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been impacted by an illness or injury who has needed the special services that Starship offers, and have been very thankful for it being there,” Henderson says. “Many within our own club have had family and friends in Starship.”

Starship Foundation chief executive Jo Simon says Starship is incredibly grateful to Warkworth Lions for setting such an ambitious fundraising target and for their hard work to achieve it.

“We’re blown away by the support of all the Lions Clubs who got behind this fundraising drive,” Simon says. “This type of fundraising is critical.

“Every minute of every day children rely on

Starship to receive world-class healthcare, and the Starship Foundation relies on generous donations to make that happen.

“But when a nationwide membership organisation such as the Lions takes on such an ambitious fundraising goal – that doesn’t happen every day!”

Simon says the the expansion of Starship’s PICU was critical, as it was at capacity every second day.

“Our clinicians can fix a lot of things, but they can’t fix bed shortages.

“We are incredibly grateful to Warkworth Lions and thank all the Lions Clubs who have got behind this fundraising drive, and to everyone who donated to support it.”

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