By Victoria Stone-Meadows
Senior citizens from the Lifestyle Village at Casey Fields in Cranbourne have been building and selling toys in their woodworking group to raise money for the Monash Hospital children’s cancer centre.
Members of the group raised $1000 through their project, which was matched dollar for dollar by the Lifestyle Corporation and donated to the centre.
The group of four men from the village sold the toys they made at craft markets to raise to money to donate to the children’s cancer centre.
The lifestyle woodworking group delivered the donation to the centre on Friday 3 February, where they were given a tour of the centre.
In a newsletter distributed to residents of the village, Keven Sparrow said the experience of donating to the centre was a great way to top off the group’s hard work.
“It was good to see the result of the hard work and efforts the guys put in through 2016, great work gents,” he said.
“The social committee should also be thanked for helping us purchase the saw we needed, without it we would have struggled to achieve what we have done so far.”
Staff from the Monash Hospital were thrilled to receive the generous donation.
Nurse unit manager at Monash Children’s Hospital Cancer Centre, Natalie Radin, said the donation wasn’t the only pleasant part of the day.
“We are incredibly grateful of this community support,” she said.
“These funds will go towards equipment for our new Monash Children’s Hospital, which is opening in the coming months.”
“It was great to meet the residents from Lifestyle Casey Fields and look forward to seeing them again soon.”
