COMBINED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ANZAC AND PEACE CEREMONY 2008

The 2008 ceremony for the combined primary schools of Woden and Weston Creek will be held at Eddison Park on Wednesday 9^th April 2008, commencing at 11:30 am .

Mark your diaries and look for the notice in the next editions of The Serviceman.

Once again we will need volunteers to act as marshals and escorts.

Enquiries can be directed to Peter Muir through either email damuirs5@bigpond.net.au or home phone 6291 8787.

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Corporate Angel Network of Australia

Corporate Angel Network of Australia is a network of Corporations and individuals in hospitals, Cancer and Leukaemia support groups, Aviation Companies and business companies who work together in order to give air travel assistance to patients affected by cancer and leukaemia and to their families. Corporate Angel Network of Australia is totally Australian owned and controlled and Registered as a Charity in Queensland.

They exist for the sole purpose of providing free air transport to and from treatment centres for qualifying persons, namely cancer and leukaemia patients and bone marrow donors and their carers within Australia. They are a NOT - FOR - PROFIT organization run entirely by volunteers.

Many people in Australia are not eligible for Government travel assistance and this can create both financial hardship and emotional stress for people living long distances from major treatment centres. Long hours of travel by road or rail can be draining on a patient's strength and in many cases makes visiting patients very difficult for families living long distances from treatment hospitals. It can be very distressing when parents are separated from children or siblings separated from each other by distance.

Patients suffering from cancer or leukaemia and also bone marrow donors plus their carers are eligible for help. A carer is an immediate family member i.e. spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, child, the legal guardian or next of kin of a patient.

The Medical Service Provider or Patient Support Organization chooses which patient / carer needs help with travel assistance, in accordance with our definition of a "CANdidate". They do not impose a Means Test - Financial need is not a criteria for selection of CANdidates for travel, however, anybody who has an entitlement to Government assisted air travel is not eligible for assistance.

An individual cannot apply for assistance – the request must come from a medical provider or hospital.

For further information go to the web site www.angelnet.asn.au/index.html.

 

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