Every year chaplains at Waikato Hospital help nearly 30,000 patients, family and staff through hardship, trauma, loss and coping with all that a loved one's stay at the hospital involves.
So now it's time to thank the chaplains for all they do and raise funds for the ongoing work of chaplains as spiritual and emotional support staff at one of New Zealand's busiest hospitals.
The Waikato Healthcare Chaplaincy Committee Charitable Trust will hold a concert, Hear and Care, on Saturday, August 30 at 7.30pm to raise funds for the ongoing work of the chaplains.
The current chaplaincy team at Waikato Hospital consists of three ecumenical chaplains, one Catholic chaplain, one Maori chaplain and 26 volunteer chaplaincy assistants.
Rev Alistair McBride, chairman of the Waikato Healthcare Chaplaincy Committee Charitable Trust, says hospital chaplains have long played a vital support role in public hospitals throughout New Zealand.