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27 April, 2023
Coles Caboolture Big Fish among top five fundraising stores in state
CHILDREN’S hospitals across Australia have been given a funding boost to deliver innovative and essential programs for sick kids thanks to the Coles Curing Homesickness appeal.
In just two weeks, Coles shoppers and team members have rallied in support of sick kids to raise more than $1 million for nine children’s hospitals, foundations and paediatric services in Australia.
Thanks to Caboolture shoppers, Coles Caboolture Big Fish has raised more than $400,000 for the life-changing initiative.
Funds raised will help Curing Homesickness hospital partners to implement and deliver important paediatric projects such as John Hunter Children’s Hospital’s at-home sleep assessment trial for kids with sleeping disorders in NSW, Canberra Hospital Foundation’s play therapy in palliative care program and SA’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation’s ‘Cocoon Program’ for medically vulnerable babies in foster care.
The funds from this year’s appeal takes Coles’ total contribution to Curing Homesickness to more than $6 million in four years, with money raised from donations cards, customer donations, store fundraising and sales of Mum’s Sause pasta sauces and pizza sauce with 50c from every product sold year-round going to the cause.
Queensland shoppers raised nearly $170,000 for The Common Good to purchase vital equipment such as specialised infant warmer and incubator beds for the children’s ward at The Prince Charles Hospital and the Children’s Emergency Departments, and virtual reality goggles for Caboolture Hospital’s Paediatrics Ward.
Shoppers can continue to support the causes and initiatives of the Curing Homesickness hospital partner by purchasing a Mum’s Sause pasta or pizza sauce with 50c from every product sold year-round going to Curing Homesickness.
