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The Mahurangi Senior Citizens group has given $50,000 towards a new community day hospice in Warkworth.
Warkworth Wellsford Hospice has a fundraising goal of $4 million and the group’s gift takes the total raised to $3.15 million. Betty Paxton says the members wanted to make a contribution that would serve the community for many years.
The hospice and the seniors’ group will agree on a suitable dedication in the building to acknowledge the gift.
Architects Chow Hill have completed plans for the new hospice and tenders for the construction contract closed on November 30. Warkworth Wellsford Hospice will appoint a builder in the next few weeks and construction will begin on the Glenmore Drive site early next year.
The building will expand the care options that hospice can offer to people with a life-shortening illness. Services will include nurse-led clinics, daytime respite care, day programmes, support groups and complementary therapies.
A large, multi-purpose room will be made available to community and private groups for meetings and functions when the hospice is not using it for education and day programmes. The hospice’s popular garage sale will be based in the lower level of the new building and accessed from Morrison Drive, a few hundred metres up the road from the existing hospice offices.
For more information call 425 9535 or visit warkworthwellsfordhospice.co.nz
