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A new bunch of Community Liaisons join the army
BCNA held the first Community Liaison training for women from rural/regional areas last week. 16 women from across Australia came together in Melbourne for two days to learn more about BCNA and how they can help raise awareness in their communities of the impact of breast cancer and our free resources. When you bring…
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Highlighting BCNA in the community
Exciting day today- I am meeting with the powers that be to arrange a display in the Launceston Library for the month of October. I have printed out a begging letter (lol) and taking samples of what will be in the display and keeping fingers and toes crossed. Meg has arranged for our October mini field to be at the Royal…
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More details - August 2010
> Posted on behalf of Marie Bell We are a group of people who have all experienced cancer in some form – formed by members of St Peter’s who wanted to reach out to others. Present members include non-church goers and members of other denominations. We also have one male member and welcome others. We meet on the second…
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Breast Cancer Conference
I had been feeling a little down, everything had backlogged whilst I was having treatment.... and now hormone therapy! ....I so wanted to talk to other ladies who had been through the hormone therapy and had a young family....but I had only met 2 other ladies in a simular position.... I had been attending my local support…
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Medical Oncology Group of Australia meeting
Hi everyone, I wanted to let you all know about the BCNA policy team's new report about the Medical Oncology Group of Australia's 2010 meeting. The policy team recently attended this meeting in Sydney. It was fantastic to attend the meeting as we got to hear about the latest news in oncology. It was great to hear about the…
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Melbourne Community Liaison Training
Had to say what a great time it was in Melbourne for the past two days! I met 15 others who were amazingly inspirational, gracious and supportive and are now my "new best friends". The days were planned so well and we learnt so much about BCNA, each other and ourselves. The staff that work for BCNA are so special, we all…
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Mildura Forum
Hi all, this is my first attempt at this so I don't know where it will end up so bear with me. I attended the Mildura Forum a couple of weeks ago and had a great afternoon. I didn't know what to expect, but I left there in a better "place" than when I arrived - if that makes sense. I was interested in Community Liaison and…
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Mini Field
We are organizing a mini field of women on the 23rd october at Woori Yallock shopping centre in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. We need some fundraising ideas, Please can anyone help? Please email me or come along to support us on the day. Thanks Be Well
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Shane Crawford run
I've posted the Everyday Hero page link in my Facebook! o/
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Mandy
Enjoyed catching up with another group member today for lunch- we can always learn more and reach out to each other!
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Support the network
Hi all, Just flagging the following post from the online network by ‘Bkenny16’ a young girl recently diagnosed. http://www.bcna.org.au/user/1911/blog/5807 You will see Tanya's comment to Bkenny16's blog. It is a really nice post and a great example of how the online network champs can support and welcome others. If there…
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BCNA Mildura forum
Last Tuesday, I was fortunate to attend my first BCNA forum, held in Mildura about ‘Living well beyond breast cancer’. It was an impressive turnout with more than 100 women (and men!) attending. As I have recently joined BCNA as a Senior Policy Officer, the forum was my first opportunity to meet and talk to lots of…
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A legend running with hope
I had the pleasure of joining a small group of amazing women for lunch last week, here in Camberwell. The lunch was in honour of AFL Football legend Shane Crawford. Shane (or Crawf as we now call him! ) is donning pink joggers and running from Adelaide to Melbourne to raise money for BCNA. It was at the Channel Nine's Pink…
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Teleconference minutes
Hi all, Sorry for the long delay in getting these up. It's all my fault as Daina is on leave, and I completely forgot I hadn't posted them! You're all very generous to have not poked me sooner! :) Anyway, here's the minutes of our last teleconference (see the attachment). There were a few action items, so do read the full…
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Mini Field of Women
We hold our mini field day on Breast Cancer Day in October. In the past our ladies have met for morning tea - the theme of the day being pink - and walked down the main street to the park by the lake holding our pink ladies. After a short ceremony we plant our pink ladies in a heart shape which has been sprayed on the…