Yarrawonga Lions Club Secretary and District Community Health Deb Van Corler, Victorian Lions Cancer Foundation Inc Skin check roster/volunteer screeners Co-ordinator Wendy Hellebrand and Yarrawonga Lions and District Treasurer Ollie Tufvesson with the $1000 donation Yarrawonga Lions have awarded the Lions V Districts Cancer Foundation.
Lions generous donation to cancer checks
Lions V Districts Cancer Foundation Skin Check and Awareness Unit was well received in Yarrawonga last week with more than 50 locals getting their skin checked.
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As a thank you to the Lions V Districts Cancer Foundation and to assist in their operations, the Yarrawonga Lions Club donated $1000 to the cause.
Skin check roster/volunteer screeners Co-ordinator Wendy Hellebrand was ecstatic with the donation and thanked the Yarrawonga Lions greatly.
“The donation is absolutely amazing and will go towards the running of the unit as we currently receive no government funding. All the funding we receive comes from Lions Clubs across the state,” Ms Hellebrand said.
“We have three consulting rooms with 20 trained dermoscopist and have travelled to 36 towns and are currently full for 2022.
“Before we came to Yarrawonga we had conducted 2400 skin checks. We were expecting another 50 – 60 in Yarrawonga which is always great to see.
“We are always looking for new people to come onboard and assist in the skin cancer van.
“If you would like further information, please send an email to viclionscf@gmail.com
or contact Bruce or Phil on 0417 359 028.”
Yarrawonga Lions Secretary Deb Van Corler said it was a great service to bring to town for free.
“The more people that get their skin checked out for cancers the better,” Deb said.
“The unit is not a medical clinic but it gives people a sense of what may be going on and if they now need to book into their doctor and it’s all for free.”
FIC new committee
New Friends in Common Committee members (at back l to r) Marilyn Albert, Christine Merrett, Cheryl Fasoli, Leon Porter, (at front l to r) Chris Gardner, Ro Cilia and Lesley Shead.
Yarrawonga Friends in Common (FIC) is a group of volunteers who offer practical support to those in the local community who are currently receiving treatment for cancer.
Throughout the year the group hold multiple fundraising events to raise money to assist those in the local area who are requiring assistance in many forms after a cancer diagnosis.
At the Friends in Common’s April 5 AGM a new committee was voted in with a number of new faces joining the committee while a few have changed roles.
The roles are to be seen to by the following ladies: President Christine Merrett, Vice President Marilyn Albert, Secretary Leon Porter, Treasurer Chris Gardner, Support Co-ordinator Ro Cilia, Voucher Person Cheryl Fasoli and Committee member Lesley Shead.
For anybody who has received a cancer diagnosis and is in need of some assistance, call Ro on 0497 689 027.
