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“I have been a volunteer for six years and I assist by giving the parents a short break. I sit with the children and give them activities or read to them. I also help clean and sort the toys when [...]

“I have been visiting Monash Children’s Hospital for 19 years now. It’s a joy to do magic shows and tie animal balloons for the children and rewarding to be able to distract them from [...]

“The children and parents really enjoyed having us visit them at Monash Childrens Hospital – Casey Hospital. As we give out balloons, activity packs and trauma teddies they cannot believe how [...]

“I find it very rewarding to work with the children, often the kids want to talk to you and it’s nice to cheer them up during their hospital stay. I have established some great friends at the [...]

Monica Blok was 37 weeks pregnant and in inpatient when she was rushed to theatre at Monash Medical Centre for an emergency caesarean section. Her beautiful baby, Evie, was born within 30 [...]

In 2014 Vanessa Miranda’s 14-year old daughter, Taylah, was diagnosed with leukaemia. “Before, we thought childhood cancer happened to other families – not ours,” Vanessa said. “We entered [...]