Mums with cancer needing help…
June 2, 2009 | 
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Mummy’s Wish is a not-for-profit charity that focuses on supporting mothers diagnosed with cancer while either pregnant or with young children in South East Queensland.
Their mission is to support mums with young families to help them and their family cope with many of the challenges they face while undergoing treatment.
Mummy’s Wish is growing and unfortunately the demands of running the charity and being a single mum are affecting the founder Bernadette, who is in remission currently.
"My own health issues has become too much for me. I have the wonderful help of another mum also recovering from cancer however running the charity is too much for just the two of us. I am needing to pull back on the charity work and look after my own health a little more and to do that I need to recruit volunteers to help us achieve the wonderful things we do for women with cancer. I am writing to you to see if you or anyone you know, may be able to assist us with some volunteer work. We are looking to fill a variety of roles spanning a broad spectrum of skills.
We are looking at filling several volunteer roles which require an ongoing commitment to our charity. These roles could be completed from home and include
- Treasurer – accounts are very kindly done by the wonderful team at Miss Efficiency (WNA members) however we need someone with a finance background to be on the management committee in the role of treasurer
- Ambassadors – prominent business, politics, sports or medical professionals able to promote and support Mummy’s Wish
- Charity Advisor – someone with experience of running a charity preferred
- Admin Manager – looking after the administration side of the charity
- PR Manager – looking after public relations
- Fundraising Manager – managing fund raising team
- Support Manager – managing the support team
- HR Manager – managing all HR aspects including volunteer recruitment
- Mums supports – counsellor, social work or medical background or close experience of cancer – performs initial and ongoing visits to the mums "
We are also in need of volunteers to fill other roles (such as support assistant, HR assistant, accounts assistant, policies co-ordinator, fundraiser) that can be done as an ongoing commitment of only a few hours a month or a one off commitment – all of these roles can be done from home.
We are also in need of an Auditor – for our annual return – if you are able to forward this email on to any auditors you think may be interested we would appreciate it."
Please visit Mummy’s Wish for more information or contact Bernadette on bernadette@mummyswish.org.au and Gayle on gayle@mummyswish.org.au.
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I have experience in not for profit and on their boards. I would be happy to meet with you and learn more about your organisation and your needs. If I can then be of help or introduce some people in my network who might assist you we can look at the possibilities if you wish.
I was a board member of Karuna paliative care for some years and a Board Director for Gove Peninsula Hospital.
kind regards…..Catherine
We are asking for some publicity to help promote our raffle to SE Qld.
Mummy’s Wish is a charity that supports mums with cancer. We have commenced our major raffle for 2009 as we are needing to raise over $5000.The first prize is a Qld State of Origin baby jumpsuit signed by 8 of the winning 2008 Qld State of Origin team kindly donated by the Canterbury store at Chermside. There are 10 prizes totalling over $3000. In just 12 months since starting our charity we have assisted over 20 mums in SE QLD who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Further details below
Tickets Just $1 each!
1st Prize: Baby QLD State of Origin Jumpsuit – Framed and signed by 6 of the 2008 Qld Team – $1000+ Donated by Canterbury – Chermside
2nd Prize: Medispa treatment – $1560 – donated by Body n Beauty
3rd Prize: Pearl and Yellow Gold necklace – $450 Donated by Mark Seddon. Girls love Pearls
4th Prize: Forget Me Not Impressions voucher – $200 – Donated by Anita & Bob Moy
5th Prize: Dinner at Kabuki – $200 – Donated by the Stamford
6th Prize: Kookaburra River Queen Cruise Voucher – $100 – Donated by Kookaburra River Queen
7th Prize: Tupperware Pack – $100 – Donated by Michelle Fitton, Natalie Halpin
8th Prize: Dinner voucher for Customs House – $120 – Donated by Customs House
9th Prize: High tea for 2 at Siggi’s –$110 – Donated by the Stamford
10th Prize: Cooking class at Mondo Organics – $95 – Donated by Mondo Organics
If you wish to make a purchase via cheque, credit card or bank transfer:
• Send a cheque made out to Mummy’s Wish Inc – and send to PO BOX 81, Aminya Street, MANSFIELD Q 4122
• Make a payment direct through PayPal – click on the Donate now symbol on our website (just let us know that the money is for raffle tickets and not a donation) http://www.mummyswish.org.au
• Make a direct deposit into our bank account
Please ensure that you email/enclose your name, address and phone number so we can send your tickets to you.
gayle@mummyswish.org.au