Community minded local Greg Smith hosted a Cancer Council Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea last Thursday.
Taking place at Fitness Venue in Cannonvale, and servicing people pre and post workout and other community members, the morning tea saw over 30 people attend, raising $675 between monetary donations and fundraising for the donated raffle.
The Whitsundays Lions donated the big raffle basket, full of goodies including biscuits, chocolates, and self-care items, with the Whitsunday Quota Club and Tropix Photography also donating raffle prizes.
Guests were welcomed with a massive array of sweet and savoury treats, tea, coffee, and a few rounds of trivia to round out the morning.
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is Cancer Council’s annual fundraising appeal, where money donated goes towards three central pillars - research, support, and prevention.
Research investment has increased survival rates of 49 per cent in the 1980s to 69 per cent today.
Due to donations gathered from Biggest Morning Teas, Australia and the Cancer Council is set to be the first country to completely eliminate cervical cancer by as early as 2028.
Cancer Council supports the close to 150,000 Australians currently living with cancer, by providing practical and emotional support via the help line, funding accommodation, transporting patients and their carers to treatment, and offering financial and legal advice to people affected by cancer.
The third last pillar of donations is funding prevention campaigns as one third of cancers are preventable.
These campaigns include SunSmart Schools, Bowel Cancer Screening, Anti-Smoking Campaigns and Cervical Cancer Screening.
Big turnout for community Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser. Photo credit: Bronte Hodge
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