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The Bald and the Beautiful
By Alicia Bienkowski | Community, Fundraising, Inspiration, Media Releases, News & Events“I do have quite a bit of trepidation and my husband’s ready to leave me.” Risking marital ructions and despite nerves, Perth Rotary Club President Jill Dawson had her head…
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Thousands take part in the MACA Cancer 200
By Alicia Bienkowski | Events, Fundraising, Media Releases, News & Events, Perkins EventsMore than 1200 riders gathered around Perth to join in the MACA Cancer 200 Challenge this weekend. Despite an unpredictable year following COVID-19 restrictions, Riders in the event were able…
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COVID-19 the mother of invention for WA’s fundraising walk for women’s cancer
By Alicia Bienkowski | Fundraising, Perkins Events, Walk for Women's CancerInstead of one major event, teams are doing their own thing and for a Busselton team that means trekking the Cape to Cape. Each year walkers from across WA descend…
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Going bald to battle sarcoma
By Alicia Bienkowski | Cancer, Cancer, Community, Fundraising, News & Events, SarcomaPerkins alumnus, Matthew Eton, is facing an important fight. In May this year, Matthew was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma – a subtype of the rare bone and connective tissue cancer…
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Walking in Dublin for cancer research in Perth
By Alicia Bienkowski | Breast Cancer, Community, Events, Fundraising, Inspiration, News & Events, Perkins EventsIn so many ways COVID-19 has joined necessity as the mother of invention. For Irish grandmother, Anne Winslow, the pandemic cancelled a trip to Perth and a chance to be…
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Generous response to family’s cancers
By Alicia Bienkowski | Fundraising, Inspiration, News & EventsHolding breast cancer fundraising events has extraordinary relevance for Connie Mezzatesta, an education assistant at the Good Shepherd Catholic School in Lockridge. After she discovered she had breast cancer in…
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Walkers show they’re tougher together
By Marlin Communications | Community, Community Events, Events, Fundraising, News & EventsAn event is only as good as the people in it, and the heroes that make up the Hawaiian Walk for Women’s Cancer are a testimony to that.The Perkins recently…
