Mount Isa community steps up to the crease for the McGrath Foundation’s Pink Stumps Day
The McGrath Foundation would like to say a huge thank you to the Mount Isa community for stepping up to the crease and supporting our community cricket initiative, Pink Stumps Day.
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Thank you to Cavaliers Cricket Club for their fantastic efforts.
They got their local community involved, turned their pitches pink and have so far raised a collective $1044.
Altogether, over 700 teams around Australia have brought some magic to their cricket event going above and beyond to really make a difference.
Through support like this, we are able to ensure families experiencing breast cancer have access to a breast care nurse, no matter where they live or their finical situation.
To date, our extensive network of 110 McGrath Breast Care Nurses have helped support over 44,000 families in Australia through their breast cancer experience, providing invaluable physical, psychological and emotional support from the time of diagnosis and throughout treatment.
The support of the Mount Isa community means a lot for us at the McGrath Foundation in assisting us with our mission of supporting families experiencing breast cancer, so a huge thank you must go out to everyone who participates in any fundraising events raising funds on our behalf.
Despite the fact that local communities have begun packing away their cricket gear as the summer sports season comes to an end, there’s still the opportunity to don some pink in pride and support the McGrath Foundation this winter sports season.
#PullOnYourSocks alongside sporting heroes including Lleyton Hewitt, Ellyse Perry, Wendell Sailor, Billy Slater and Jamie Dwyer, to name a few, by purchasing a pair of McGrath Foundation pink sports socks and registering a fundraising event when you visit www.pullonyoursocks.com.au.
As we say at the McGrath Foundation, together we can make a difference.
Petra Buchanan
CEO, McGrath Foundation
Enough is Enough
I can empathise with so many women around our country today suffering from domestic violence.
Forty years ago when there was little or no support at all, I was fortunate enough to have strong family support and care for myself and five children when we escaped from a confronting domestic situation. The fact that we survived and thrived was due mainly to that support. For women who do not have family and friends to assist, the need for Government support is essential.
Australia needs to confront our domestic violence crisis. We are failing victims and survivors of domestic violence and need to invest in the solutions. We must make sure no victim is turned away when they need our help. The bold new plan the Greens are taking to this election would radically boost funding for domestic violence services by investing $2.2 billion over four years and also provide 10 year funding certainty for front-line services such as crisis phone lines, accommodation, legal assistance, perpetrator interventions and counselling.
The Greens have consulted widely with experts and are proposing a rapid and significant increase in services and a broad program of reforms to keep victims and survivors safe, hold perpetrators to account and work for gender equality.
Valerie Weier
Greens candidate for Kennedy
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