Awareness Events
8th International PH Conference 2008 - Houston Tex
In June 2008 Tina Powney, our Assistant Secretary, took her first ever international flight to Houston in Texas, USA to attend the PHA International Conference. The trip was made possible by generous donations from Actelion, the suppliers of Bosentan, family and friends. PHA Australia members and Tina herself donated typical Aussie goods to be raffled at the conference. Some of Tina's photos from her trip to the PHA International Conference in Houston, Texas, USA in June 2008.
8th International PH Conference 2008 - Houston Tex
City to Surf 2011
Congratulations Rebecca McGlynn, family and friends for completing the City2Surf in Sydney in August. Here is Beck & Milly walking for PHA Australia & Beck's son Thomas (please read the memorial about Thomas McGlynn and see his gorgeous pics) - good on you girls!
City to Surf 2011
Trivia Night 2008
The 2008 Pulmonary Hypertension Association Australia Trivia Night. The trivia night was held at the Wagga Wagga RSL club on the 25th July. The room was perfect and at around 6.30 people started arriving. By 6.45 there was a line up to get in. Laurel (my mum) and Carmel were ushering people in the door and everyone that came in paid their $10.00. While they were being ushered in they were also gently enticed to buy a raffle ticket.
We had about 17 tables, with an average of about 10 people per table. It was a huge effort on behalf of Amy Hartley and Lauren Mason who organised the whole event. They work hard prior to the night organising prizes and they ran their little legs off all night. Ladies, we are so very grateful for what you do for PHAA and do not take you for granted – THANK YOU. There were spot auctions, and prizes throughout the night to keep things moving while the ever important answer papers were being marked. Tyler and Megan were runners and helped with the spot prizes.
All the markers and volunteers for the night had special purple polo shirts with the PHA Australia logo embroidered on them and they looked phantastic! I am not sure how much they cost but we are thinking of selling them on the website. I opened the night with a brief explanation of what pulmonary hypertension is and also explained how our website is a supportive, safe and informative space on the internet and how grateful we all were for the funds that were being raised. I also spoke of the importance of registering as an organ donor, mentioning that even this last week our gorgeous Evlyn had received the gift of life with new lungs. People still think that a drivers licence is full consent and it is NOT.
I also thanked everyone who had helped organise the night. Cassie was our MC for the night and she did a fabulous job, she was at ease with the crowd and kept things running smoothly whilst giving some gentle encouragement with the auctioning and spot prizes. If your MC does not keep the night jumping then it can be a disaster. Cassie was an absolute delight.
It was great to catch up with real people J I had a real hug with Tina Powney and her husband Scott. I cuddled Carmel, Wayne and all the Norton girls. The raffle was drawn by Tina and she drew her husband Scott out of the barrel – well not him literally but his name (wink). We had many witnesses and Lauren, the barrel girl , whirled the barrel many times and I was holding Tina’s hand so Scott was declared the winner of a weekend for 2 in Wollongong with an entertainment package and fuel costs subsidised. What a great result having someone with PH having well deserved break.
There were lots of games, cheering and laughs and our bank account benefited by $2626.90. If you want to get together next year and have a great weekend, maybe we could get a pha table OR EVEN 2 together. You won’t regret it and we can all meet up and make a weekend of it. Being in a rural area, costs are not too bad as far as accommodation, especially at that time of the year.
I flew all the way from Cairns and was so glad I made the effort. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT AND THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO HELPED AND ATTENDED ON THE NIGHT - we could not do this without you!
Trivia Night 2008
1st PHA Australia Ball
In November 2008 we held our first ball at the Wagga Wagga RSL Club. The Wagga organising team did a wonderful job of decorating the reception room team and organising the food and entertainment. A good night was had by all.
1st PHA Australia Ball
Melbourne Cup Fundraiser in WA 2011
Trehna Rouse, our treasurer extraodinaire held a Melbourne Cup High Tea. Trehna's comments on her day are below. This might catch on, being in November every year. Something we could all do. Trehna's comments ond photo's are below - it looks very flash and the Phillies were all Phabulously Phrocked up. I can't think of a better excuse than cup day - Trehna looking gorgeous in red and her friends are looking very glamerous. I think it is nice to have a feel good day, i know it takes some effort but i think by the look of the pics it sure was worth it! "We held today our ‘Araluen’ 2011 Melbourne Cup High Tea 2 days of cooking assisted by my wonderful friend Mandy, all people here have given permission for photos to appear on a website." She and Steve raised $280 for PHA Australia and Steve (Trehna's husband) also won 2nd Place - Yay.
Melbourne Cup Fundraiser in WA 2011
Blue Lips Hall of Fame
PH friends gather from all over world to promote awarenes of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH): Patient, carers, family, friends and their friends paint their lips blue to represent lack of oxygen in their blood due to poor lung function. PH can be caused by many health issues congential to a disease process and much more - it is under diagnosed and we strive to make people more aware. Read up more about it under Pulmonary Hypertension along the menu tab. To have your blue lips here email me a pic at pha@netspace.net.au and i will post it up - Love Annie. Helpful tip - use blue eye shadow :).
Blue Lips Hall of Fame