A year of creating Fearless Flowers to raise funds for ovarian cancer research and the funding fairness campaign #Pink Meets Teal came to a happy end on International Women's Day, 8 March. It was a great celebration of the Wednesday group's hard work, commitment and sense of community, with lots of support from friends, family and politicians from local, state and federal governments.
The Wednesday Group at Timeless Textiles and Anne Kempton and I would like to thank everyone who attended, especially Deputy Lord Mayor, Declan Clausen, State Member for Newcastle, Tim Crakanthorp and Federal Member for Newcastle, Sharon Claydon who gave the International Women's Day address. We also thank the Rotary Club of Wallsend-Maryland who helped on the day and the Makers and Traders, Newcastle for their amazing support and publicity during the lead up to the event.
Most of all, we are very grateful to the many individuals and groups in Newcastle, all over Australia and world wide who created beautiful flowers throughout 2019-2020 and helped us to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and the need for immediate funding for research. Just from these handmade flowers, we have raised $16,000 approximately to support the ovarian cancer research team at Hunter Medical Research Institute.
THANK YOU!
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