Volume 26 Issue 13 12 May 2017 16 Iyyar 5777

Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea student event

Romy Berson – Year 11

On 25 May we will be hosting a Biggest Morning Tea event for the whole school (including Primary). This is a national event that aims to increase awareness about cancer around Australia and raise funds for Cancer Council’s research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

Sadly, many of us  know somebody who has been affected by cancer in one way or another. The most common cancers in Australia are skin, prostate, breast, bowel, melanoma and lung cancer. This amounts to 60% of all cancers diagnosed in Australia.

By supporting this fundraiser, you will be making a huge difference, and helping the Cancer Research team, getting one step closer to finding a cure for this awful disease that many are affected by.

I wanted to initiate this fundraiser, along with Lauren Faul and Ashne Amoils, as I too have had many family members affected by this cruel disease. After having just returned last Friday from March of the Living, and seeing the horrors of what our ancestors went through in Poland, it made me realise how important family is. It is for this reason that my grandmother is my hero as she is a three-time survivor of cancer, and this proves her true strength. I hope that one day research teams will find a treatment to prevent this disease and hopefully one day cure it.

Our goal for this fundraiser is to raise over $500, and we would greatly appreciate your support.

REMINDER: Students will be able to purchase giant choc-chip cookies and vanilla or choc-chip cupcakes for $2.00 – $2.50 at recess. Primary students with dietary requirements must indicate on the form sent to the parents by Mrs Milner and High School students with dietary requirements must email Ashne Amoils (amoils.ashne@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au). We will be selling dietary specific goodies on the day, and we’d like to know an estimate of numbers so that we order enough special ingredients.

Thank you for supporting this initiative.

Lauren Faul, Romy Berson and Ashne Amoils