Meet Kent Heazlett, HCC President and Paddler
Being a small charity that receives no government funding, Arrow relies on its supporters to achieve better outcomes for bone marrow transplant patients. We are pleased to introduce a series of interviews with Arrow supporters – starting with Kent Heazlett who became president of the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC) Association in 2000, and was involved […]
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC) raises $140,000!
The 41st Classic held in October last year raised a huge $140,000 to fund medical research. Funds raised will allow Arrow to continue its funding of a research scientist at the Blood Stem Cell and Cancer Unit at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney; Arrow/HCC PhD Scholarship recipients, and new medical research projects including Dr. John Moore’s […]
Arrow supporters raise over $20,000 at the City2Surf
Dave Eden, Arrow Treasurer and Executive Director since 1995, and his family (pictured) achieved a tremendous result at this year’s City2Surf, having raised over $17,000 for Arrow! We are sincerely grateful to the Eden family for their longstanding support. A huge thank you to the AMR Haem Team, our fabulous medical researchers, for raising $3785 […]
Arrow supporter wins fashions on the field
Arrow was one of the charities supported at Australia’s biggest charity race day – the ASX Thompson Reuters 2017 Charity Horse Racing Day at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in August. Arrow supporter, Pam Spurr (left), won the fashions on the field proudly wearing an ‘Arrow’ red dress.
An unforgettable Weekend in the Country at Mudgee
Arrow Director, Colleena Presnell, did it again – having organised another exceptional Weekend in the Country fundraiser at Mudgee in September. As well as raising over $10,000 for Arrow, the event achieved nationwide awareness of Arrow via Sky Racing Television’s national broadcast. Arrow enjoyed its five minutes of fame thanks to Mudgee Race Course Managers, […]
Enhancing patient care through the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Scholarship for Haematology and Related Nursing
Written by Mrs. Jan Driscoll. Professor Geoffrey Driscoll OAM, born 13 March 1947, died at St Vincent’s Hospital on 5 October 2016. Having been immobilised by polio for three years as a young boy, he was no stranger to illness, but fortunately on that occasion, he made a “miraculous” recovery. This exposure to hospitals and […]
New transplant ward fundraising target achieved!
We are excited to report that with your help, Arrow has raised the $300,000 needed to fund a room in the new bone marrow transplant ward at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Fundraising kicked off with an appeal letter in June 2015, and we remained committed to reaching our goal until the target was reached in […]
Life Cycling
The complications changed my hope to ride the Col du Tourmalet in 2013 so the ride is on 23rd June this year. Initially the ride was going to be my recovery celebration. It soon changed; Life Cycling was born and has become a way of trying to bring some hope to others who are affected […]