BY SHANNON COOK
From left to right : Top : Fergus Torpy , Jess Densley , Jamie Bamford , Harry Ponting , Chris Thomas . Bottom : Sam Arthurs ( Loan Market ), Liam Keegan , Rhyley Edge , Toby Kent , Wayne Mackrell .
Ray White Collective capped off their Movember initiative with a lunch hosted by Ray White New Farm agent John Flahey at the Queensland Cricketers ’ Club ( pictured at top ). The group had an amazing time with members from within the group getting up in front of everyone and sharing their stories .
Movember supports Men ’ s Mental Health , suicide prevention , and prostate and testicular cancer . The funds raised will help fuel the game-changing work in men ’ s mental health , innovative medical research , and groundbreaking tests and treatments for prostate cancer and testicular cancer .
“ This event wasn ' t about raising funds , however it was great to see how many people donated to such a great organisation like Movember ,” John said .
“ The main object of the event was to share one common theme of mateship and checking in on one another to raise awareness of men ' s mental health .”
Principal Haesley Cush also got into the Movember spirit , growing his own moustache to match many in the team .
“ At a time when our awareness around mental health issues , whether it be from financial struggles , relationship breakdown , exposure to social media or
a variety of other reasons , we felt it was important so as a group we got together to support Movember ,” he said .
“ For the month of November , a group of around 50 members of the Ray White Collective grew their mo ' s and raised over $ 10,000 as a group for Movember ; supporting men ’ s mental and physical health charity Movember .”
The Ray White Warrnambool and Colac teams also banded together for Movember , raising $ 1,270 for the cause . While the guys worked on growing some impressive mo ’ s , the women in the team got their steps up , walking a total of 958km for men ’ s health .