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Max and Sue Seebohm at Gambier Coachlines presented a cheque to the Mount Gambier Breast Cancer Awareness Group for $3564.55 last Wednesday. Max first had the idea to use the PINK coach packages for a fundraiser and thought it was very fitting to link PINK the performer with the PINK for breast cancer. So it was decided, Gambier Coachlines would donate $5 from each person that travelled with them to see PINK in concert in July and August of this year. After speaking to Helen Guthridge, a loyal Gambier Coachlines customer and breast cancer survivor they also came up with the idea of passing a money tin around the coach as well, and it was this generosity
Until October 15 - Souvenir - PORTLAND MARITIME DISCOVERY CENTRE Postcards and souvenirs from Portland dating from the late 19th century to the 1970s come together in this exhibition from the Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection. The postcards show the changing face of Portland in the 20th century through a series of postcards of the foreshore, harbour, streetscapes, hotels and churches.
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South East. Feedback to date has been overwhelmingly positive, with other South East breast cancer fundraisers also keen to donate their proceeds to the cause and help women in their own backyards. The Helping Hand Bags are an initiative of the long running Mount Gambier Breast Cancer
Awareness Group, which held its first annual fundraising luncheon at the then Commodore Motel in October 2000. Above - Loraine Baron; Helen Guthridge receive the generous PINK donation from Max and Sue Seebohm.
awareness of violence against women In 2012 Bonnie Stewart established the non-profit organisation With Love & Lipstick to raise awareness about violence against women. Last year Bonnie
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that added more than $1000 to the $2500 Gambier Coachlines donation. Max’s only stipulation in all of this was that the money was to stay local and not be sent away to national research so the Helping Hand Bags initiative looked to be a great cause to support. The Helping Hand Bags concept was launched at the group’s major fundraising luncheon last October, as a way of keeping locally generated funds local and providing assistance at a grassroots level to those who need it most. The bags are filled with grocery, pharmaceutical and fuel vouchers from South East businesses and distributed anonymously to women in need by local health care providers in the lower
collected more than 350 boxes of love to distribute to the many women and children who are supported by the Adelaide women’s shelters. The campaign was launched this year on August 1 and will run through till November 25, which is White Ribbon Day. In Australia one in three women will experience some form of violence in their
lifetime, it is time to break the silence. This year Nicole Milosevic is launching the campaign in the South East to provide boxes of love to the women and children using the Limestone Coast Domestic Violence Service in Mount Gambier. The aim is to collect 50 boxes by the end of November. Organisers are hoping people in the community will make a box of love, filled with items listed below and donate it to the Mount Gambier Police Station. Women’s - Photo Frame; Bobby Pins; Hair Ties; Make-up Wipes; Dry Shampoo; Hand Sanitiser; Scented Candles; Shower Cap; Hair Wrap; Clips; Make-up; Key Ring; Body Wash; Hairbrush; Lip gloss; Nail Polish; Perfume; Magazines; Moisturiser; Hand Cream; Manicure Set; Hairspray. Children’s - Bouncy Ball; Bubbles; Skipping Rope; Drawing Pad; Stickers; Chalk; Crayons; Pens; Pencils; Lunchbox; Puzzle.