20/10/2026
Why I joined the Palliative Care Auxiliary 🧡
Hi , my name is Sandra Mannix Hearn , that is myself with the amazing Marie Dean in the first photo.
I joined the Palliative Care Auxiliary Bendigo two and a half years ago along with my mum Ann.
To be honest I didn't know how I would go joining a Auxiliary and raising money for our Hospice and Palliative Care community.
I didn't think I would have enough time to commit to volunteering.
I am the youngest member of the auxiliary with our oldest member Marie having a good 50 years of wisdom and knowledge on my age.
But this amazing group of ladies made Mum and myself so welcome from the start .
We had just lost my Dad three months prior to joining and he spent his final days in the Hospice Unit.
The care and compassion he received but also the love and support given to our family from the Angels 😇 at Hospice is something we will never forget.
Hence why I felt it was important to give back to our community and here we are today, working along side the most amazing, generous, supporting, caring and loving ladies.
These ladies I now call friends 😘
You see I have the gift of the gab !!!
I cannot SEW.
I cannot KNIT.
I cannot BAKE.
But I can help in many other ways.
Like running the social media page.
Selling raffle tickets at local pubs and clubs.
Helping out in the kitchen at the Doll and Teddy show.
By just talking to our community and listening to there stories.
I cannot THANK this group of ladies enough for what they have done over the years for our community.
We all have a STORY.
We all have a CONNECTION.
We will continue to work together to support our Hospice and Palliative Care community 🧡