Brighter Lives Townsville Hospital Foundation

Congratulations to Reuben Cotter on being named Philips Sports Dad of the Year - very well deserved! Thank you for your incredibly generous donation to Brighter Lives and for being our awesome ambassador.💙💛

Reubs has been crowned the 2024 Philips Sports Dad of the Year! The 25-year-old has generously matched the $5k prize, with $10k now being donated to the Brighter Lives Foundation in Townsville!

Thank you to Year 11 and 12 students from St Anthony's Catholic College who fundraised for Brighter Lives with a 24 hour rowing challenge and raised an amazing $1,439.14! 👏

What an incredible effort! 💛💙 We can't wait to let everyone know how their funds raised have helped right here in NQ.

PS - The assembly we visited was in Book Week if you were wondering why some of the students and staff are wearing such great costumes! 📚

Thank you to everyone who bought or donated books at our book fair! Thanks to your help, we raised $14,858.55! 👏💙💛

An event like this doesn’t just magically happen and we would like to extend a huge thanks to all of the volunteers and businesses that made this event possible:
Robyn and Fred, the volunteers who help bring this event together
Volunteers at the event
Willows Shopping Centre
Grace Australia
Carmichael Ford
Explore Property Townsville - Belgian Gardens
Explore Property Munro & Co
Explore Property Townsville - City
Avanti Health Centre Townsville
Amazing Grace Early Learning Centre Railway Estate & North Ward
Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville
Triple t 103.9
Community Information Centre Townsville
Ryan Catholic College
Townsville Bulletin
ABC North Queensland

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💛💙

Stay tuned to hear how your donations will help right here in NQ and help brighten our local public health facilities.

Thank you to Ayr State High School for fundraising for Brighter Lives! 👏

We do love a good heart themed fundraiser! 💙💛 Year 8 student representatives will be selling ‘Have-a-Heart’ ice-blocks for $5.00.

Thank you to the students and staff for organising this fundraiser.

𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝟴 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗥

On Thursday 29 August, Year 8 student representatives will be selling ‘Have-a-Heart’ ice-blocks for $5.00. The money raised will be given to the Brighter Lives Foundation who are the official charity partner of Townsville Hospital and Health Service. They support lifesaving public health services in Townsville and across the region by fundraising for world-class equipment, training, research, and facilities. The money we raise will be directly given to the NICU, “neonatal intensive care unit” at the TUH that specialises in looking after babies who are born sick or premature. 💙💛

Looking for a bargain? Grab a bag of books for $10!

This afternoon only until sold out.

Only one more sleep until the Townsville Book Fair!📚

📚 Open this Saturday and Sunday
🕑 Open from 9am
📌 Willows (near Milk Espresso)
✅ EFTPOS + cash accepted

Thank you to everyone who has donated books! We really appreciate every single donation. 💙💛

All proceeds from the Book Fair go to Brighter Lives and help here in NQ by funding equipment, training, research, and facilities for our local hospital and health service.

📸 Kylie from Wilmar Sugar Australia donating books from their team - thank you!

We would like to extend our thanks to all of the businesses that made this event possible:
Willows Shopping Centre
Grace Australia
Carmichael Ford
Explore Property Townsville - Belgian Gardens
Explore Property Munro & Co
Explore Property Townsville - City
Avanti Health Centre Townsville
Amazing Grace Early Learning Centre Railway Estate & North Ward
Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville
Triple t 103.9
Community Information Centre Townsville
Ryan Catholic College
Townsville Bulletin
ABC North Queensland

Thank you! Today’s Shine Lawyers Charity Golf Day raised an amazing $17,451!! ⛳️

Thank you to the generous players, sponsors and of course, the Shine team for this wonderful event in the NQ sunshine.

Thanks to your donations, we can help fund medical equipment and projects that benefit our community HERE in North Queensland.

Thank YOU! 💙💛

Last call ⏰ Donate your books by 12 August!

We need your old books for our book fair! Please donate to Carmichael Ford or one of our drop off locations.

Our book fair is next weekend - 17-18 August at Willows Shopping Centre. 📚

Brighter Lives Townsville Hospital Foundation Brighter Lives is the official charity partner of the Townsville Hospital and Health Service.

Shine Lawyers Brighter Lives Charity Golf Day 9 August ⛳
Thanks to Shine Lawyers, an incredible day on the fairways awaits next week, raising funds for Brighter Lives!

There's still 4x four-person team spaces available for next week's Golf Day - get in quick!

Teams will play in a fun game of ambrose golf, meaning everyone has a chance to win. There are also incredible prizes, with funds raised going to Brighter Lives and helping right here in NQ.

For the second year, Shine Lawyers have chosen Brighter Lives as their charity of choice for their annual Golf Day and we're so excited to tee off next week!

If you're keen to join us on Friday 9 August, secure your team's place: https://northqldcharitygolfday.rsvpify.com

📷 The Brighter Lives' team and some of the Shine Lawyers' team celebrating the successful fundraiser of the Laser Raiser, with help from donations from last year's Golf Day. 💛💙

YOU DID IT NQ! Townsville now has a new laser to treat paediatric burns patients!

Thanks to your support, Townsville University Hospital is now home to a Cutera V+ laser that will treat over 200 children every year who have experienced burns or scarring. This service is the only one of its kind north of Brisbane and provides crucial care and support for injured children.

The new dual-wavelength laser will work in conjunction with existing treatments to improve scar flexibility and treat pigmented vascular skin lesions, resulting in less itchiness, pain, and scarring.

Thanks to YOU, the new laser will ensure that children from all over NQ continue to have access to cutting-edge treatment, keeping their care local and accessible.

Thank YOU!! 💛💙

We would like to thank the donors and supporters for making this possible, in particular:
Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union
Children's Hospital Foundation via Woolworths Easter Appeal
Glencore Queensland Metals
Major Electrical Pty Ltd
Sunrise Rotary Townsville
Shine Lawyers
The Mackay Rod & Custom Club
ABC Heavy Engineering
Motoco RV
realestate.com.au
Coles via The Common Good Au
McGrath Townsville
Donna Gibb Artist
Inner Wheel Townsville
Hash House Harriers Townsville
Advanced Driver Training
Everyone who attended our Not-A-Ball, including our wonderful em-cees, Brady Ellis and Crystal Vas
1RAR Band
Aligned Corporate Residences Townsville
Akul Paintings
Avanti Health Centre Townsville
BCC Cinemas Townsville Central
BCF - Boating, Camping, Fishing
Bunnings Warehouse Australia
Buzuka Restaurant
Carmichael Ford
Coffee West End
CosMedink & Beauty
Cuisine On Bowen - Cuisine To Go
DMC Air-conditioning Electrical & Sheetmetal
DJ Dreadjuan
Dulux Australia
Ella Bache Stockland Townsville - Aitkenvale
Envision Health Qld
FWR Media
Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville
Global Dance Collective
Herbert Hotel
House of Florian Shoes
LV Dance
Maxfit Health and Fitness
Michele Adams from Helen Munro Property
M.I. Rentals Car Hire & Jeeps on Maggie
Nautilus Aviation
Rachelle’s Unique Boutique
Ranchlands Equestrian Centre
Restore and Revive Skin & Body Clinic
Rike Wolf Music - Cellist
SeaLink North Queensland
Speedytan tanning
The Bloom Room Townsville
The Physio Movement
The TapHouse Townsville
The Ville Resort-Casino
Townsville Brewing Co.
Townsville Folk Festival
Townsville Spiritual Centre
Townsville Yacht Club
TOWNPRINT
Ugo Kennedy
Triple t 103.9
Paradise Outdoor Advertising
Star 106.3 Townsville
Vertigals

And our incredible community who donated. THANK YOU! 💛💙

📚WE NEED YOUR USED BOOKS! 📚
We are seeking quality gently used books for our book fair. Fiction and non-fiction books are all in need for our book fair in August!

Your used books can have a new chapter in their lives with us!

Drop off locations
✅ Carmichael Ford (our hub for book donations)
✅ Explore Property Townsville - Belgian Gardens, Explore Property Munro & Co and Explore Property Townsville - City
✅ Avanti Health Centre Townsville
✅ Amazing Grace Early Learning Centre Railway Estate & North Ward
✅ Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville
✅ Triple t 103.9 (small donations)
✅ Community Information Centre Townsville (small donations)
✅ Small donations (1-2 bags) at our gift shop inside Townsville University Hospital

Please share to help get the message out! 💛💙

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries/thesauruses or magazines.

SAVE THE DATE!
📚 17 August and 18 August from 9.00am each day
📌 Willows Shopping Centre (the Milk Espresso entrance)

All proceeds from the book fair go to Brighter Lives and help here in NQ by funding equipment, training, research, and facilities for our local hospital and health service.

Thank you to Grace Australia for supporting our book fair by providing boxes and doing the heavy lifting of the boxes full of books over to Willows. 📦💪

Townsville Book Fair | Brighter Lives Come along to the Townsville Book Fair! 17 August and 18 August  Willows Shopping Centre (the Milk Espresso entrance)   From 9.00am each dayCome and buy all the books your heart could desire at very reasonable prices, with every cent staying here in NQ helping Brighter Lives.

Welcome Stephanie!

This week we welcome Stephanie Naunton as the new CEO of Brighter Lives.

Stephanie joins the Brighter Lives team with a wealth of experience and education.

She is a North Queensland local having lived and studied and worked here in NQ. Stephanie’s background includes leading other not-for-profit organisations as well as advisory roles in State and Federal governments.

Stephanie is passionate about equity and equality in health services, and has previously worked to establish not-for-profit support services across North Queensland and remote parts of Far North Queensland.

In her free time, Stephanie loves to do ballet, travel and spend time with her dogs, Penny and Benny.

We are thrilled that Stephanie has joined the Brighter Lives team!

It's school holidays, how about clearing out those old books?

We need your preloved books for our book fair in August!

Donation points are all around town, with our hub being at Carmichael Ford.

Fiction, non fiction and kids books are all gratefully received (no text books or dictionaries please).

PS - Would you like to collect books at your business or school? Send us a message or give us a call 📲

NEW DONATION POINT - Thank you Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville!

📚WE NEED YOUR BOOKS NQ! 📚

We are seeking quality gently used books for our book fair. Fiction,, non-fiction and kids' books are all in need for our book fair in August! Give your old books a new chapter with us!

Drop off locations
✅ Carmichael Ford (our hub for book donations)
✅ Explore Property (all locations!)
✅ Avanti Health Centre Townsville
✅ Amazing Grace Early Learning Centre Railway Estate & North Ward
✅ Garry Thyer's Betta - Townsville
✅ Triple t 103.9 (small donations)
✅ Community Information Centre Townsville (small donations)
✅ Small donations (1-2 bags) at our gift shop inside Townsville University Hospital

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries/thesauruses or magazines.

SAVE THE DATE!
📚 17 August and 18 August
📌 Willows Shopping Centre (the Milk Espresso entrance)

All proceeds from the book fair go to Brighter Lives and help here in NQ by funding equipment, training, research, and facilities for our local hospital and health service.

Brighter Lives is the official charity partner of Townsville Hospital and Health Service. We've been committed to better health in our region for 35 years. Alongside our volunteers, who brighten the lives of patients every day, Brighter Lives supports lifesaving public health services in Townsville and across our region by fundraising for world-class equipment, training, research, and facilities.

Winners are grinners! Congratulations to our winners of the Dream Big Raffle!

1ST PRIZE WINNER - $10,000 VOUCHER FROM GALLIVANTER TRAVEL
Ticket Number: #3000
AM

2ND PRIZE WINNER - $500 VOUCHER FROM JBD
Ticket Number: #2067
FF

BONUS MAY DRAW - $500 VOUCHER FROM GALLIVANTER TRAVEL
Ticket Number: #3730
JG

Thank you to Gallivanter Travel Townsville and Jewellery By Design for getting behind a local NQ charity and supporting local! 💙💛

Thank you to everyone who supported this raffle - every cent helps here in NQ, supporting our public health service by funding equipment, projects and research. By buying a ticket, you've helped to make our hospital brighter!

We hope our winners enjoy their amazing prizes. ✈💍

Thank you Reuben for everything you do for Brighter Lives! 💛💙

Vote for Reuben using the link below. ⬇

⏰CLOSING TODAY!!⏰
Dream BIG Raffle - win a $10,000 travel voucher!
We've teamed up with local legends Gallivanter Travel Townsville and Jewellery By Design to bring you the most amazing raffle!
✈ First prize is a $10,000 travel voucher from Gallivanter Travel Townsville! 🌏
💎 Second prize is a $500 gift voucher from Jewellery By Design!

Tickets help support our local public health service by fundraising for equipment and projects to help brighten the hospital experience for patients, staff and visitors.

Buy tickets online: https://rafflelink.com.au/dreambigraffle

Every cent stays local and helps here in NQ. 💙💛

Tickets are priced:
$5 each, 5 tickets for $20, 12 tickets for $40, 25 tickets for $75, 40 tickets for $100, 100 tickets for $200. Buy more and save.

Good luck!

Brighter Lives Here for you Here for NQ / Townsville Hospital Foundation
Prizes - First prize: Travel voucher from Gallivanter Travel - retail value $10,000 AUD. Second prize: Gift voucher from JBD Jewellery By Design - retail value $500 AUD
Raffle closes 24 June 2024 | Drawn and winners notified 25 June 2024 | Winners will be notified by phone and email.



- we don't want you to miss this!

Win a $10,000 travel voucher! 🌏 ✈️

Come to Willows Shopping Centre this weekend and grab a raffle ticket!

We’re selling tickets in our Dream BIG Raffle - you could win a $10,000 travel voucher to spend at Gallivanter Travel Townsville and second prize is a $500 voucher from Jewellery By Design! 🎉

Or buy tickets online:
🖱️ rafflelink.com.au/dreambigraffle

By buying a raffle ticket, you’re helping here in North Queensland to help brighten public health services in Townsville Hospital and Health Service by fundraising for equipment, services, projects and more.

Tickets are priced at $5 each, 5 tickets for $20, 12 tickets for $40, 25 tickets for $75, 40 tickets for $100, 100 tickets for $200.

The details:
💙 Tickets are for sale in QLD only.
💛 Brighter Lives Here for you Here for NQ / Townsville Hospital Foundation
💙 Prizes - First prize: Travel voucher from Gallivanter Travel - retail value $10,000 AUD
Second prize: Gift voucher from JBD Jewellery By Design - retail value $500 AUD
⏰ Raffle closes 24 June 2024
⏳ Raffle drawn and winners notified 25 June 2024. Winners will be notified by phone and email

Thanks to Gallivanter Travel and and JBD for supporting local by supporting a local charity. 💙💛

THANK YOU! Thank you to Graeme, Winston and Dawn of the Lions Club of Townsville - Ross Valley for the donation of two wheelie walkers to the acute admissions unit in Townsville, pictured here with Mandy. Thank you for this very useful donation!

📚 WE NEED YOUR BOOKS! 📚
We are seeking quality gently used books for our book fair. Children's books, fiction, and non-fiction books are all in need for our book fair in August!
Your used books can have a new chapter in their lives with us!
💛
Please share to help get the message out!
Drop off locations
✅ Carmichael Ford (our hub for book donations)
✅ Explore Property Townsville - Belgian Gardens, Explore Property Munro & Co and Explore Property Townsville - City
✅ Avanti Health Centre Townsville
✅ Amazing Grace Early Learning Centre Railway Estate & North Ward
✅ Triple t 103.9 (small donations)
✅ Community Information Centre Townsville (small donations)
✅ Small donations (1-2 bags) at our gift shop inside Townsville University Hospital

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries/thesauruses or magazines.

SAVE THE DATE!
📚 17 August and 18 August
📌 Willows Shopping Centre (the Milk Espresso entrance)

All proceeds from the book fair go to Brighter Lives and help here in NQ by funding equipment, training, research, and facilities for our local hospital and health service.

Thank you to Grace Australia for supporting our book fair by providing boxes and doing the hard lifting of the boxes full of books over to Willows. 📦💪

Thanks to your donations, we delivered colouring pencils and folding activity lap trays to the children’s ward this week.

There’s a number of kids who have to stay in their beds in the ward currently, so your amazing contribution will help cure boredom while they’re getting well.

Here’s Amanda posing with just a few of the donated goodies. 🌈📸

Thank you so much for your donations, it really does make a BIG difference right here in NQ. 💛

Today is Crazy Socks 4 Docs Day, a day to break down the stigma around mental health in doctors and the medical profession. 🩺 🧦

Townsville Medical Staff Society (TMSS), alongside Brighter Lives, are raising funds and awareness for the mental health of doctors in NQ.

“We have organised fun wellbeing activities, fundraising and, because it wouldn't be Crazy Socks 4 Docs without them, the crazy socks,” said Dr Amanda Seneviratne, president of Townsville Medical Staff Society.

The funky socks are a visible symbol to spark conversations about mental health within the medical community and beyond.

You can get involved by buying a pair of socks from the Brighter Lives gift shop for $10 or by donating to Brighter Lives: www.brighterlives.org.au/donate

What 90s music couple famously wore double denim to the 2001 American Music Awards....?

Do you know the answer? Then come along to the Brighter Lives Trivia Night on Friday 21 June! Flex your general and musical knowledge muscles and may your team reign supreme!

Dress up in your favourite musical era, all fundraising for your fave charity, Brighter Lives. Prize for the best dressed, the winning team and lucky door prizes! Teams of up to 8 are $160 or $27 pp.

Cheese and fruit platters are available for pre-order, or you are also welcome to BYO food & snacks. No BYO Alcohol as the venue offers a licenced bar with beer, wine and non-alcoholic options. 🍻

Book online: www.trybooking.com/CSGXJ
This event is strictly 18+.

PS - Still stumped? The denim was worn by none other than Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake 👖

Kim and Bec were privileged to chat to the folk at the Townsville & District Garden Club today about Brighter Lives. They both even came home with a plant each! 🌿 Thank you for having us. 💙💛

LAST CHANCE! Enter this month and go in the draw to win a BONUS $500 travel voucher, donated by Gallivanter Travel Townsville! 🎉

Where is your dream destination? Dream BIG with our Dream Big Raffle!

Buy tickets online:
🖱️ https://rafflelink.com.au/dreambigraffle

First prize is a $10,000 travel voucher from Gallivanter Travel Townsville to take you anywhere in the world. Second prize is an incredible $500 voucher at Jewellery By Design.

Plus this month only, you will go into a bonus draw to win a $500 travel voucher donated by Gallivanter Travel just by entering in the month of May!

By buying a raffle ticket, you’re helping here in North Queensland to help brighten public health services in Townsville Hospital and Health Service by fundraising for equipment, services, projects and more.

Tickets are priced at $5 each, 5 tickets for $20, 12 tickets for $40, 25 tickets for $75, 40 tickets for $100, 100 tickets for $200.


The details:
💙 Tickets are for sale in QLD only.
💛 Brighter Lives Here for you Here for NQ / Townsville Hospital Foundation
💙 Prizes - First prize: Travel voucher from Gallivanter Travel - retail value $10,000 AUD
Second prize: Gift voucher from JBD Jewellery By Design - retail value $500 AUD
⏰ Raffle closes 24 June 2024
⏳ Raffle drawn and winners notified 25 June 2024. Winners will be notified by phone and email

Thanks to Gallivanter Travel and and JBD for supporting local by supporting a local charity. 💙💛

fans - we don’t want you to miss out on this.

This week is National Volunteers Week. We would like to say a special thank you to our wonderful Brighter Lives volunteers who help at Townsville Hospital and Health Service. 💛💛

The volunteers in yellow are spread across the health service and help people find their way, run the gift shop, drive the buggies and lend a friendly ear to those who need it - plus so much more.

Thank you to these incredible humans who give up their time to ensure our hospital service is brighter.

Happy National Volunteers Week!

Brighter Lives volunteer services will be closed from 11.30am Wednesday 22 May.

This week is National Volunteer Week and we are celebrating the incredible contribution our volunteers make around Townsville Hospital and Health Service with a special lunch today.

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for the amazing work you do in brightening the lives of patients, visitors and staff every single day. 💛💙

Feeling hungry? Why not make a plan to head to Island Burger at Magnetic Island - with every purchase of the Island Burger this month, they will donate $5 to Brighter Lives to help at Magnetic Island Health Service! Yum! 🍔

🚨 THE ISLAND BURGER PROJECT 🚨

This month we will be working with Brighter Lives Townsville Hospital Foundation to help raise money for medical equipment for Magnetic Island Medical Centre!

This burg will be on for the whole month and will involve a $5 donation from each one to help fund medical equipment for Magnetic Island Medical Centre!

THE NACHO LIBRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
💥CHIPOTLE BRAISED BEEF NACHO
🍔SMASHED BEEF PATTY
🧀AGED CHEDDAR QUESO
🍋AVO LIME CREMA
🍅PICO DE GALLO
🕺PEPPERCORN MAYO

We will have the results of last month's fundraiser coming up very soon! 😎

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹: 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴
Picture it – you’re on your dream tropical overseas holiday, enjoying the beach air and palm trees, only to suddenly, and without warning, end up in hospital in a critical condition. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to Sally and her family while on holidays in North Queensland last month.

Accompanied by her husband and two teenage sons, Sally travelled from her home of Devon, England to Australia. The plan was to head north and spend a short amount of time in Townsville on the way. However, while out e-scooting, Sally felt a headache unlike anything she had ever felt before. The severe headache caused her to stop in her tracks and she started vomiting, with Justin immediately phoning for an ambulance.

Sally received medical assistance in minutes from the ambulance and was taken to Townsville University Hospital for treatment. Her family received the news that she had suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage and she immediately started treatment. Sally stayed in ICU for the next several weeks and despite having some complications, she is on the road to recovery.

The entire family was impressed with the care Sally received while being treated in Townsville. “The incredible team at Townsville Hospital and Health Service saved my life more than once over the 3 weeks, and they did so with such care and kindness that it makes me well up every time I think about it,” Sally said.

Sally and Justin decided to give back to the hospital to say thank you for the care they received by starting a fundraiser for Brighter Lives. Their friends and family jumped at the opportunity to help donate to help here in North Queensland, raising an incredible $7,866 for Brighter Lives.

“I was blown away by just how much my friends and family raised so quickly,” she said.

“9,000 miles from home, the staff at Townsville University Hospital did everything they could to make me comfortable and distract me from the distance separating me from all friends and family back home. Thank you for everything you do.”

Thank you to Reece and Tom from the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys who visited Townsville Hospital and Health Service for their Cowboys in Capes visit. 💙💛

These visits are in conjunction with Brighter Lives and Sun Metals.

Thanks for the visit!