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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…
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Bakers Delight
I spent a couple of hours at Mornington BD. Kept some stats and 3 people too MJK info, many BCNA info and quite a few FOW info. If only 1 makes a BCNA connection it will have been worth it!
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Zoe from Innisfail
Grace, one of our local support group members organised a MFoW and with the help of our members and a lot of local support the day was wonderful.
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Tasmanian's attend the Field in 2010
Over two months have passed by since I attended the 2010 Field of Women. My husband accompanied me and I was contacted by our local ABC radio while walking onto the Field. They were requesting a live radio interview - something which I had never done in my life and I felt quite daunte. The radio interview went successfully…
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Share your Mini-Field stories and ideas
The Mini-Fields of Women online group is to share ideas and stories relating to holding a Mini-Field of Women. Some Mini-Fields are big, some are small, some are public, some are attached to other local events eg. Farmers Markets. Mini-Fields can be as varied as the Member Groups and members who hold them. * Share with…
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Zoe from Innisfail
The next support group meeting will be at 12 noon at Il Fiorentino on Saturday August 14th.
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Zoe from Innisfail
Grace, a support group member organised a MFoW at a local market the day after our July meeting. Our members helped to make the day a huge success and a day to remember. We are looking forward to our next meeting (August) and our next MFoW in October.
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Next Meeting 2nd August.
Next meeting will be on Monday 2nd August at the Murwillumbah Bowls Club as a trial for an ongoing venue. "Cutting The Ties That Bind" is the topic for discussion. Tricia Mccormick will look at strategies that may help managing stress especially when it is other peoples stress that impacts on one's self. Lianne.
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Next Meeting & Events
Next meeting: July 5th at Judith's home at Bray Park. Call 0266722561 for directions. Encore Exercise Program August for 8 weeks. Tweed Area. Mini Field Women: Saturday Oct 23rd. Will be at Tweed Heads this year. Details to follow. The 2nd National Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer. Gold Coast, QLD 10 -…
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July meeting- Topic for discussion
Next meeting on Monday 5th July 10.00 The topic for discussion is “Health behaviors (including diet and exercise) of women who have had breast cancer.” Researchers from Griffith University have been invited to attend. Lianne