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“…our hope is that the money raised from the night will help to find better cancer treatments and eventually a cure for cancer…”

Renee did things on her terms – enjoying a final family Christmas and dying at home surrounded by family and her closest friends.

“Mum was so lucky to be able to stay at home where she wanted to be,” Erin said. “The Palliative care team are just so amazing – they were always there, always supporting us and always helping us find a way to keep mum home where she wanted to be.” The Longest Table dinner included a two course meal with live entertainment from local artist Jess Magarey and Millicent duo JB & Crowey, with the fundraising complemented by a silent auction of items donated from local businesses and a raffle of prizes also donated from local businesses.

Erin also doubled as the night’s inspirational guest speaker, sharing her mum’s story and also focussing on grief, losing her mother giving Erin insight into how critical it is for people to feel like they can show their grief and share their grief and not have to hide how they are feeling.

“I think as a society we like to hide our grief and find it uncomfortable to show our grief but it is OK if you are struggling,” she said. “There’s a comfort in sharing your story. It affects everyone differently and we just need to accept that.”

The event easily eclipsed its original fundraising target, topping the $11,000 mark.

“We chose for our money to specifically be donated to the Australian Breast Cancer Research charity as this was in honour of mum who passed away from metastatic breast cancer and that is a cancer that impacts too many women around Australia,” Erin said. “Our hope is that the money raised from the night will help to find better cancer treatments and eventually a cure for cancer. After the amazing response that we have received and the generosity of the local community we are 100 percent going to make this an annual event. My hopes are that it becomes a regular part of the Mount Gambier social calendar and that the community will continue to get behind it and support the event.” ABOVE: 1. Matthew McInerney & Glenda McInerney; 2. Kerrie Sims & Julie Gosling; 3. Bernie Tichbon & Bruce Tichbon; 4. Ann Aldersey, Jen Malone & Will Malone; 5. Ali Lonsdale, Phil Lonsdale, Bec Lonsdale & Darcy Ryan; 6. Amelia Redman & Thomas Gibbs; 7. Jason Rawlings & Callena Rawlings; 8. Cass Wilson & Shannon Wilson; 9. Aaron Barbaro & Maddy Lonsdale. BELOW: Caroline Davey, Natalie Radlmair, Mekaela Smith & Erin Launer