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Do you have books at home that you don't want any more?  Children's books?  Novels for teenagers or adults?  Non-fiction books like cookbooks?  Please drop them off or send them in to us at the Heart Centre for Children.  They provide welcome distraction for people in our waiting room, who have the opportunity to purchase any of the books for just $2, and the proceeds go directly into new equipment and research.  Thank you in advance!

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Some friends of the Heart Centre are busy putting the final touches to the Echo Gala Dinner at the Sofitel in Sydney on 13 September 2013.  It promises to be a fun and entertaining evening, raising money for a very good cause.  So come and join us!  More details and how to book a seat or table can be found at www.echogaladinner.com

Some of the Heart Centre staff are once again joining more than 85,000 people to run, walk or crawl the 14km from Sydney city to Bondi beach.  We'll be getting up early on a Sunday to sweat it out with our peers as a fundraiser for the Heart Centre for Children, working towards our goal of purchasing a new cardiac ultrasound (echo) machine which cost almost $400,000.  We have raised just over $95,000 as of this week, so we're well on our way but we need your help.  Please sponsor us for the City2Surf here: https://city2surf2013.everydayhero.com/au/the-pacemakers.  Alternatively, you can click here to find out how else you can help.

 

There are only a couple of tables left at the Zipper Tickers gala dinner in Newcastle on Saturday 27 July 2013.  Please go to www.zippertickers.com to purchase tickets, sponsor the event or get in touch with the organisers.  With Dr John Hewson AM speaking, live entertainment throughout the evening and charity auctions, it promises to be a memorable evening.  All proceeds will come to the Heart Centre for Children, to help in our quest to purchase a new cardiac ultrasound (echo) machine.  We hope to see you there!

5.7km for Mosiah The event: is the 5.7km Gold Coast Suncorp run. Held: on July 6th 2013. Our aim: is to raise $3000. Our purpose: to bring more awareness to Congenital Heart Disease in memory of Mosiah, and to raise funds for the Heart Centre for Children so they can help more children like him. Glen and Nichole running 5.7km together you say? Well yes it's true but we have a great motivation - our son Mosiah who died on the 18th of March 2009 from a congenital heart disease called Hypoplastic Left Heart Sydnrome. The purpose of our run is to raise more awareness of Congenital Heart Disease. Here are the facts: Congenital heart disease is the greatest killer of Australian kids under one Every day in Australia around six babies are born with a heart defect.  That's over 2000 each year. Every week, four precious lives are lost. There is no known cure or prevention. So if there is no cure what's the point you ask? Let m...

On Sunday 25 August, a team will be running, walking or crawling the 5km Color Run course while dodging colour bombs being thrown at us.  You start the event decked out in white and you're lucky if you can find an unblemished spot on yourself at the end of it.  We welcome anyone who would like to join our team to do so by signing up at http://thecolorrun.com/australia/sydney/ - our team name is Heart Centre for Children.  It should be a fun day out for adults and children, and a nice way to meet some of the staff that look after everyone at the Heart Centre.  Feel free to give me a call on (02) 9845 2326 if you would like to know more or are thinking about coming along.  We will also be fundraising for some much-needed equipment.  Every little bit helps!  Click here to make a donation. ...

With our brand new website, some walls to decorate and a few creative projects in mind, we need your help to create some Heart Art.  Photos, pictures, drawings, computer graphics... anything goes as long as it relates somehow to the Heart Centre for Children.  Please send your creations to hcfc.schn@health.nsw.gov.au.  Or go to www.pinterest.com/heartcentre/heart-photos-for-the-heart-centre to see the art that we've already collected and 'like' the best ones.