A New Incubator for the Special Care Baby Unit

by Tony White

Harcourts Cooper and Co and North Harbour Rotary raised $25000 on Saturday night to help buy new incubators for premature babies at the Special Care Baby Unit at North Shore Hospital.
It was a fun night and the auctioneers, Martin Cooper, Andrew North and Stephen Johnson from Harcourts Cooper and Co, were in great form. The auctions were fast and furious; lots of competitive bidding and some great prices resulted in a very successful evening. But the highlight of the evening was the sale of a great big bag of nothing-nothing at all- that got sold for $375!
Many North Shore businesses and individuals donated goods, services their holiday homes, their time and their money to raise $25000 for the incubators. special thanks must go to Don Campbell from Harcourts in Takapuna  who led a great team of Rotary people, to ensure that 250 people had a great night. And a huge thanks to the person that donated the huge big bag of nothing!
The money is being used to purchase incubators for the Special Car Baby Unit (SCBU) at North Shore Hospital. About 2000 prematurely born babies haved been cared for at the unit since 2003.
North Shore Hospital’s SCBU has 12 cots, which includes incubators and heat tables, for babies born prematurely. There is a terrific story about a baby whose life was saved here.The unit is staffed by a team of approximately 50 people, including nurses, paediatricians, social workers.
The SCBU provides a parent support group and now it is able to be expanded as the extra incubator will allow a greater number of overnight stay beds for babies. As the population grows on the North Shore, there will be a need for more beds and more of those crazy auctions run by Harcourts and Rotary.
Well done guys!
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2 comments

1 Wendy { 03.21.10 at 9:24 pm }

Glad you enjoyed it. The bag of nothing went for $875 in the end, when she was out bid by someone paying $500 the $375 lady still donated her bid. Wasn’t that the most amazing thing, not to mention hilariously funny?

2 Don Campbell { 03.23.10 at 5:55 pm }

The latest count from the evening is $30,000 and rising.
Well worth the effort.

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