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Welcome to the website of the Heart and Lung Transplant Trust (Victoria) Incorporated based in Melbourne, Australia. Our organisation assists our members who are pre- and post- heart and lung transplant patients of The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
Accommodation LaunchThe Committee is delighted to announce the new accommodation program for rural & interstate post transplant patients. We are holding a launch party on Thursday 31 May at 6.30pm Park Regis, 604 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Please join us! More details here.
Movie Night Fundraiser for the Accommodation ProjectOne of our members has organised a fundraiser for the accommodation project. Come along to the Dendy Brighton Cinemas on Wednesday 13th June for an 8:15 screening of 'Friends With Kids'. $30, includes supper, with $10 from every ticket going to the Heart and Lung Transplant Trust (Vic) Inc Accommodation Project. Gold coin raffle also on the night. Contact Eleni Martakis ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 0401 610 232) for more details.
President's messageClaude Turco, our President, has penned a new message for members. Check it out here.
DonateLife Service of RememberanceThe 2012 DonateLife Service of Rememberance is on Saturday May 26th at 2pm (doors open at 1:15pm). It will be at Storey Hall, RMIT, Building 16, 336 Swanston St, Melbourne. Transplant recipients, donor families and supporters all welcome.
2012 RaffleThe 2012 raffle will be drawn at 1pm on Friday 29 June at 3rd Floor Heart Transplant Clinic, The Alfred Hospital. 1st Prize - Accommodation package in Lakes Entrance worth over $800. 2nd Prize –‘Country Life’ Patchwork Quilt Your help in selling raffle tickets in your area would be very much appreciated. Please contact Rom on 0418 514 227 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to arrange for raffle books to be sent to you. For more information click here
Member fitness grantThe Trust is pleased to announce that a new fitness grant is available to post transplant members to assist in their fitness activities. It provides a 50% reimbursement up to a maximum $150 per member to encourage members to keep fit and healthy. more
2012 Australian Transplant Games - Registration now open!In 2012, the Austalian Transplant Games are being held in Newcastle in Sept/October. Registration for the games has just opened. To find out more, and register for the games, click here.
Next BBQThe next BBQ will be the annual Christmas BBQ on Sunday the 25th November from 11am, in Fawkner Park, opposite the entrance to the Alfred. Meat, bread, soft drink and salad provided, BYO alcohol. Chairs and picnic rugs a must, and come prepared for any weather because there is no cover. Hope to see you there!
'The Last Race''The Last Race' is an Australian short film about organ donation, and was broadcast on ABC1 on the 26th February 2012, at the end of DonateLife week. To find out more, including how to get a copy of the DVD, click here.
Organ donors increasing but more Australians need to ask and knowA DonateLife media release on 8 June 2011 has highlighted the increasing number of organ donors but that more Australian need to ask and know
Heart to Heart Respite HouseThe house is maintained as a respite home in Barmah, Victoria, for use by pre and post heart and lung transplant patients and their carers, so that they may have a place to rest, recuperate, recover and have a break. more
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