
This study delved into the evidence underpinning
Starlight’s programs. Over 150 research studies were analysed
to identify the impact of Starlight’s programs on well being.
The study found significant evidence for the benefits of gaming
consoles, computer and online games, music, watching TV,
computers and incorporation of nature elements. Additionally,
the study highlighted that Starlight programs and activities
contribute to well being by creating positive emotions, providing
distraction, encouraging and enhancing social interaction,
assisting with identity formation and by building self-esteem.
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SOME HEART-WARMING FEEDBACK
...after a Starlight Wish
We always check in with families about their Starlight Wish experience to
make sure everything is what they hoped it would be. 100% of families told
us they would recommend a Starlight Wish experience to another family.
A mother whose child received
a Gold Coast wish:
She was having trouble at
school before the wish because
of behavioural problems. But,
now the household is just
so much more happy and
together, and there hasn’t
been any problems at school.
A bedroom makeover wish:
The wish has caused a full house
clean up. The girls are playing in
their room more and making an
effort to keep it clean and tidy. She
is very proud of it, so she wants to
keep it tidy. It’s lovely to see her
enjoying her own space.
A father of a teenage girl that
received a spa:
We wouldn’t have been able
to afford this for at least
another 20 years. Starlight
has pushed us so far into the
future. We just can’t wait for
summer to get in and use the
spa regularly. It’s going to be
the best summer ever.
A celebrity wish:
A wish for a disability access
camper trailer
We can’t believe that we’re
now able to go camping as
a family. Before we had kids,
camping was a big part of
our lives and so we always
thought that after we had kids
we would take them with us,
but with my child’s disability
it was always too difficult.
We would come back totally
exhausted. But this just makes
it possible for us to live that
dream with our kids.
Every time she watches Home and
Away now she says, “I know those
people”. She feels really special.
A teenage wish recipient who
toured a movie set:
I’m really certain about what
I want to do now. I definitely
want to go into the film
industry. The whole wish was
beyond my dreams. It was
amazing that something like
this could happen to me.
A mother of a teenager that swam
with whale sharks:
A wish to Hamilton Island:
I’ve noticed a bit of a lift within
her. She seems a lot happier since
the wish. Her spirits have lifted a
little more and she is a little more
positive than she used to be. Now,
she’s more accepting of having
to endure tube feeding and other
treatments because she can see
that it means that she can get out
there and do the things that she
wants to do. We talk about the wish
during treatment now – and it gives
so much more purpose to it all.
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Because we went to Hamilton
Island and she had the opportunity
to go in the hotel pool and on the
reef she has now got a little more
confidence in the water. So she has
started swimming classes again,
without us having to push her
much. She is just more confident in
general, and I think the swimming
will make a big difference for her in
years to come.
Thank you for helping Starlight
reach over 146,000 children and
young people in 2014.
We simply couldn’t do it without you...
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