Friday Update 4 May 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to
Friday’s update. I would like to extend
a warm welcome to all of our new online members who have joined the online
forum over the last month. We hope you
have settled in and started reading some of our online posts and making some connections
with other community members. As many of our current members have mentioned, it’s
a ‘very supportive forum and you are among friends’. I see this sentiment repeated in many of the
responses and we certainly do have a great online community!
An update from me; the community
guidelines have been revised and will be posted onto our site shortly. Some of you may have already noticed that the
‘How and what thread’ is now called ‘Navigating the online community’. This thread provides practical information
that will enable you to use the online forum with confidence. Thanks
again to @Inkpetal for writing a lot of the posts we link to.
A gentle reminder with regards to
signing off on your posts, if you are going to sign off its better to use your
username and not your real name. As you
know the general forum is not private and we encourage members to be mindful of
their privacy.
Pink Bun Campaign
Yesterday was the start of BCNA’s Pink
Bun campaign which is one of our major fundraising events for the year. Our CEO Kirstin Pilatti was interviewed along
with BCNA Ambassador, Stuart Diver. The interview was live on the Today Show. The Pink Bun campaign runs for 3 weeks with
100% of the proceeds donated to BCNA, see link below of the live interview. We
are hoping to raise $2 million dollars this year so get out and visit your
local Bakers Delight to try a pink bun or thank your local Bakers
Delight for the fabulous work they do for BCNA.
Community highlights
Every week we
have so much variety in the posts being shared in the online network.
These can include questions about treatments, updates on how things are
going, and celebrating milestones. Here are some popular conversations you
might have missed:
What’s your
favourite photo of yourself and why is that?
What a beautiful thread started by
PatsyN, who was inspired by the pets photo thread. It was lovely to see your favorite photos and
to share in some of your special memories and experiences.
Ditching
the 5-year sentence of hormonal therapy
A great conversation started
regarding hormone therapy highlighting the benefits and challenges of ongoing
treatment.
Inspiration
for the week
Great thread started by Tracy_B, with some fantastic quotes!
In the news…
Sleepless in Cancer land: 3 methods for Battling Insomnia as a Cancer Patient and Survivor
Learn how people with cancer can reduce insomniaduring and after treatment.
May 8 is World Ovarian Cancer Day
Pink Lady Luncheon in
Sydney
The
Pink Lady Luncheon in Sydney SOLD OUT for the first time with 504 attendees and
nearly $50,000 was raised on the day! Thank you to everyone who attended,
donated prizes, all the volunteers, and to those who participated in the
auctions and raffle. You made the event a HUGE success! We
would particularly like to acknowledge and extend our gratitude to our major
event partners, Konica Minolta and Red Energy, who helped to make the Pink Lady
Luncheon such a wonderful success. The
next Pink Lady Lunch will be held in Brisbane later this month, see details
below.
Lunch Brisbane 23 May 2018
Melbourne Vixens – Saturday 12 May – Volunteer Call Out
We’re very excited to announce that BCNA has partnered
with Netball Victoria and Melbourne Vixens this year. We’re part of their game
next Saturday May 12 at Hisense Arena in Melbourne, so we’re looking for 13
volunteers to come and be part of team BCNA.
It’s a short day, only 12pm – 3pm. All volunteers
are then able to stay and watch the game for free, commencing at 3pm. Please
contact Chloe Douglas to register and for more information at cdouglas@bcna.org.au or (03) 9805 2529.
Ringwood Information Forum next Thursday 10 May 2018 Ringwood Victoria
Don’t forget that there is an information forum in
Ringwood next week, places are still available if you would like to attend and
you can register at the link above.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Giovanna
Comments
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thanks for the update Giovanna0
