Giving Insight Autumn 2024

Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of Giving Insight magazine.

Each and every story in the Autumn edition of Giving Insight has only been made possible thanks to the kindness and compassion of people like you. World-class equipment and facilities, exceptional personalised treatment, and other stories of extraordinary care – all thanks to the generosity of our amazing supporter community.

Thank you for sharing in our vision of transforming health care for humanity.

A row of eight women in glitzy ball gowns holding champagne

Celebrating you

Over the past 30 years, more than $75 million has been donated in support of St John of God Health Care patients and clients.

What’s on your mind?

In celebration of our 30th anniversary, we asked some of the St John of God Foundation team to share their highlights.

Health care and hope, in your hands

A reflection from St John of God Health Care Group CEO, Bryan Pyne.

Front of the Bendat Family Comprehensive Cancer Centre building

One family's enduring legacy

As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we reflect on a meaningful partnership spanning over two decades.

Maeve O’Malley (Acting Nurse Unit Manager), Dana Cederman (Clinical Nurse), and Kirsty Bright (Registered Nurse) installing new digital radios in palliative patient rooms.

Music brings joy and comfort to critically ill patients

When a person is in palliative care, it can be the smallest things that bring joy.

Special kits support vulnerable patients

Being admitted to hospital can be a very confronting experience.

Phillips Azurion 7 M20 FlexArm Angiography Machine

Your support makes care closer to home a reality

St John of God Bunbury Hospital has recently completed a $1.1M upgrade of its Interventional Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory ('Cath Lab'), funded by generous donations.

Hands cradling a red felt heart against a backdrop of a blue sky

30 years of community support: Then… and now!

We asked some of our longest serving caregivers to tell us what fundraising has meant to them and their patients over the past 30 years.

Bright pink Panther Series II Low Loader truck

Honk if you love caring for your community!

South West WA-based transport company, Piacentini & Son, is painting a recently built Panther Series II Low Loader completely pink in recognition of all the Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every year.

St John of God Murdoch Hospital circular drop off main entrance

Donations fund game-changing technology for patients

To help meet the needs of people in our community who are facing a brain cancer diagnosis, St John of God Murdoch Hospital has recently invested in state-of- the-art neurosurgery equipment.

Judith (left) smiles with her son and daughter-in-law at their wedding

A new lease on life, thanks to a Gift of Hope

In late 2021, Judith Foster, a mother and grandmother who had dedicated nearly 40 years to a career as a nurse and midwife, found herself facing a lung cancer diagnosis - despite never having smoked in her life.

Sensory garden with climbing bean stalks, masses of spring onion, tall tomato trellis and zucchini

A sacred space for patients, thanks to you

Using the healing power of nature for better mental health and wellbeing.

Two nurses standing, one sitting in a chair with her hand under the AccuVein Finder machine

Donor support bringing the very best care to sick kids across WA

In 2024, Stan Perron Charitable Foundation has generously provided funding for several vital pieces of equipment at hospitals across WA that will help to deliver the very best care for vulnerable babies and children.

St John of God Foundation is a registered charity. Your donations directly support health care areas of need that have the greatest meaning to you.

Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of Giving Insight magazine.

In this edition of Giving Insight

Celebrating you

What’s on your mind?

Health care and hope, in your hands

One family's enduring legacy

Music brings joy and comfort to critically ill patients

Special kits support vulnerable patients

Your support makes care closer to home a reality

30 years of community support: Then… and now!

Honk if you love caring for your community!

Donations fund game-changing technology for patients

A new lease on life, thanks to a Gift of Hope

A sacred space for patients, thanks to you

Donor support bringing the very best care to sick kids across WA

Your gift can change a life.