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Click here>>
EVENTS
for upcoming events in August & September 2010 & details for our monthly support
group meeting.
Scroll down this page to see our
Sponsors & the prizes they have donated for our October 2010 fundraiser.
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Pink in the Tropics is a Breast Cancer support group who, by sharing information, aim to help women feel less isolated during their breast cancer journey.
If you reside between Wangetti, Port Douglas, Mossman,
Miallo & Daintree we welcome you to make contact. Some of our members
appear on our website simply to give a human face to the breast cancer journey.
Please be assured that if you contact or join our group your confidentiality and
privacy will be respected.
Pink in the Tropics was formed by a group of women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone varying treatments. We exchange information and further our education on issues arising from breast cancer diagnosis.
The Objects of the our group are:-
To Inform, Empower and Support women during their Breast Cancer Journey by:-
Providing information gained through our own breast cancer journey, appropriate pamphlets, booklets, publications and websites or by referral to other appropriate agencies.
Empower women to have a voice in their own health care and to play an active role in improving breast cancer treatment, care and services.
Be driven by women who have themselves experienced breast cancer and can offer
support through their empathy to others on the breast cancer Journey.
Our Aims include providing practical help on where & how to obtain;
Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme
My Journey Kit, My Care Kit, Hopes & Hurdles Pack
Breast support cushions
Headwear & Wigs
Look Good...Feel Better Workshops
Self breast examination (See
our Information page & click on Cheeky Check-Up)
We are a group of ordinary women going about our lives who meet up occasionally to share knowledge.
We, in no way, take the place of your medical team and our role is not to act as professional counsellors. We simply chat over a cuppa on a variety of practical issues;
e.g. travel insurance and how it effects us when asked: "Any pre-existing health conditions?
Where & when free workshops are on for looking good feeling better during that
temporary 'hairless' time.
Where to go and what forms are required for the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme.
What sort of accessories to help cope with Lymphedema and a variety of issues we
all face during the journey.
We know how important partners, family, friends, carers are during the journey but, the occasional meeting up with others outside your inner circle, can be beneficial to you the individual.
If you have, at any time in your life, been diagnosed with breast cancer we welcome you to come along.
To contact
Pink in the Tropics
Breast Cancer
Support Group
please phone
Natalie on
4084 1274
(business hours)
or Maria on
4099 1080
(after hours)
or email:
Pink
Media Contact for
Pink in the Tropics
is Heidi Gibson
phone: (07) 4098 3883
or email:
gibsonheidi0@gmail.com
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www.cancerqld.org.au |
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www.thehairportsalon.com.au
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Sponsors for our October
2010 fundraising raffle are; |
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have donated an Outer Barrier
Reef cruise for two people
value $398.oo
www.quicksilver-cruises.com
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Kim Rasmussen has kindly
donated a handmade
Quilt & marching pillowcase.
Value - priceless.
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www.zontadistrict24.org
www.couch.org.au |
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Daintree Village
Package Prize
BED - BOAT - BREAKFAST
A night's accommodation for two
at the Daintree River Lodge,
and early morning boat tour with
Chris Dahlberg
followed by a cooked breakfast at
the Village Restaurant.
www.daintree.info/riverlodge
www.daintreerivertours.com.au
www.daintree.info/villagerestaurant.html
Daintree Village prize
valued at $250.oo |
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A meal voucher for
$25.oo kindly
donated from High Falls Farm
Riverside tropical fruit Restaurant.
www.highfallsfarm.com.au
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