Diabetes
Christchurch ~ The New Building
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Diabetes
Christchurch has now moved into the new purpose built CDHB building that
also houses the Diabetes Centre and the
Kidney and Dialysis Training Centre.
Finally
our dream for our diabetes society for many years to have
a one stop shop for people with diabetes and by being part of and involved alongside our professional colleagues we
can now collectively provide the information, help and support for people of all
ages with diabetes. Diabetes is a burgeoning
disease nationwide and the new centre brings under one roof many
existing facilities housed in various CDHB or leased buildings
throughout the city. Diabetes Christchurch provides support and
education and has achieved some notable success in this area through the
energies of Professor Don Beaven and many presidents, committees and
volunteers. Community education, support for research, advocacy and
lobbying for people with diabetes, are a cornerstone of our societyies' work. By
being together we are now better able to provide the resources,
education, advice, support and advocacy to help people and their
families and whanau to better manage their own diabetes.
The
society has 130 square metres on the ground floor of this four storey
CDHB building. Overlooking Hagely Park our new premises includes a
larger shop area, two administration offices, a lounge and kitchen area, plus a
storeroom and a third office area where we will be starting a subsidised
podiatry toe-nail clipping service in May, 2007. We also have access to the two large
meeting rooms which run alongside our society rooms. But
unfortunately it does come at a huge cost. After considerable
fundraising efforts and some superb grants from the Canterbury Community
Trust, Eureka Trust, Lion Foundation, The Charitable Trust Foundation,
NZ Community Trust, Robert and Barbara Stewart Charitable Trust, we have
now made our first initial payment of $150,000+gst to the CDHB for our
20-year lease arrangement. We now have to raise annually by October each
year, $58,500 for the next five years. We are asking you as members
or as friends or family of people you know have diabetes to donate to
Diabetes Christchurch towards are "Building Project Fund".
BY
DONATING JUST
$ 1.00 PER WEEK
YOU
can make a huge difference by donating just $1.00 per week for the next
52 weeks from your income or wage towards our (Building Project Fund). You can
make payment by cash/cheque or direct bank deposit. And we can send you a
friendly reminder when your next payment is due.
YOU
can do this either annually or six monthly. You can also
make this donation for just the one year or ongoing for the next five
years, and through your wonderful donation this will provide our new
home for the society, so we can provide support, information and
education, reduced prices for medication and products for people with
diabetes and help for the
12,500+ people with diabetes in the Canterbury region. Just fill in form
on below or give us call for more information on 379-5121
and thank you for your wonderful support.
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I would like to donate c$1.00 or $
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Payment to be made: c Annually (1 Year) = $52.00 OR c 6 Monthly = $26.00 x 2
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INCLUDE PAYMENT AND POST TO: DIABETES CHRISTCHURCH INC,
PO BOX 2527, CHRISTCHURCH.
Or if you prefer to have a direct credit deposit made automatically from your account please
phone Diabetes Christchurch on 378-6266. We will also post out a reminder for you when your next payment is due.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND DONATION.
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