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Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland Incorporated | Newsletter | Autumn 2014
Dr Glenda Powell (Patron)
Kay McGrath
(Vice-Patron)
A night under the stars in Longreach
Board Members
Roger Traves QC
(Chairperson)
Sandy Cassidy
(Vice Chairperson)
Michael Crouch (Secretary)
Gina Fairfax
(Treasurer)
Dr Marie Burke
Tracey Plumridge
Jilanne Elliott
Matthew Hickey
Tristan Tucker
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www.bcaq.com
These courageous and inspiring young
women have raised a phenomenal
amount of money to help the Westn’
Breast & Prostate Cancer Support
Group, a sub-committee of BPCAQ, to
deliver patient financial assistance and
support services to the district.
Head Office: Brisbane
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Office Secretary
Tracey Plumridge
PH: 07 3831 2263
E: [email protected]
and the “Night Under the Stars” was
the celebration of their combined
hard work. Over 200 guests enjoyed a
fantastic night at the Jumbuck Hotel
with major sponsors Suffren & Moore
Civil and many other local businesses
proudly supported the event.
Proudly delivering services across Queensland!
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Funded Nurses
Belinda Guernieri
(Emerald)
Megan Lynch
(Fraser Coast)
Cheryl Hawkins
(Charleville)
Lana Russell
(St George)
Wendy Piuselli
(Rockhampton)
Maree Scutt, Peta Ann Gowing,
Rebecca Fickling and George Gowing
bravely shaved their hair for breast
and prostate cancer in an amazing
show of support. The girls have been
fundraising for the past six months
in and around the Longreach district
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Sub-Committees
Emerald: Tiffany Pulford
St George: Emily Martin
Charleville: Patricia Arden
Toowoomba: Jayne Gentry
Mitchell: Jenny Hockey
Barcaldine:Heather Morton
Blackbutt:
Nick and Laraine Aniftos
Chinchilla: Joanna Embry
Goondiwindi: Gloria Cory
Yeppoon: Anne Shepherd
Currently Funding Breast
Care Nurses:
Fraser Coast - Megan Lynch
- PH: 4120 6695
Emerald - Belinda Guerneiri
- PH: 4983 9700
Charleville - Cheryl Hawkins
- PH: 4656 8109
St George - Lana Russell
- PH: 4620 2265
Rockhampton - Wendy Puiselli
- PH: 4932 5543
Patron for the Association
PROSTATE CANCER NURSE NEWS
Emerald
Prostate Cancer Care
Annette Hinrichsen - PH 4983 9718
We are very excited to announce the newly
appointed Prostate Care Nurse for the
Emerald District is Annette Hinrichsen who
started in January. We are also currently
negotiating with the Wide Bay/Fraser Coast
district to part-fund a prostate cancer care
nurse for that region.
Are you looking for more information
about Prostate Cancer or support services?
Cancer Council Queensland has a number
of resources from “Coping with a diagnosis of
prostate cancer” to “Sex after treatment for
prostate cancer”. Phone: 13 11 20,
Website: www.cancerqld.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of
Australia PH: 1800 220 099 www.prostate.
org.au or the Queensland Chapter www.pcfa.
org.au have information regarding support
groups and other services that may be
available in your district. Support groups such
as ManUp!, Men’s Shed Queensland and The
Brisbane Prostate Cancer Support Network
may be able to provide information about
groups in your district. If you would like more
details about these support groups please
contact our office.
Scholarships
We are delighted to announce that we
have received 5 enquiries for scholarships!
We congratulate the following recipients
of the La Trobe Scholarship for Prostate
Cancer Studies: Term 1; Annette Hinrichsen
(Emerald), Fiona Fuller and Cherry Spross
(Fraser Coast) and Term 2 Prostate Cancer:
Gaye Foot (Toowoomba) and Penny Steven
(Fraser Coast).
Dr Glenda Powell has accepted the
nomination as Patron for the Association.
Glenda has served as Vice-Patron for many
years and has supported the association
since its formation. The Honourable Justice
Margaret White retired in September after 20
years as Patron for the BPCAQ. We sincerely
thank Justice White for her support of BPCAQ.
We thank Dr Glenda Powell for accepting this
nomination and for her services to the board.
Rural Seminar 2014
Longreach Saturday 29th March 2014
The annual seminar was held in Longreach
this year. We presented the following speakers:
Surgeon Dr Chris Pyke, Oncologist Dr Marie
Burke, Men’s Health specialist Dr Toby Ford,
Sexologist Jocelyn Klug, Occupational
Therapist Liz McDonald, RFDS Psychologist Dr
Mal Hatcher, Local Survivors Mr & Mrs Hain,
Cancer Care Nurse Di Merchant, Chef/Author
Alison Taafe, plus Vicci Miller to demonstrate
meditation techniques. Displays were presented
by Purely Venus for prosthesis, community health
checks and a representative from the Prostate
Cancer Foundation.
SUBCOMMITTEE NEWS
Blackbutt
Charity Golf Day Saturday 8th June
2014, 3 person Ambrose (NP) for golf
and non-golfers 10:30am Shot Gun
start; please phone Nick PH: 4163 0135,
proudly supported by Blackbutt Towing
and Blackbutt Fuel & Tyres. Nick and Laraine
have been thrilled to receive the support of local
businesses; Queensland National Hotel donated
$2,500 and the Withcott Pony Club $520.
Those funds have directly helped provide patient
assistance grants for patients in the district and a
scholarship for local nurse Sue Cox of Nanango.
Nick and Laraine have also sold a number of
boxes of calendars that have contributed towards
providing these services.
Emerald
The Emerald Committee are grateful to receive
donations from Crack-Up Kids in Capella and the
Lochington Recreational Club. Breast Care nurse
Belinda Guerneiri has been busy supporting patients
and delivering patient assistance grants, with over
$15,000 being provided this financial year to date
for the region. It is a great achievement that BPCAQ
will be funding a prostate cancer care nurse for the
district. Annette Hinrichsen commenced in January.
St George
Goondiwindi
Gloria Cory organised a Morning Tea in October
raising $1741. We are grateful to the Kirri Mirri Mah
Jong Group who donated $283 in January. We’d
like to see patients in the district access the patient
assistance grants.
Barcaldine
Our committee continues to be supported
by some very proactive members of our
community. “Rob Roy Rips it for Prostate”
fundraiser, held in October 2013 at the St
George Hotel was a great success, raising over
$5,000. We would like to say thank you to the
very dedicated group who made this event
happen, through their generous gift of time
and effort and to Rob Roy McQuillan who so
readily volunteered to have his chest shaved
and waxed to raise money to help those who
suffer from prostate cancer.
$4230 was received from the Muttaburra Golf Club from the Boobs and Balls day. Organisers hosted
27 players for the day time golf and 18 players for the night golf and fed about 57 guests. Tambo Golf
Club donated $452 and Strathmore Santa Gertrudis cattle farm donated $500 and the Daisy Cottage
Coffee Club donated $150. The Westn’ Breast & Prostate Cancer Support Group are grateful to these
businesses and individuals for supporting BPCAQ’s work in the district.
Lana Russell, our Breast Care Nurse, is doing
a wonderful job of building the service and
has completed one year in the role. Lana
has attended many functions and events
throughout the year to increase her profile and
to mainly provide education and awareness
about breast cancer. In October, Lana held a
Pink Silhouette morning tea at our local coffee
shop, Stevie Jeans. It certainly was a beautiful
site down the main street of St George, to
see all the lady silhouettes brightly adorning
the lawn and fencetops, a touching tribute
to all the women who have sadly died from
breast cancer.
An enthusiastic group of young community
minded women have banded together to
fundraise for the Longreach district. Peta Ann
Gowing, Rebecca Fickling, and Maree Scutt,
pictured right, have conducted a number of
raffles and stalls in the lead up to the main
Fundraising Dinner event that will coincide
with the Longreach Seminar. There will be shaving of heads and drawing of major prize raffles all
under the stars at the Jumbuck Hotel in Longreach on Saturday 29th March. Peta Ann has reported
that through the fundraising efforts and generosity of the local community they have already raised
$20,000 and are looking forward to increasing that by the end of the dinner.
Toowoomba
Generous Glenrose! The amazing ladies at Glenrose
Patchwork have done it again! As a result of some
committed fundraising during 2013 and their fifth
year of the “Airing of the Quilts” have they have
donated $12,000 to BPCAQ. These ladies are truly
a force to be reckoned with. When they put their
mind to something there is no stopping them. Over
the past five years they are so proud that they have
been able to donate a total of $47,000 to BPCAQ,
and so are we and the many families they have
helped as a result all over the Downs.
The “Airing of the Quilts” is a celebration of colour
and creation that happens on the first weekend in
October every year. It is held at Glenrose Patchwork,
138 Ogilvie Road, Warwick. It is a wonderful event –
put it in your calendars! The ladies are planning on
doing it all over again.
Fraser Coast
Chinchilla/Miles
Joanna Embry and Ann Gibbons were delighted to
meet Glenn Pfluger of Murphy Pipes and Civil to
receive a cheque for $20,000. Glenn would like to
see those funds directly benefit patients in the region.
“There would be few people in our company that
have not been touched by cancer in some way so
it’s a cause that really strikes a chord with our work
crews” Mr Pfluger said. Chinchilla representative
Joanna Embry said the organization is extremely
grateful for the donation, which will assist in the
provision of funds for patient care for Chinchilla, Miles
and surrounding districts. Joanna and Ann Gibbons,
representative for Miles, met with Dr Saba Alessawy to
promote the patient assistance grants on the day Mr
Pfluger announced the donation.
Planning is well and truly underway for
Weengallon Pink Ladies Day (WPLD) to be
held in August. We received a very generous
donation of $10,000 from this event last
year. This brings the amount donated from
WPLD since 2006 to a magnanimous total of
$55,000. An exciting new theme, a delectable
menu, fantastic prizes, a beautiful array of
stalls and an inspiring guest speaker are all
on offer, as well as the chance to catchup up
with friends. Please go to the website www.
pinkladiesday.com to watch the details unfold.
All tickets will be sold online this year so be
sure to check the site to find out when ticket
sales open as they sell very quickly!
Thank you to the St George and Dirranbandi
business owners who have kindly helped to
sell over 70 Boys from the Bush Calendars.
We would love to hear from community minded people in the Wide Bay Fraser Coast district if you would like to voluntarily represent our organization and
to help us raise funds for the Breast & Prostate Cancer Care nurses that we fund in the district. We are currently investing in over $60,000 per year for two
nurses, patient financial assistance grants and a research project being conducted by Pammie Ellem in Bundaberg. Funds raised in the district stay in the district.
Service Delivery
BPCAQ has provided over $35,000 in patient
financial assistance grants in the period from
1st July – 31st January and is expected to reach
$50,000 by 30th June. The patient assistance
grants are generally up to $500 for general
assistance and up to $2,000 for accommodation
assistance for patients living in rural or regional
Queensland. The breast and prostate care nurses
who assist us in delivering this service say that
the grants provide great relief in helping their
patients at a time when they are faced with
many expensive medical bills, transport costs
and are quite often unable to work during
treatment. Our subcommittee volunteers
see the patient financial assistance grants
as the driving force for their commitment
to fundraise on behalf of BPCAQ. Helping
people directly within their community is one
of the most rewarding aspects of the charity
work we do.
We recently received this heartfelt letter of appreciation from Margaret King on the
Fraser Coast which we’d like to share with our supporters;
I wish to thank your organisation most
sincerely for their help during my breast
cancer treatment in Brisbane recently.
I had radiation therapy at Royal Brisbane
Hospital from the 27th November 2013 to the
3rd January, 2014. My daughter acted as my
carer and drove me into the RBH each day,
Monday to Friday, from her home at Marsden.
As you can readily appreciate, the parking
fees were quite high, particularly on the days
when one had to see the doctor too, or the
nurses, as well as the on-going radiation
sessions. Then, there was the petrol!
That transfer of $535 into my account made
all the difference to my emotional well-being.
It removed the anxiety of financial stress. My
daughter, Jenny, kept the money separate in
a special wallet, and also kept all the receipts. When I returned home to Hervey Bay, she had
$40 left, and had to fill up, so you can see how vital that money was in enabling me to face my
treatment in a calm, non-stressful manner.
The breast care nurses are wonderful people, and I’m so grateful to Megan Lynch for her help
overall, and particularly in the application for financial assistance, which she made on my
behalf. My diagnosis of breast cancer, and subsequent mastectomy, was a huge shock. I’m
81 years of age, and did not expect this, so the support, care and knowledge as evidenced by
Megan and Angela, was of immense comfort to me and my husband, and I shall be eternally
grateful to them.
So, once again, many thanks to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Assoc. of Q’ld for their help;
words alone can’t convey how grateful I feel.
Bless you,
(Mrs.) Amy Margaret King.
Thank You for
your support
Donations Received
September 2013 - January 2014
Quali-T Cycles, St George Netball Club,
J Treloar, ABC Staff giving, M Tullipan,
H Crichton, T Arden, Ritchies IGA
Stores, C Curtis, M Lum, N & L Aniftos,
A Coulthurst, Maroochydoore Rugby Union
Club, R Fernando, R Botic, L Cheeseman,
J Wallis, R Hutchison, J Bell, J Bray,
A Gillies, N Heggatty, Dr & Mrs MacMillan,
Crack-Up Kids, Muttaburra Golf Club,
Inspire Aviation, B Heymink, A Staal,
M Stevenson, L McLaren, B Arnison,
Cementco Bowls Club, J Tonkin, R Cairns,
I & A Galloway, R Kuiper, S Nand, Tambo
Golf Club, Strathmore Santa Gertrudis,
Daisy Cottage Coffee Shop, G Sparks,
D Pain, M Joyce, Glenrose Quilters,
Cleveland Bowls Club, J McCormack,
Intimo, P Bellamy, K Stark, M & V Hewitt,
Redcliffe Golf Club, M Glasser, E Peters,
K Whittle, Qld National Hotel Blackbutt,
V Davies Fund, Entertainment Publications,
Blake Family, J Lahz, D Phipps, Withcott
Pony Club, Paw Paw Club, Kirri Mirri Mah
Jong Club, Weengallon Kindergarten,
Ashurst, B Bragg, C Deans, N Chalk,
J Carey, Lochington Rec Club, J Drysdale,
C Duff, North Gregory Turf Club, Murphy
Pipe & Civil, Glenrose Quilters, The Men’s
Shed St George.
In Memory or Tribute to:
Donations have been received in
Memory of or in Tribute to:
Irene Kitchen, Leanne Blake
Invitation to a Ladies High Tea
10am – 1pm Friday 9th May 2014
Pacific Golf Club
430 Pine Mountain Rd, Carindale
Featuring a Fabulous Fashion Parade and
Interior Decorating Home Décor by Estelle Elliott Designs!
Tables will be decorated by Perfect Petals and chairs decorated by Beautiful Styling
Start organising your tables now! Tickets only $45 per person!
For more details contact PH: 3831 2263 or Email: [email protected]
Payments can be made by cheque to PO Box 970, Spring Hill Qld 4004,
credit card via phone on 3831 2263, email, fax on 3831 3260. RSVP by 1st May 2014.
Fundraising Initiatives
Available at
bpcaq.shirtstore.net.au
Cocktail Night - October 2013
Board members and supporters celebrated the BCAQ/BPCAQ 20 year milestone at Hillstone St Lucia
Golf Links in the elegant Rosewood Room. Kay McGrath welcomed speakers Dr Marie Burke and Dr
James MacKean who spoke about how breast and prostate cancer is currently being treated in the
field of radiation oncology. It was a lovely evening to reflect on the achievements and services being
delivered and how BPCAQ has grown during the 20 years since the association was founded.
$24.75
More designs
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BPCAQ Fundraising
Merchandise
Golf Days! - Sunday 8 June 2014
Blackbutt Committee will be hosting a Pink & Blue Golf Day on Sunday 8th June, 3 person
Ambrose from 10:30am at the Blackbutt Golf Club. Please contact Nick Aniftos PH: 4163 0135.
Tin Can Bay Bowls Club will be hosting a golf and bowls day on Sunday 8th June also.
Please call Greg Rendell PH: 0422 456 968.
The Breast and Prostate Cancer Association
of Queensland now has a range of
fundraising merchandise.
Visit bpcaq.shirtstore.net.au for more details.
Net proceeds go directly to BPCAQ.
Private fundraisers and Supporters Initiatives
We are always thrilled when someone calls up to say they would like to support our association by organising a fundraising event
or would like to offer services to breast cancer patients that they would like us to let our members know about. We are grateful
for the initiative of these wonderful supporters!
Maroochydore Rugby Union Club presented a donation of $10,000
to Sandy Cassidy in September 2013. We thank Luke Anderson and
the committee for this amazing donation.
Dr Geoffrey Beadle, Sandy Cassidy, Tracey Plumridge, Gina Fairfax
and Roger Traves at the Ashurst High Tea.
Inspire Aviation presented a donation of $300 to Sandy Cassidy
in September 2013. We thank Robert and Leanne Fulton for
organizing a number of sausage sizzles to raise funds for BPCAQ.
Ashurst and the Brisbane Women’s Network – In late October
2013 a Pink & Blue High Tea was held at the Ashurst Offices
in Brisbane where over 80 guests were treated to a wonderful
afternoon of fine food and the most impressive display of raffle
prizes. Dr Geoffrey Beadle provided an interesting talk on the
benefits of research investment and Roger Traves gave thanks to
Ashurst and the Brisbane Women’s Network who organised this
event which raised over $8,500.
About the Breast and Prostate Cancer
Association of Queensland Inc.
In 1993 the Breast Cancer Association of Queensland Inc. was established
with the purpose of using funds raised to benefit Research, Treatment,
Prevention, Community Education and provide support for those with breast
cancer and their families.
In February 2012 BCAQ received permission from the Department of Fair Trading to change our
name and model rules to incorporate services for Prostate Cancer. Our Association is now called
“Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland Inc”.
A large membership in Queensland will increase the influence it has on governments and sponsors
to assist in the search for better diagnosis, treatments and hopefully, eventual prevention.
Become a member now!
Please enrol me as a Member of the BPCAQ. I enclose:
DONATION AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Qld Inc.
PO Box 970
SPRING HILL, QLD 4004
Email: [email protected] Web: www.bcaq.com
Phone:(07) PH: 07 3831 2263 (Tue, Wed, Thur 9.30am - 2.30pm)
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