Cheques for palliative care

Everglades Women's Golf Club and Everglades Country Club have presented cheques of $2400 and $900 respectively to the Central Coast Palliative Care Hospice on August 17.

Foundation hospice chairman Mr Les Graham and medical director Dr Kenneth Marr received the cheques.

"This donation will help us provide maintenance on our centres," Mr Graham said.

"Our annual budget is $45,000, most of which is spent on petrol."

Mr Graham said the palliative care unit had 50 volunteers to assist the clinical team and 13 bereavement counsellors.

"We have two centres: one at Woy Woy and one at Wyongah," Mr Graham said.

"The main office is at Long Jetty Hospital.

"We opened the centre in Kinglsey St only four or five years ago.

"Clinically we operate 24 hours a day, eight days a week."

Dr Marr thanked the Everglades Country Club, the women golfers and Mr Graham for the work he had put into the hospice.

Lyle Stone, August 17