Frankie to the Rescue

Frankie to the Rescue Frankie to the Rescue was created in Dec 2021 in memory of our beautiful Frankie who passed away in April 2021.

We have a specific focus on supporting families who have a child receiving palliative care. Our lives changed forever in December of 2020 when our wonderful son, Frankie, was diagnosed with brain cancer. We quickly learnt that both chemo and surgery were not options for Frankie due to the location and type of tumour. After the initial 12 day stay at Starship, we brought him home for Christmas. He

then had 33 days of radiation treatment, where he was so brave throughout and a wee trooper as we drove in and out of Auckland Hospital daily. He stole the hearts of the amazing team working in radiation with his humour and beautiful belly laugh. He never had another night in hospital and it was this unique part of his journey that prompted us to work closely with the palliative care team for children in similar situations who have no more treatment options, but want to make the most of the short time left with family and friends in their home environment. Frankie was cheeky, loud, and the kindest, sweetest boy who had a love for fire trucks, tractors and his big sister Scarlett. He loved watching Fireman Sam and Paw Patrol and it was this love for anything ‘rescue themed’ that inspired the name Frankie to the Rescue. We’ve partnered with Fire and Emergency NZ who kindly contribute towards our gift packs. We hope that through this work we're able to help bring some joy to children facing really tough times and at the same time keep Frankie's memory alive in such a special way. Thanks for joining

Love Warrick, Michelle, Scarlett, Frankie, and the Kiesanowski and Wood families xx

We’ve been a little quiet on here lately but rest assured we’ve been ticking along nicely with regular deliveries up to ...
17/04/2026

We’ve been a little quiet on here lately but rest assured we’ve been ticking along nicely with regular deliveries up to the paediatric palliative care team and consult liaison team at Starship.

Our parents packs are always so appreciated and we’ve had some lovely feedback lately from parents who are so touched to receive this simple gesture from a family who understands what they’re going through.

We recenty did a big top up for Starship with sensory toys and fidgets and lots of other goodies.

Thanks to all of our donors and supporters who allow us to keep this going 🚒

The wonderful students at Thorrington School chose us to raise funds for at their non uniform day last term. We used the...
17/04/2026

The wonderful students at Thorrington School chose us to raise funds for at their non uniform day last term. We used these funds to donate some much needed supplies to the paediatric palliative care team at Nurse Maude in Christchurch.

The Lego, fidgets/sensory toys and finger puppets will be used by the nurses for home and hospital visits. The staff really appreciate having these supplies on hand meaning they can quickly make up a gift bag to really brighten someone’s day.

Ka rawe koe Thorrington!

We recently attended an event for the Soroptimist club in Christchurch where they presented us with funds that they had ...
17/12/2025

We recently attended an event for the Soroptimist club in Christchurch where they presented us with funds that they had raised for us to use for Frankie to the Rescue. Earlier this year I went to speak to the group about Frankie and the work we do in his honour, so we were so humbled when they decided to fundraise for us.

We used the funds to put towards a recent delivery of much needed parents packs and gifts which were sent up to Starship.

What an incredible and inspiring bunch of ladies doing amazing things in their community.

We’re super grateful for all of the support lately on our Give a Little page which has enabled us to keep up with delive...
04/08/2025

We’re super grateful for all of the support lately on our Give a Little page which has enabled us to keep up with deliveries to Starship. Here are a few pics from some of our recent deliveries - heaps of soft toys, fidgets, parents packs and an order of Journals and Emotional Warriors which goes to the Palliative Care team as well as the Consult Liaison (Psychology) team.

We also had enough funds to do an online order of Lego for all ages and other toys and activities which was really appreciated by the team. They use these for children on the ward as well as home visits. 🚒

Christchurch friends, this is a really great cause to support! As part of brain tumour awareness month, the Brain Tumour...
18/05/2025

Christchurch friends, this is a really great cause to support! As part of brain tumour awareness month, the Brain Tumour Support NZ Brainy Beanies campaign is in Christchurch at the Arts Centre all week - head along and check them out. Every beanie on display will be available for purchase, with proceeds directly funding Brain Tumour Support NZ’s essential services, including the Brain Box care packages provided to newly diagnosed patients. We still have a close connection to this charity and do a bit of work with them so keen to get lots of support for them this week!

With 3 sleeps to go before Brainy Beanies make their Christchurch debut, we are super excited for the coming week exhibiting over 800 beanies at the Arts Centre in Ōtautahi
Opening night is Monday 19th at 6 pm - do come along if you are in the area. This is a free public event. The exhibition is open daily from 9.30 am Tuesday to Sunday .
learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/2129885694158951

We had some lovely feedback recently we wanted to share. Due to support from all of you we have been able to extend our ...
20/12/2024

We had some lovely feedback recently we wanted to share. Due to support from all of you we have been able to extend our support to the Consult Liaison team at Starship who provide emotional and well-being support to children and their families.

They shared this note below.

“More than ever, with people really feeling the pinch in terms of resources, and the Health system being under such pressure, it is truly a bright spot to be able to give whanau the Frankie to the Rescue resources.”

We really appreciate your ongoing support which is allowing us to reach even more people.

Merry Christmas to you all and we look forward to continuing our work in 2025 🚒🎄

Our lives were shattered four years ago today when we ended up at Starship and discovered that Frankie had brain cancer....
12/12/2024

Our lives were shattered four years ago today when we ended up at Starship and discovered that Frankie had brain cancer. In the haze since, it’s hard to comprehend where that time has gone 💔

Thanks to everyone for the ongoing support of Frankie to the Rescue 🚒 It means the world to us.

We miss you so so much buddy x

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