Easter 2013 - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Victor
Chang
Cardiac Research Institute
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Telephone: (02) 9295 8600 or 1300 VICTOR Fax: (02) 9295 8601 www.victorchang.edu.au
Victor
Chang
Cardiac Research Institute
Women Against Heart Disease
May 2013
FAMED US CARDIOLOGIST GUEST SPEAKER
AT THE 2ND MONICA O’LOUGHLIN
WOMEN AGAINST HEART DISEASE LUNCH
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r Noel Bairey Merz,
Director of the
Barbra Streisand
Women’s Heart Centre
and Cedars Sinai Heart
Institute in the United
States was the Institute’s
guest speaker at the lunch held in March.
Dr Merz has an extensive publication record of
over 180 scientific publications, over 200 abstract
and numerous book chapters.
Heart disease is the biggest killer of Australian
women with 52 having a heart attack every day,
and 29 dying from it. That is four times more women
than those who die of breast cancer.
Dr Merz explained to the 400 mainly women
attendees at the lunch that as a society women
have been programmed to think of heart disease in
a typically male way. In fact only a third of women
will experience the same sort of symptoms as a male
when suffering a heart attack.
The ‘Yentl Syndrome’, as she refers to it, is the need
for a woman to prove she is equal to a man before she
will receive equal treatment as women have the same
or similar risk factors as a male.
The lunch concluded with a Q & A session from the
guests attending.
Our thanks go to Dr Merz for travelling to Australia
and to the Commonwealth Bank for co-hosting
the event. Also to our producer Ken Laing, Janine
Perrett who stepped in a the last minute to emcee
the lunch, Apac for televising the lunch and to all who
supported the event either by donating prizes or by
buying tickets and tables.
Dr Merz offered the following tips
on how to protect your heart health:
The red dress is the
symbol of women
against heart disease
1. Don’t put it off any longer. It’s time to do everything you know
you should be doing: Exercising, eating a low-fat –high-fibre diet,
losing weight and quitting smoking.
2. Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that just because you eat healthily, it’s OK to smoke a little.
3. Time Yourself. For heart health, you need to do 30 minutes of physical activity a day.
4. Focus on fitness level, not whether you are fat. If you’re fit, being a few kilograms overweight is more
likely due to increased muscle.
5. Know the Symptoms. Many of us think we know what a heart attack looks like – only problem is, it’s different
for women, who more typically have extreme fatigue, nausea and a feeling of tightness around their chest.
6. Keep aspirin handy. First check with your healthcare provider to ensure
that aspirin is safe for you. If you notice symptoms of a heart attack, consider
popping an aspirin in your mouth immediately and then call an ambulance.
7. Know your numbers. What is your blood pressure? What’s your
cholesterol? Fasting blood sugar?
8. See your dentist, too. Infection in the teeth, gums and mouth can
contribute to and trigger heart disease.
Inside this Issue:
Women Against Heart Disease - Dr Merz
1
Victor Chang
‘Heart to Heart’ Ball Diamond are Forever 1
From the Executive Director’s Desk
2
Life Govenor and Ambassador Awards
2
Vale - Greg Lee
2
Discovery - New Era Medicine
3
Victor Chang Researcher Receives a Human
Frontier Science Program Grant
3
Vale - Dr Tommy Tycho, AM, MBE
3
Victor Chang Scientist Elected to Prestigious
Australian Academy of Science
3
2013 NSW Chain Reaction Team
4
Vale - Daniel Tesoriero 4
The Fifth Annual Paceline Ride
4
Victor Chang Media Awards
4
Vale - Das Menon 4
15 Year Old to Swim Dardanelles Strait
5
The Victor Change Health Check Booth
5
Attention All Corporates
5
Westfield/Victor Chang Golf Day 2013
5
Vale - Lui Cicco 5
Cobram Estate
5
2012 Crabfest Championship
6
Are You Looking For A Guest Speaker?
6
Vale - Michael Abaron 6
Workplace Giving
6
Steve Costi Seafood
6
Schute Bell Charity Steer Auction
7
United Airlines
7
Vale - Frank Fontana 7
Media Music
7
Institute Tours
7
Vale - David Finley 7
Bequests To The Institute
8
In Memoriam
8
Bequests8
You’re Invited...
To attend our James Bond themed major fundraiser –
9. When in doubt, call your doctor. If you notice symptoms, don’t wait –
get to your doctor’s office immediately.
Dr Noel Bairey Merz and the O’Loughlin Family
which is being held at the new Star Event Centre at Pyrmont.
For information about ticket prices please contact the
Victor Chang Fund Development Office on (02) 9295 8798.
Victor
Chang
Cardiac Research Institute
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and themes for our events has
science or move overseas – the brain drain
never waned.
would return.
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Ambassador
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health research and development sector,
at
Mark Ryan
Chain Reaction
- Chain Reaction is the Ultimate
least $5 is returned in national economic
- Mark has been a great
Corporate non mass participation
supporter of the Institute for
development.
Bike Challenge that raises money
LIFE GOVERNOR AND AMBASSADOR AWARDS
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many years and has provided
invaluable advice on many
occasions and has raised
substantial funds via his
cycling feats. More recently he
has taken up the Chairmanship
of the NSW arm of Chain
Reaction.
The Life
Governor
Award
for sick children by challenging
senior executives who have
a passion for cycling and an
awareness of their corporate and
social responsibilities, to ride a
1,000 plus kilometre course in
7 days. This year Chain Reaction
chose the Victor Chang Institute
to be the recipient of the funds
raised in the NSW challenge.
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D I S C OV E RY
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New era medicine: Reversal of an entire family’s heart rhythm disorder
n a world first, researchers from the
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
and St Vincent’s Hospital, have used
gene-based therapy to successfully reverse
an inherited heart rhythm disorder in
members of an entire family, some of whom
had previously been told they had only
months to live.
Rather than using conventional heart
failure medicine, the researchers identified
and treated the gene mutation that caused
their heart rhythm disorder, dilated
cardiomyopathy which is a condition where
the heart cannot pump enough blood to
the body, making it a major risk factor
for stroke and heart failure. Around 1 in
2000 Australians are affected by dilated
cardiomyopathy.
A s s o c i a te
Professor
Diane Fatkin,
lead author of
the study, said
the
results
had
been
outstanding,
with many of
the patients
with severe
d i s e a s e
returning to
full
health
within
6
months.
42 members of an entire
family with a history of
dilated cardiomyopathy were
screened by the VCCRI’s A/
Professor Fatkin, Prof Jamie
Vandenberg and St Vincent’s
Hospital Sydney’s A/Prof
Rajesh Subbiah.
Genetic
screening
of
the family revealed a rare
gene variant in the cardiac
sodium channel that was
present in all affected family
members. They also found
that many of these family
members had a very unusual set of extra
or ‘ectopic’ ventricular heart beats which
are thought of as a consequence of dilated
cardiomyopathy and not the other way
round. Patients are treated with diuretics,
beta blockers and the regular drugs you
get for heart failure, but they found these
patients weren’t getting any better – in fact
they were getting worse.
Laboratory studies on the gene mutation
revealed that it caused increased ‘activity’
of the cardiac sodium channel, and in
particular, increased activity in special
fibres that are part of the conduction
system of the ventricle – the Purkinje fibres.
Based on this understanding, the
researchers recommended that family
members be treated with a ‘sodium
Victor Chang Researcher
receives a Human Frontier
Science Program Grant
V
ictor Chang researcher Lawrence
Lee has received a Human
Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
grant, which supports collaboration
among scientists working in different
countries.
The Human Frontier Science
Program is an international program
of research support, funding frontier
research on the complex mechanisms
of living organisms. Research is funded
at all levels of biological complexity
from biomolecules to the interactions
between organisms.
Lawrence’s project, titled “Artificial synthesis of the
bacterial flagellar motor with DNA nanostructures”, will
be a collaboration amongst researchers from the Victor
Chang Institute (Australia), the University of Oxford (United
Kingdom) and Keiichi Osaka University (Japan).
Of the 715 submitted applications only 33 of those were
awarded funding after having gone through a rigorous yearlong global selection process by high level expert international
review committees.
We congratulate Lawrence on such a wonderful
achievement.
channel
blocker’
to
potentially combat the
ectopic beats. Sodium
channel blockers are not
usually recommended
for patients with heart
failure because of the
potential for adverse
side effects.
Within 6 months
following
treatment
with the sodium channel
blocker, patients who
had horrific ventricular
ectopic beats, returned to
almost normal electrocardiograms (ECG’s)
and their heart function significantly
improved.
Although there is still a long way to
go for many families, this research is an
example of what can be achieved if we
know the what, where and why about the
underlying mutation. It is also a perfect
example of research that extends from
the bedside, to the bench and back to the
bedside – and how molecular research
and clinical medicine can come together to
unravel the cellular mechanisms of cardiac
arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies.
The research will continue using Next
Generation Sequencing to try to understand
what causes inherited heart conditions in
other families.
VALE
Dr Tommy Tycho, AM, MBE - one of Australia’s most
celebrated musicians, virtuoso pianist, conductor, composer,
arranger and mentor. Tommy was a patient of Dr Victor
Chang’s and donated his time and talent to many Victor Chang
fundraisers. The Institute offers its deepest sympathy to the
Tycho family. May his memory and the wonderful contribution
he made to entertainment industry live on forever.
VICTOR CHANG SCIENTIST ELECTED
AS A FELLOW TO THE PRESTIGOUS
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
V
ictor Chang faculty member and Head
of the Mechanobiology Laboratory,
Professor Boris Martinac has been
elected as one of the Australian Academy of
Science’s new Fellows for 2013.
Representing Australia’s leading research
scientists, the Australian Academy of Science
annually honours a small number of Australian
scientists for their outstanding contributions to
science, by election to the Academy.
Boris Martinac is a leading membrane biophysicist world-wide.
He has been internationally known for his pioneering studies of
ion channels in microbes, particularly the discovery, cloning and
structural and functional characterization of mechanosensitive ion
channels in bacteria.
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute now has three of
its Faculty elected to the Academy – Professor Robert Graham,
Professor Richard Harvey and Professor Boris Martinac.
Boris will be admitted to the Australian Academy of Science and
present summaries of his work at the Academy’s annual three-day
May celebration, Science at the Shine Dome in Canberra in May.
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2013 NSW Chain Reaction Team
A
fter a gruelling 1175 km ride from Melbourne
to Sydney over the Snowy Mountains 29 very
weary riders arrived in Sydney tired but happy
to be reunited with their family and friends after
completing their mammoth feat.
Chain Reaction recognises its responsibility to
the greater community and believes that individuals
working together can make a real difference to the
lives of sick children and the charities that support
them. It was founded in 2007 by Berrick Wilson
after his daughter Milla was rushed to hospital with
a brain haemorrhage when she was 2 days old.
The 2nd Chain Reaction Challenge NSW ride
commenced in Melbourne on April 27 and finished
in Sydney on May 3. The 7 day 1175 km ride passed
through towns such as Beechworth, Corryong,
Cooma, Canberra and Moss Vale and tackled the
picturesque and challenging Snowy Mountains with
a visit to Cabramurra, Australia’s highest town.
Teams from:
VALE
took part in this challenge. They were supported
by Dexus, NAB; 5 Martin Place, Adelaide Airport,
Ashurst , Cbus Property, Jones Lang La Salle, New
Life Media, Savills Project Management; Ernst
& Young, Leighton Holdings Shopping Centre,
Westfield Retail Trust; Korda Menta. Product
sponsors inlcuded ACNT, Coles, Endura, Scuderia
Veloce Volvo Cars and Velosophy.
The Institute extends its deepest gratitude to
Mark Ryan, John Ward, Berrick Wilson, staff, all
the riders and supporters for their continued to
support of the Institute’s research in congenital
heart disease.
Daniel Tesoriero – 40 year old son of Tony and
Louise Tesoriero of XL Fruit at Sydney Markets,
husband of Lilly and father of Tiana. At age 16 Daniel
was the recipient of a heart transplant. The Institute
offers its deepest sympathy to the Tesoriero family for
their loss.
The Fifth Annual
Paceline
2012 sees the Fifth Annual Paceline ride. This year riders will tackle the spectacular ride
tackled
theto spectacular
East Coast, cycling from Coolangatta Sydney from 10-­17 November. cycling from
Over 30 riders wEast
ill participate Coast,
in this year’s ride to raise awareness of cardiac Tweed
to Sydney
arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) -­‐Heads
a leading cause of stroke. from 10-17 November
1 in 4 Australians suffer from a cardiac arrhythmia and and
with this nraised
umber $25,000 for the
constantly growing, it is essential that every effort is mInstitute.
ade to promote understanding and develop treatments. Over 36 riders participated in the 2012 ride to raise awareness of
cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) - a leading cause of stroke.
The funds raised through Paceline help 1 in
4 Australians
suffer from a cardiac arrhythmia
and with this
us fund the work of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute which constantly growing, it is essential that every effort is made to
number
enhances our understanding of this debilitating disorder and its prevention, treatment and possible cure. promote understanding and develop treatments. Along the way, riders
will be helping to promote the message – check your pulse.
RIDE SCHEDULE funds
raised
through
Paceline
us fund the research at
If you would like to The
donate, sponsor
or join
the ride please
go to the Paceline
websitehelp
–
www.paceline.com.au
to see how best
you can help.
the Victor
Chang
Cardiac Research Institute which enhances our
understanding of this debilitating disorder and its prevention, treatment
and possible cure.
The ride commenced at Tweed Heads and weaved its way through
Yamba, Emerald Beach, Nambucca Heads, Port Macquarie, Forster,
Nelson Bay and Shelley Beach.
On the final stage a stop at Avalon Markets to meet the Hon Bronwyn
Bishop, MP for Mackellar and the Hon Tony Abbott, Leader of the
Opposition who, looking the part in a Paceline kit, then joined the
pack and rode the approximately 30km to his electorate of Manly. The
remainder of the peloton then made its way to the finish line outside the
Victor Chang Institute where they were warmly welcomed back by family,
friends and members of the
institute. After a barbeque and
a few drinks, their bicycles were
packed up and each member
made their way home tired but
proud of their achievement.
Everyone at the Institutes
congratulates Steve Quinn and
his team for their effort, support
and generosity.
The 2013 ride will take in the
sights of Tasmania in November.
Along the way, riders will be helping to promote the message – check your pulse. 4
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The awards are open to all media in Australia and,
new in 2013, the Asia-Pacific Region.
Entries can cover any aspect of heart disease, from research,
treatment and prevention, to the emotional, social
or economic impacts of the condition.
Closing Date: 5 pm Monday June 3, 2013
Eligibility: Stories must have appeared in the media between
1 May 2012 and 30 April 2013
3 Categories: Metropolitan Award, Regional Award, Asia-Pacific Award
Winners announced at the Victor Chang ‘Heart-to-Heart’ Ball
on Saturday August 3, 2012
Entries to: The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute,
PO Box 699 Darlinghurst NSW 2010 or
mediaalert@victorchang.edu.au.
Questions to Ms Anna Dear
(02) 9295 8715 or mediaalert@victorchang.edu.au
VALE
Das Menon - a long serving member of the
Victor Chang Appeals Committee. The Institute
offers its condolences to the Menon family on
their loss.
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The Victor Chang Health Check Booth
is one of our most important community programs, helping people to focus on and
understand some of the basic risk factors that could affect their heart.
Our fully mobile and portable service brings the testing to you, to your workplace,
business or event. In less than 10 minutes we measure a person’s blood pressure, total
cholesterol and blood sugar levels and provide information on modifiable risk factors
and healthy heart habits. A tiny blood sample from a finger prick is all that is required
and results are available immediately for each person to take away with them.
The heart health testing service continues to grow every year, to date we have
conducted over 200 days of testing across Australia, covering 4 states and many
NSW regional locations.
• 10,356 individuals have been tested, with an average of 60 people per day
• 2,211 or 26% of people had one or more results outside of healthy ranges and
were recommended to follow-up with their doctor
• 541 people or 6% of people had high blood pressure
• 1,611 or 19% of had high cholesterol
• 586 or 7% had high glucose/blood sugar
High cholesterol continues to be the largest risk factor and is more than double the
number of people with either high blood pressure or high blood sugar. Alarmingly,
52% of the individuals that were tested did not know what their cholesterol levels were.
We want people to think about their hearts – these three very quick and simple tests can
save a life and many heart attacks can be prevented by “knowing your numbers” and
making simple lifestyle changes to diet and exercise.
A heart- felt thank you to our Health Check Booth
partners - HCF, KIA Motors and IMB Community
Foundation, whose generous support is the
foundation of our ongoing program.
If you would like a heart health check for your
employees, colleagues, members or guests, or for
more information, please contact Jayne Baric on
(02) 9295 8760 or j.baric@victorchang.edu.au.
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Attention all
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Are you looking for
somewhere different to
hold your next
Board Meeting and at the
same time support the
Institute’s research into
heart disease,
Australia’s No 1 Killer
of both men & women?
Then why not consider the Victor
Chang Cardiac Research Institute
as your venue of choice?
• It is in the heart of Darlinghurst
• Is a great state-of-the-art facility
• We can give your board
members a tour of our facility and
highlight our latest discoveries
• Introduce you to our Health
Check Booth which you can use to
test your employees confidentially
on their heart health as a socially
responsible employer
• Catering can be arranged
You can contact the Institute on
(02) 9295 8600
for further details.
spectacular views of the
Pacific Ocean and surrounding areas,
the beautiful St Michaels Golf Course
played host to this years’ golf day
which attracted a large field in the
4-ball Ambrose tournament on a
picture perfect day.
The 8th tee proved very popular
with a Lindeman’s marquee not only
tempting golfers with a tasting of
some very special wines but the offer
to place an order at very discounted
prices – many of who took up their
kind offer. Lindeman’s also very
kindly donated the wines for the
presentation dinner and some of the
prizes presented to our winners. The
Three Minute Angels were again on
hand to smooth out the kinks and
relax the aching muscles of those
golfers who needed the touch of
some soothing fingers. Long Drive Professional Mark Bylsma,
kindly sponsored by AAPT, assisted many a team who needed
some help in making their score card look more presentable.
We would like to send a special thank you to our after dinner
Guest Speaker, Bob Dwyer, ex Australian Rugby Union Coach
who shared his experience after recently suffering a heart attack.
Our congratulations to the 2013 overall winners of Marcus
Chang, Stuart Cox, Garth McNally & Michael Hill; runners-up the
VALE
Lui Cicco – philanthropist and
well known identity at Sydney
Markets. Lui was named Cherry
King for the third time in 2012.
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obram Estate is a family
owned olive grove located
on the Murray River in
Victoria. The grove comprises
25,000 trees of Italian, Spanish
and Israeli origin.
Like an estate wine, Cobram Estate Extra Virgin Olive
Oil is grown, harvested, pressed and bottled on the
Estate ensuring the oil is amongst the freshest produced.
team from Lindemans and 3rd place Team IMB.
Thanks to major Sponsor Westfield, in particular Craig
Marshall, hole sponsors AAPT, Bing Lee, IMB, Inghams
Enterprises, Hyundai Motor Company, Blu Print, Lindemans
Wines and Symantec; prize sponsors Bullant Sports, Captain
Cook Cruises, iNova Pharmaceuticals, Meridian Corporate, Naomi
Hamilton Photography, St Michael ‘s Golf Club, our terrific MC Jim
Callinan and to everyone who supported the event.
Lui was a great supporter of the Victor Chang
fundraisers. The Institute offers its deepest
sympathy to the Cicco family. He will be missed
by not only his family but his many friends.
His memory will be a great comfort to all who
knew him.
Nothing is added to the oil and nothing is taken away.
It is award winning, true Extra Virgin oil, containing less
than 1% free fatty acid.
For enquiries as to where you can purchase Cobram
Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil please call Freecall
1300 558 828.
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute thanks
Cobram Estate for its generous support.
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2012 CRABFEST CHAMPION
2
00 people attended the 2012 VC Crabfest
which was held on a picture perfect day in
October at the Pavilion, in Sydney’s Domain.
A select number of Sydney’s most sought after
chefs vied for the title of 2012 Victor Chang Crab
Eating Champion. Those competing included Justin
North, Vio Pramono (The Morisson), Dan Hong
(Mr Wong), Nghia Dinh (Wildfire) and, Jeremy
Strode (Bistro CBD & The Fish Shop). Each chef was
auctioned, by leading auctioneer Justin Miller, to the
highest bidder and one of the guests attending had
the chance to showcase his crab eating ability.
It was a fun filled afternoon where the chefs
were judged by My Kitchen Rules host and leading
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chef Pete Evans, on
their prowess of
devouring a whole
mud crab in an award
winning time while
obeying strict crab
eating rules. Bribes
and
fines
were
encouraged.
The 2012 Crab
Eating Champion was
Johnny Tibbetts – the
guest competitor who
certainly showcased
his crab eating ability!
MC, renowned food & wine broadcaster and
TV presenter Lyndey Milan made sure that
any cheating was reported to the Judge while
encouraging the crowd to offer bribes to turn a
blind eye to any infringements.
Guests dined on food prepared by Pete Evans
and enjoyed Robert Oatley Wines and McLaren
Vale Beer.
We would like to thank all the chefs who
competed, Barbara Ell for donating the mud
crabs, Claudio Guerrera for donating all the
fruit and vegetables, Mark Patrick and Natalie
Liebmann from MP Agency, Cameron Irving,
Robert Oatley Wines, McLaren Vale Beer,
Hermes, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio
Armani, Bally, O Bar & Dining, Rachel Ruddick,
Arthur Galan, Robby Ingham Stores, The
Morrison, Camilla and Marc, Wildfire, Sydney
FC, Mr Wong, The Fish Shop, Trivett, Scanlan
& Theodore, Akira, Virgin Australia, Vendome,
qualia, ModelCo, Air New Zealand, Longrain,
Simone Perle, RM Williams, Breville, simona,
Freestyle collection, Edit, sass & bide, treacle
and everyone who purchased tickets and tables
to this fun event.
Are you looking for a Guest Speaker?
f you are looking for a guest speaker at your next meeting, school assembly or event, then why not contact
the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI).
We will be happy to provide a Senior Member of the Institute to address your group on the research being
conducted at the VCCRI and on the dangers of heart disease and the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.
Please call (02) 9295 8715 to make the arrangements
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Michael Abaron - a former patient of Victor Chang. Michael
was the husband of our much loved volunteer, 93 year old
Debbie who gives freely of her time to help conduct the
weekly Institute tours. To Debbie and her family, we share the
pain you are feeling and offer you our love and support at this
very sad time.
WORKPLACE GIVING
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help the Victor Chang Cardiac Research
Institute raise munch need funds for research
by encouraging your employees to donate through
your Workplace Giving Program?
What is workplace giving?
Workplace giving allows employees to donate
money on a regular basis to one or more deductible
gift recipients (DGR’s) directly through their pay. A
DGR is a charity or other organisation that is entitled
to receive tax deductible donations.
How does workplace giving work?
Employers invite their employees to enter into a
workplace giving arrangement.
Employees nominate their preferred DGR from
the selection of DGR’s provided by their employers,
the frequency of their donations (for example
fortnightly, monthly etc) and the donation amount.
The donation is paid directly by the employer to
the DGR.
When employers calculate the amount to be
withheld from the employee’s salary for a pay
period, they should deduct the employee’s donation
amount from the gross salary before referring to the
appropriate tax table.
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For each income year employers should provide
each employee with confirmation of the employee’s
donation to DGR’s. The employee will need this
confirmation to claim their tax deduction.
The confirmation can be shown on the employee’s
payment summary (formerly known as a group
certificate). Alternatively, the confirmation can be
provided in another written or electronic form.
It is the employer’s responsibility to check a charity
or other organisation’s DGR status.
Benefits of Workplace Giving Program
For charitable organisations, workplace giving
provides long term, stable funding for core programs.
This funding requires little or no administrative cost
– no receipts, no cost of attracting donors, targeted
communications Workplace giving can also provide
access to the skills and volunteer time of employees.
For employees, workplace giving enables
affordable giving, through a transparent and
trustworthy program, with no reduction in impact
through costly fundraising. Employees are able to
make donations in an efficient and tax-effective
manner, eliminating the need to collect receipts or
wait until the end of the year to claim a tax refund.
For employers, workplace giving can provide
a low cost, administratively simple way to create
community-business
partnerships
and
build
employee morale, through mobilising significant
funding and through volunteer involvement.
Fish – Good for Your
Heart Health
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prevent a heart attack or stroke.
Healthy food habits can help you reduce
three of the major risk factors for heart
attack. high blood cholesterol, high blood
pressure and excess body weight. It will also
help reduce the risk of stroke because heart
disease and high blood pressure are major
risk factors for stroke.
By eating two serves of baked or grilled
fish per week, you can help reduce your risk
of having a heart attack or stroke. Fish is
a good source of protein without the high
saturated fat found in fatty meat products.
Oily fish like Swordfish, Salmon, Mackerel,
Sardines and Sea Perch are also high in two
kinds of omega-3 fatty acids.
Omega-3 fatty acids benefit the heart
health of not only healthy people, but also
those at high risk of cardiovascular disease
and those who already have cardiovascular
disease. Fish and other marine life are rich
sources of these polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Steve Costi Seafoods® is a Victor Chang
Ambassador and generously donates all
the seafood for any event we stage. We are
very grateful to Steve and his colleagues for
his support.
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held recently.
The Murrumburrah High School Farm
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eight years.
The idea of Schute Bell’s Robert Ryan and
Keith Prosser after two staff members at the
time had undergone heart surgery, the steer
auction has gone from strength to strength
Our sincere thanks go to the students
from the Farm Club, everyone at Schute Bell,
T.A Field Estates and to Paul Ferry for their
continued support and generosity.
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Frank Fontana – a long-time supporter of the Institute and member of
Club Marconi since 1956. Frank and his lovely wife Vicky attended many
Victor Chang fundraisers and organised a tour of the facility so that they
could encourage others to donate to our research. We send our deepest
sympathy to the Fontana family and everyone at Club Marconi on the
loss of such a special man.
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