Personal note from Honey Bacon

Jim was first diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer on Friday 13 February 2004. His treatment began shortly after an operation to remove a secondary tumor from his brain.

We quickly identified some practical difficulties facing cancer patients, and swung into action, raising $40,000 to buy new recliner chairs for the Royal Hobart Hospital.

The chairs had tables attached, freeing up valuable working space for the nursing staff and ensuring patient comfort during their treatment.

Similar chairs were also bought for the oncology ward at the Launceston General Hospital and the Spurr Wing in Launceston.
Extra money raised was used to buy large refrigerators with ice and cold water dispensers and large freezer compartments to allow patients on special diets to safely store their food.

With the arrival of the new fridge, the Spurr Wing’s amazing volunteers, the Rotary Club and local businesses, built a new kitchen. A great example of people working together to benefit others. The notion of community partnerships was always fundamental to Jim’s view of a civil society.

Cancer has a huge impact on our community. PatiFriday, May 26, 2006ing challenge. The Jim Bacon Foundation puts a very human face on providing practical and immediate assistance to those who need it most.

JFriday, May 26, 2006lives, and the Foundation continues that ethos. Its challenge is to help relieve their financial stress and offer compassion in a practical way during their treatment. This could be as simple as providing a nurse to stay overnight in a private home allowing a carer to get some sleep just to cope with the day ahead.

You can’t really understand the needs of cancer patients and their families, until you have been there yourself.