Humanitarian Involvement
Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre
During my mountaineering adventures and general career I will be trying to raise money for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre. Cancer is a disease very close to my heart as I lost my dear father, Tony to brain cancer in 2008. I am very passionate and dedicated towards raising funds and awareness for Olivia’s Centre in Melbourne. A percentage of all sponsor donations and/or sponsorship contracts (tax deductions apply) will be given to the Olivia Appeal.
See: http://www.oliviaappeal.com/
The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal will set new standards in patient-centred care and provide a way forward in cancer treatment - one towards wellness. Merging the best clinical cancer treatment and research with patient-centred complementary care.
The Centre will be an architecturally designed cancer and wellness precinct with world-class research facilities, the best of patient care and medical treatments, and a dedicated Wellness Centre to assist patients’ healing “body, mind and spirit” during the cancer journey.
The Centre will build on 127 years of cancer care at the Austin Hospital, in Melbourne Australia, and provide new directions in the treatment of all types of cancer; and further the international work of the Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research that is headquartered in New York.
The way of the future for the best of cancer care is to not only work towards developing new treatments, but to focus on patient healing - for the whole person and their total wellbeing.
Your support will help the appeal move closer towards creating a truly special Centre to help to change the way cancer is treated - and to provide care for the whole person and not just their disease.
