>> Barossa Area Fundraisers for Cancer treasurer, Denis Tompkins is also a volunteer driver and spends many hours commuting patients to and from
city appointments. “It gives me a great deal of satisfaction doing what I do,” he says of his role. As a bowel cancer survivor and someone who has had
two melanomas removed, Denis is a great advocate for screenings and early detection. “I tell you what, I wouldn’t be here otherwise.”
Making palliative care suites
feel homely was the first project
BAFFC took on and whilst there
have been sad times, the group
have supported each other
along the way.
“I must say, I think I have repaid
Roy, but now I’m moving onto
helping new people. Every day
we hear of someone affected by
cancer,” Julie says. reckoned with. definitely get side-tracked.”
“We stand out from the crowd,”
says Tash. Julie giggles in agreement.
A decade on, the “purple army”,
with their highly recognisable
uniforms, are a force to be “We’re a fun-raising committee!
Yes, we do stick to an agenda
and get things done, but we
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From old farm shed to cellar door,
“It’s taken 10 years to get here
and now most of us are like
the road runner – we just don’t
stop!”
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