Kids Capers for 2008
Victoria's Kidney Kidney Kids Capers - 29 November 2008 Family fun day at Funfields in Whittlesea. Applications out now. Come along and enoy the day with your family. Contact Sue Bruveris on 03 9674 4300 or susan.bruveris@kidney.org.au
Past Capers
Queensland Kidney Family Fun Day - 26 October 2008 A fun day out at the Brisbane Zoo - Phone Beth on 07 5591 3040 or qld@kidney.org.au
WA Kidney Kids Capers - October 2008 A Family Fun Day will be held on the public holiday Monday 29 September at Rottnest Island. This will include a boat tour to and from Rottnest Island, a smorgasbord lunch, tunnels tour and an experience on a glass bottomed boat. Tuesday and Wednesday will be full of activities including Zone 3, ten pin bowling and a full day with the Teamworks program again at Challenge Stadium. Contact Shelley or Julie on 08 9381 9311 or wa@kidney.org.au
NSW Kidney Kids Capers - September 2008 Two days of great entertainment, begins at Taronga Zoo for the family fun day. Lunch will be provided. Monday will be exciting. The kidney kids will be spending the day at Luna Park. Phone Jane or Stephen on 02 9299 4599
SA Kidney Kids Capers - September 2008 South Australian kidney kids start at the Zoo for their family fun day on the Sunday. Monday will be full of excitement starting at AMF ten pin bowling and finishing with a movie at Picadilly Cinema. Contact Olivia or Joanna on 08 8334 7555 or sa@kidney.org.au
Apply at your renal unit or contact your local KHA Branch Office to receive more information about upcoming Kidney Kids Capers. Travel and accommodation subsidies may be available for families that live outside the metro area.
National Capers, Camps and Activities Program for kids and adults - Overview
Kidney Camps and Capers and other recreational and holiday activities aim to give people of all ages with kidney disease, their families and carers an enjoyable break from their normal routines.
Kidney Kids Capers is a daytime activity program for school-aged children with kidney disease and their siblings. The program over three days is action-packed and fun-filled providing children and their parents/carers with an opportunity for networking as well as a break from their normal routine. Held for the first time in 2002 it now attracts over 20 participants. See Issue #5 - July 2008 - KIDney Chat Newsletter for more info.
National Kidney Kids Camp is a wonderful, five-day camp for children aged between 7 and 17 years catering who are affected by kidney disease for approximately 50 participants.
This annual camp is conducted in Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania on a 12 – 18 month rotational basis with the aim of national implementation in the near future. The camp would not be possible with out the support of kidney health professionals at the Women and Children’s Hospital, Sth Australia; Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre - Victoria; Mater Children’s Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital - Queensland.
Until 1995 individuals and groups, usually dialysis units, held Kidney Kids Camps in most States. The longest running camp was held in Victoria conducted by the Monash Medical Centre. Ongoing funding and co-ordination of activities and medical care proved difficult so it was decided that a larger organisational approach was needed. Kidney Health Australia agreed to co-ordinate all aspects of fund-raising and administration. The first National Camp was held in 1995. See Kidney Kids Camps
Volunteers involved enjoy almost as much fun as the kids. See photos from:
Henry Giblett Holiday Dialysis Program
First held in Western Australia in 1998, it was re-named the ‘Henry Giblett Holiday Dialysis Program’ in 2001 in honour of the late Henry Giblett, a dialysis patient who founded the concept in WA. Mr Giblett allowed dialysis patients to holiday in his holiday home where he had a haemodialysis machine installed.
A temporary dialysis facility is installed and staffed for one week per year in the beautiful south-west town of Busselton, WA.
Last year our Adult Holiday Dialysis program provided 18 families with a holiday break by using the temporary dialysis unit set up for them in the Busselton WA Ambulance Sub Centre.
Thanks to our supporters we are able to pay for the accommodation of these families and offer a small travel subsidy. This initiative has opened the program up to families who otherwise would not be able to enjoy a holiday due to financial hardship.
Last year 38 families applied to enjoy this break - most have not had a holiday for many years. We need your help to expand this program further. For more details contact Shelley or Julie at our WA Office 08 9381 9311 or wa@kidney.org.au
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