The Toowoomba Accommodation Lodge will provide a home-away-from-home for regional cancer patients, at no cost, to ensure patients are not financially disadvantaged by having to pay for accommodation during treatment, which often takes them away from their family and work for months at a time.

The new lodge will be the first facility of its kind to provide a comfortable place to stay for cancer patients in South West Queensland and will be opened in mid-2011. Importantly, it will enable cancer patients from regional areas to access life-saving cancer services.

The Lodge will improve the support available for cancer patients and provide regional cancer patients with access to vital cancer diagnostic and treatment services, helping to ease the financial and emotional strain that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis.

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Toowoomba Lodge features and facilities

• 21 twin-bed rooms
• Accommodates up to 42 people at any one time
• Can provide 7,600 patient bed nights per year
• Plus 7,600 potential bed nights for carers per year
• Common areas including a communal kitchen and laundry
• Recreational space for residential activities
• Barbeque area and gazebo
• Off-street parking and patient transport bus

Where your money goes

Thanks to a generous bequest from the late Olive McMahon which has secured naming rights to the Lodge and the support of the Queensland Government, refurbishment costs are almost fully funded.

However, Cancer Council Queensland is in urgent need of supporters who will donate funds to assist us with purchasing items such as a patient transport bus, shaded sun protection shelter, electrical goods and furniture. Plus, each year the operating costs for the Lodge will be approximately $600,000.

All gifts will be acknowledged in our publications, associated media, inclusion on the Centre’s Honour Board and listed on our website.

Beacons of Hope partners receive naming rights to gift opportunities listed below and may choose to pay over a period up to and including 3 years. Partners and Friends will receive honour board recognition.

Donations may be received in one instalment or over 3 years. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Progress Updates

Please read our updates to find out the latest information on the Toowoomba Accommodation Lodge.

• Toowoomba Project Update Issue 1

Thank you to our Supporters

Cancer Council Queensland would like to thank the following supporters for their kind contribution towards the Toowoomba Accommodation Lodge:

• Queensland State Government
• In honour of the late Olive McMahon
• The John Villiers Trust
• Toowoomba Relay for Life