We are raising funds for Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation!

This year, St George Girls High School will be raising money at our annual Summer Music Festival to support the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation.

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation supports Australia's leading paediatric health services, offering a safe and friendly healing environment for children from NSW and beyond. Every dollar we raise contributes to keeping our hospitals running at a world class, award-winning level.

That’s why we have chosen to raise much needed funds for the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation, specifically for MUSIC THERAPY UNIT. 

Music Therapy is the planned and creative use of music to address an individual’s physical, emotional, intellectual, and/or social needs. Music Therapy is used to:

• Assist children and adolescents to cope with the hospital environment by providing a sense of familiarity and security.

•Alleviate stress and anxiety as well as contribute to the reduction of pain through distraction and/or relaxation.

• Reduce fear and isolation by providing support and shared experience.

• Encourage a child to express feelings related to hospitalisation in a creative and non-threatening manner.

• Provide strategies to assist in developing and maintaining resilience

Find out more about Music Therapy at SCH here: https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/files/attachments/information_brochure_verena_addison_and_irene.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IldMjrX3_2U&ab_channel=TheChildren'sHospitalatWestmead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opa5UhEB2FE&ab_channel=hfanti

Thank you for your support!