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Dry July is proudly supporting Look Good Feel Better in 2018.
Look Good Feel Better is a charity that provides free, community-based programmes for any person, facing any cancer, at any time.
Look Good Feel Better Classes support cancer patients impacted by the visible and emotional effects of their diagnosis and treatment. The visible and invisible impact can rob patients of their identity. Look Good Feel Better helps to bring a boost, a day away from treatment, an opportunity to connect, and learn techniques to help them feel more like their normal selves.
Look Good Feel Better helps people with cancer to look and feel more like their normal selves. The classes include tips, tricks and techniques to help participants recognize the person in the mirror.
Participants take away packs and information to continue to use the techniques they have learnt in their everyday lives – whether it’s to return to work, the school gate pick up, a trip to the grocery store, a special event.
Funds raised through the Dry July New Zealand campaign will enable funding for even more Look Good Feel Better workshops across New Zealand.
Canterbury District Health Board has used Dry July funds towards improving the family area in the chemotherapy treatment ward at Grey Hospital. Purchased items include:
- La-z-boy chair for waiting family members
- Coffee machine and pods
- Microwave oven
- Toys
- Newspaper subscription
- Display stand
- 4x iPad Air 2 tablets for patients and waiting family members
- 4x Panasonic headphones for iPads
- 4x Chambray covers for iPads
Dry July funds have been used towards supporting the Chemotherapy Suite and Whanau kitchen for the Nelson Oncology Service, through the installation of:
- Artwork
- Sienna Vinyl Couch
- Dishwasher - Single dish draw
- Refrigerator
All of which is aimed at making patients at Canterbury DHB a little more comfortable.
Auckland District Health Board will use Dry July 2015 donations towards development of a range of cancer pathway-specific information including pamphlets, posters and online materials to empower cancer patients. Consumers will be involved in the development of these materials which will also be translated into different languages to increase understanding of and access to services.
Although a good deal of information is already available for patients, it is primarily in very clinical language. The aim of this project is to speak to cancer patients in layman’s terms and inform them of important options available to them during their treatment.
The Cancer Society of New Zealand will use funds raised by Dry July 2015 towards the provision of patient transport services by CSNZ divisions across the country.
Canterbury DHB is using Dry July funds to make patients at Christchurch Hospital a little more comfortable. Projects in the pipeline include:
- Exercise treadmills and bicycles for the bone marrow transplant unit family room
- Patient information system in the radiotherapy waiting area
- Maori and Pasifika artwork and magazines for Christchurch Hospital oncology ward
- iPod Touch for young adult radiotherapy patients
- Video walkthrough of the radiotherapy department to help patients to feel less anxious about their initial visits for treatment