Our Christmas wish list

Can you please help us this Christmas? We are in need of some important items and we’d be grateful for your help.

If you can help, thank you so much! Please contact:
Phillip Harris, Phillip.Harris@marypotter.org.nz or phone 021 210 7276.

• Help us monitor patient health – 2 x oximeters at $100 each and 1 x digital thermometer $140 = $340 Fully funded. Thank you!
• Supporting a monthly coffee and chat café for bereavement support – $85 each month for one year $1,020. Five funded. Thank you!
• Help us keep a clean and healthy environment in our Porirua base – two cordless vacuum cleaners $900 each
• Provide televisions for our patient rooms (special size and voltage required) – 12 needed at $625 each. Three funded. Thank you!
• Netflix for patients’ entertainment – $24.99 each month (or $99.88 a year)
• Refill our soda stream for patient enjoyment – $279 for the year Fully funded. Thank you!
• Help keep staff safe by replacing the security key pad in our Porirua base – $1,500 Fully funded. Thank you!
• A new Oxygen Concentrator – $6,000. Fully Funded. Thank you!
• Gift packs for children going through tough stuff $130 each. Ten funded. Thank you!
• Art supplies for our Porirua day patients $360 Fully funded. Thank you!
• Cost of outings for day unit patients 7 outings at about $250 each. Partially funded. Thank you!
• A security safe to securely lock away items overnight $1,700
• Blood pressure cuff and sphygmomanometer for monitoring patients at home – $170 Fully funded. Thank you!
• Syringe drivers to help provide medication to patients quickly and easily – four needed at $3,036 each. One funded. Thank you!
• Help keep our workers safe – we need 12 lone worker devices at $570 each
• New desktop computers for Kāpiti clinical staff to replace the ones we’ve had for more than 15 years – four at $1,460 each. One funded. Thank you!
• New furniture for the fitout of the Kapiti Expansion – $3,776. Fully funded. Thank you!
• Sofa Raisers are needed help raise the level of patients furniture to make it easier for them to stand up $908 Fully funded. Thank you!
• Low Back rest support cushion is needed for patients to help maintain proper posture $149 Fully funded. Thank you!
• Four Car Raiser Bars are needed to help patients get in and out of cars more easily – $45 each ($180) Fully funded. Thank you!
• New lockers for staff at the Inpatient Unit – $1,991. Fully funded. Thank you!
• Replacement air hoses for the Nimbus air mattress. 5 needed. These need replacing and servicing regularly to extend the life of the mattress at $655 each. One funded. Thank you!