A tennis tournament to celebrate a life and help save others
By Alicia Bienkowski | Community, Community Events, Fundraising, Inspiration, News & EventsRoss Sawatzky was the big, gentle straight-talking President of the North Shore Country Club who teammates said was great to play doubles with and even better to play against because…
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…
Young WA researcher delivers breast cancer hope
By Richard Schoonraad | Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Centre News, Inspiration, News & Events, Synthetic Biology and Drug DiscoveryOriginally published in The West Australian: 17 November 2020 Ciara Duffy falls to silence when she considers the possibilities that lie ahead. Her research that honeybee venom can kill aggressive…
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…
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…