Find your tribe. Our coffee mornings are a great way to connect with others in the community walking a similar path, or who've travelled that path already. Discussing all things pregnancy, birth and beyond. Our July coffee morning will take place at Zamia Cafe, Kings Park on Monday July 26 from 10am. Crafty Creators are very welcome to bring along any items to drop off. Everyone is welcome 💜
Parking at King Eddies
The City of Subiaco Council are meeting tonight to discuss making available an additional 20 Early Bird parking passes for NICU families at King Eddies. This would double the number of available passes from 20 to 40.
If you have been impacted by parking restrictions surrounding KEMH we would encourage you to write to Council today and share:
what impact did the need to move your car have on your family?
what difference would a parking pass make, or have made, to your family during your NICU admission?
It is important to note that this motion will not increase the number of cars parking in the vicinity of KEMH, nor will it increase the number of bays available. This motion will simply ensure you will not be fined if you over stay in designated areas, thus reducing the need to leave NICU in order to move your car to comply with 3 hour parking limits.
Please have your say by emailing Council:
Councillors_All@subiaco.wa.gov.au
Or
Join us at the Council Meeting this evening to make a statement (rate payers) or as a question (visitors to the city).
Together we can make a difference!
Jump into June with Tiny Sparks
With the weather cooling off it’s time to get your body moving! Jump into June with Tiny Sparks. Each day has a small fitness challenge to undertake, no prior exercise experience necessary, although you should always clear it with your doctor before embarking on a new exercise regime. If you are a more seasoned campaigner there is something for you too! We encourage you to get your entire family involved.
With some of our usual fundraising fun runs cancelled again this year we would love for you to set up a fundraising page and have your friends and family sponsor you to keep you motivated to complete the challenges each day.
Let’s get started!
Join our Jump into June Facebook Group to stay motivated throughout the challenge.
Set up a fundraising page through Just Giving here: https://www.justgiving.com/tinysparkswainc (If you don’t want to fundraise that’s ok too, consider making a personal donation instead.)
Share your fundraising page with your friends and family, remind them that it’s tax deductible and the end of financial year is fast approaching.
Stay connected throughout June by posting in the group and sharing to your social media.
Make sure you use #tinysparkswa
By joining the Jump into June challenge you’ll be helping us to raise awareness in the community, work toward raising your personal fitness level and raise much needed funds to keep our programs going in 2021 and beyond.
Mother’s Day 2021
Mother’s Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the amazing role women play in their families as a Mother. Today some Mum’s will be spending their special day in hospital alongside their ‘tiny spark’. To bring some joy in what is such a challenging time we have sent out more than 200 gifts around the state for those Mum’s spending Mother’s Day in a Neonatal Unit. Each envelope contains a quantity of sunflower seeds with the sentiment, ‘We can bloom together’. This recognises that Mum’s continue to grow and flourish, just like their children. For many Mother’s this will be their very first Mother’s Day and we really hope that our small gift brings some joy and brightness. Happy Mother’s Day to Mum’s everywhere from the team at Tiny Sparks WA.
We can’t do it without you
This past week we were contact by a family with a truly heartbreaking story. We can’t share their story with you, but they did pose a question we can share. ‘What would it take to ensure every family admitted to a Neonatal Unit receives a Care Package in WA each year?’
Each year around 4,500 babies are admitted to Neonatal Units in WA. To fund a Care Package for each of these families we need to raise $180,000 p/a.
We started this program back in 2014 and were delivering just 10 packages per month. The program has grown and grown and we are now delivering just over 100 packages per month but we need to see that number more than triple, so no family goes without!
Please help us, help more WA families by making a tax deductible donation. We can’t do it without you!
