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For the last four years, Synergy Consolidated have supported the Maddox’s Helping Hand initiative, inspired by the journey of Synergy clients Michael and Shelley Porter and their son, Maddox.
On Easter Sunday in 2018, Maddox was involved in an accident at home where his hand was left severely severed in mower blades. He was flown to the QLD Children’s Hospital by LifeFlight where he commenced his journey with Dr Michael Wagels, Director of the Australian Centre for Complex Integrated Surgical Solutions – which would extend over 3 years and with countless surgeries performed to give Maddox the best possible outcome.
Maddox’s Mum, Shelley set out with a mission to help all children and their families at the QLD Children’s Hospital by establishing a foundation to support and advance patient care and research. Fast forward, Shelley partnered with ACCISS (Australian Centre for Complex Integrated Surgical Solutions) to create the Maddox’s Helping Hand Foundation to facilitate and support essential clinic services for the patients of the Queensland Children’s Hospital and the clinicians who care for them.
“Shelley is such an inspiration, creating the Maddox’s Helping Hands Foundation to shine a light on Maddox’s journey with the QLD Children’s Hospital and Dr Wagels incredible work” Managing Director of Synergy Consolidated Angie Barnard said.
“We have supported the Foundation for the last 4 years now since inception, with their first fundraising event in 2021 raising over $90,000!” Angie added.
All funds raised from the event go directly to the Foundation. The foundation partners with ACCISS to help make their specialist skills available to all families at the QLD Children’s Hospital. This service is now up and running.
ACCISS aim is to address complex medical challenges by leveraging its strong engineering, clinic and regulatory expertise to provide essential clinical services to patients of the QLD Children’s Hospital and the clinicians that care for them.
The support of Maddox’s Helping Hand will be a key feature of making these kinds of clinical services provided ACCISS a routine aspect of patient care now and into the future.
“We had the chance to meet Dr Wagels at the 2021 event. Shelley has mentioned that without Dr Wagels being on call the day of Maddox’s accident than he potentially wouldn’t have his hand today” Angie said.
“Surgeons like Dr Wagels and the ACCISS team provide world first, life changing surgeries for QLD families. It’s our absolute pleasure to support the Maddox’s Helping Hand Foundation each year” Angie concluded.
The annual sold out Maddox’s Helping Hand luncheon will be held at the Plainland Porters Hotel this May. While the Maddox’s Helping Hand Charity Golf Day will be held in November at Gatton. For more details, see the Maddox’s Helping Hand Foundation website, here.
