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Half Marathon
Robert Boyle succeeds to run the Stratford-upon-Avon half marathon.
Robert's first competitive run, and the furthest he's ran so far was finished in great time. Robert only started running 6 months ago and his achievement has raised £292.00 for the Coventry Transplant Team to help them travel to Belfast for the 2011 British Transplant Games.
Parachute Jump
Martyn Parker raises £3,240.15 with freefall parachute jump
Well done Martyn. A real high flyer!
Nat West
Thank you to Dionne for nominating our charity in November to receive £1020.81, which was later matched by Nat West with £1000.00 in December, making a grand total of £2020.81. So a huge thank you very much to Dionne and her colleagues at Nat West.
Charity Auction
The Charity auction at Bishops Tachbrook on 1st November raised £774 to be split between WHKPA and Air Ambulance
This was great fun and a worthwhile afternoon out.
Well done Hilda and friends for all your hard work.
Scales
On behalf of the renal
technologists, I would like to send thanks for the recent, generous funding of equipment
for our department.
Several weeks ago you were kind enough to purchase 3 calibrated Jadever JKH balances at a cost of £282. We have now taken delivery of these and are already putting them to good use. One of the most important calibrations that we perform on our haemodialysis equipment is that of fluid removal accuracy. This ensures that when the nurse programs the equipment to remove an amount of fluid the machine achieves the desired dry weight for the patient. Up until now the renal technologists have used various measuring cylinders to determine this volume. Usually only accurate to around 5ml of fluid, this has been the tried and tested method ever since the renal unit opened.
These new scales give an accuracy of 1gram, equal to about 1mililitre of fluid removal. During use, the fluid removed is displayed digitally on the scale, allowing the exact figure to be entered during calibration.
Overall, these scales will provide a great addition to our 'toolbox' allowing more accurate, consistent monitoring and calibration of our equipment.
Attached is a photograph of Steve, one of the technical team, with a set of scales.
Many thanks
G.Watson
Garry Watson
Renal Technologist UHCW NHS Trust
If you have any old records of any era you would like to sell to me and donate the money to the KPA.
Give me JOE a ring on Warwick 01926 774094 or email me at joe.grainger@ntlworld.com
I will pay 15p
per single and 25p per LP
Joe Grainger
USED POSTAGE STAMPS
Vivienne collects, and raises money, from used postage stamps.
E-mail the webmaster if you can help: info@whkpa.org.uk
RECENT DONATIONS
Sue's Book Sales, Stamps, Tachbrook Fish Bar collecting box, In Memory of Roger Bates, Reg Rode, Don Lister and Robin Bourne's Mum, Robert Boyle's Shakespeare Run for the Transplant Games Fund, Edward Amey £20.00, A E Bennett in memory of Roger Bates £1,288.74, James Dean £50.00, Jephson Housing Association £60.43, Tachbrook Fish Bar £35.00, G Tarplees of Ford £50.00, The Price family £625, Martyn Parker 3,240.15, Bravissimo, Leamington £250.00, Elsaida Gordon £100.00, Jephson Housing ("dress down" day), £26.00, Mrs Kingshot, Dublin £30.00, Rugby Jobcentreplus (instead of sending Christmas cards) £100.00, Trent Valley Club (Price family) £820.00, Edward Amey £20.00, Mr Baldwin £490.00, Gill Hillyard, cake making proceeds £75.00, Hilda Leonard, proceeds from Hilda's Auction £387.00, Nat West £2020.00, Mr Baldwin's 60th birthday £500.00, Barford CC - due to Michael's weight loss £650.00, In memory of Jim Barlcombe £310.00, Mr Bradbury - collecting box £13.04, In memory of David Burditt £20.00, Audrey Cooper - donation £50.00, Carol Hudson - donation £25.00, Hilda leonard - donation £20.00, Sue Newman - donation £10.00, Price family £600.00, In memory of Stanley Ross £160.00, In memory of Peter Whewell £65.00, World Kidney Day - collection £100.60, Mike Bradbury, collecting box donation £13.04, J Deeley in memory of Edward Babb £100.00, Theo Eck, coins saved in a large whisky bottle £39.00, Elizabeth Minty £20, Stamps £17.00, In memory of Peter Whewell £540.00, Andrew & Lesley Davies £79.00, Trent Valley House WMC & Institute (Sheila Price and family) £781.00, Indian race night £1250.00.
Thanks to everyone who has donated during the past year and who has remembered us when people have passed away.
RECENT PURCHASES
10 bag warmers for CAPD patients £2350.50
Tracksuits for Transplant Games athletes (From Transplant Games Fund) £677.13
New Haemodialysis chairs at a cost of £10,185.96
3 scales, calibrated Jadever JKH balances for the Renal technologists
6 Heat pads for the dialysis unit
6ft Christmas tree and decorations for the renal ward
A cheque for £3400.00 was given to Dr Zehnder for research work taking place in Warwick University.
3 electric heat pads for Nuneaton Unit
12 blood pressure monitors for CAPD patients
Wheelchair scales and cushions for Rugby Unit £3866.38
Dynamap for Transplant Clinic £1312.50
Television for isolation room at George Elliot Unit