Share a moment with Hospice West Auckland

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Wednesday 19th May

Share a moment with Hospice West Auckland this week

This week is Hospice Awareness Week (17 – 23 May) and Hospice West Auckland needs your help to spread the message of ‘living every moment’.

“We are very excited about our online campaign, launching today, it provides an opportunity for people to share an e-moment with those they care about, a practical interpretation of the hospice philosophy of living every moment” explained Ms Schumacher, CEO of Hospice New Zealand.

Many people believe that hospice is a building, when in fact it is a philosophy of care, which extends beyond physical needs, encompassing emotional, spiritual and social needs as well.

There are 35 hospice services, like Hospice West Auckland, throughout the country providing essential care and support for people with a life limiting illness, their families and friends, completely free of charge.

“Our goal is to help people make the most of their lives, to live every moment in whatever way is important to them” explains Ms Schumacher.

In response to this goal, Hospice New Zealand has created the ‘e-moments’ campaign, these are similar to online e-cards, it allows people to create and send a moment via email from the hospice website totally free of charge.

The inspiration for the e-moments campaign came from a well-timed, uplifting text message received on a bad day, completely out of the blue.

“We realised technology is a vehicle for spreading the idea of living every moment, creating something good and making people smile – all the while helping people to find out about the unique care and services provided by hospice.”

“The internet is an extremely cost effective medium for this type of activity, and thanks to a very generous donation from our long term friends at Dilmah, we are able to offer e-moments without charge.”

Ms Schumacher encourages people to try it. “If you’re feeling creative you can start with a blank canvas, adding your choice of images, quotes and words as well as a personal message and if you need a little inspiration there is a great selection of ready-made moments you can personalise and send to as many recipients as you like.”

“Through our work with patients and families we know that letting people know you care, that you are thinking of them can be a gift that makes a difference – e-moments are an opportunity for people to do just that – what a fantastic demonstration of living every moment.” Ms Schumacher says.

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