Progress Update
The count-down is well and truly on as the construction team at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre (ONJCWC) prepare for the final leg of the first-stage opening due to wow us all in July.
The entire structure of the centre is now up and the majority of the work is all happening on the interior of the building as the finishing touches are completed.
To read all about the latest progress on the ONJCWC click on The Centre.
Researchers
The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) is the largest international academic institute dedicated exclusively to understanding and controlling cancer.
The LICR is a founding partner in the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre, and their Melbourne-Austin Branch will expand into new research facilities within the Centre to build on and enhance clinical research programs.
Olivia's Thanks
Olivia Newton-John flew into Melbourne to personally thank a local Melbourne couple, Carlo Montagner and Bozena Zembrzuski, for their extraordinary donation of $1 million - the largest personal contribution to date to the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre, currently being built at the Austin Hospital.
"Both Carlo and I grew up in the northern suburbs and The Austin was a part of our lives as the local hospital. We have since used it many times with our children and wider family," said Ms. Zembrzuski.
Please join Olivia and the Montagner Zembrzuski family, and make your donation today.
Olivia's Rose
A second rose, cultivated and named for Olivia Newton-John only months before stage one of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre opens, was unveiled to the public for the first time at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, Wednesday March 28th.
The new ‘Our Honey Olivia rose’ is a honey coloured variation of the original apricot-pink ‘Olivia Newton-John rose’ and will also help to raise funds, with $1 from the sale of every rose bush being donated towards the Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre.
Find out more about Our Honey Olivia rose.