Townsville Ovarian Cancer Team

12/10/2024

Grateful to the wonderful group of organisers for the Silverlinings long lunch. Yesterday they raised over $54000 for ovarian cancer research. Follow their FB page if you want to be notified about next year's lunch. It was a fabulous day.

01/05/2023

This Friday night! Hope to see you there in support of gynaecological cancer research and awareness! Great work Toni and Ethan.

26/03/2023

This week Alisha had the pleasure of meeting Prof K*m K*m Khanna the researcher who received the Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Research Grant. Prof Khanna expressed her gratitude to the Townsville community and everyone who contributed to the grant. Prof Khanna is extremely passionate about her research and looking for new ovarian cancer developments.

05/02/2023

February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. If you are experiencing persistent or troubling symptoms such as bloating, abdominal or pelvic pain, feeling full after eating small amounts or frequent urination please seek health advice.
Listen to your body.
Donations for research can be made to ANZGOG on our fundraising page

We're hosting an event to help fund research that will enable women with gynaecological cancer to live longer better lives.

18/11/2022

10/09/2021

We are proud to announce that we have raised enough money for the Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Memorial Research Grant!!! This is only possible through the support of WomenCan Fundraising and the many professional researchers and clinicians that make up the ANZGOG team, striving for gynae cancer research excellence in Australia. A big thank you to all our generous donors, the Townsville District Law Association and all the local businesses that have supported us over the past 2 years. $41,500 is an amazing effort!
We are a little short of our $50,000 goal but have proven we can all still make a difference for ovarian cancer survivors and their families through very challenging times. If you would like to make a last minute donation the page will remain open until next early next week. Please share widely.
Donate here: https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/alishathomson/townsvilles-ovarian-cancer-team

Thank you to our business partners
The Drawing Room on Flinders
Jeral Pottery Art and Craft Centre
Matte Black Violet
Tease and Bristle
ANZ
The Makeup Mirror
Glow Skin Studio
Dr Sally Aubrey, Townsville Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Anna's Skin & Beauty
A Touch of Salt
Bridgewater Restaurant
Sapphire Hair
Il Mondo Townsville
The Tea Centre(In Stockland Townsville)
Michels Catering and Events
Fresh Corporate Catering
Jewellery By Design
Getbranded
Tiny Mountain Brewery
A-lect Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning
Cookie Dough
Mamma Mia's Pies, Pastries, Pizza & Pasta
Cheese Please Platters
Whites Corner Store
Ede Events
CedricCorrePatisserie
Ashley Caldwell
Cuisine On Bowen - Cuisine To Go
Fairfield Fresh Market & Deli
Tiki On Ackers

I'm hosting an event to help fund research that will enable women with gynaecological cancer to live longer better lives.

27/06/2021

Buy an single city entertainment book membership by June 30th and not only will you get a free multicity upgrade but you will go in the draw to win a holiday in Port Douglas!
20% will go to fundraising.
https://au.entdigital.net/orderbooks/9y60394

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23/06/2021

On behalf of the Townsville ladies and their loved ones affected by ovarian cancer we wanted to say a big thank you to the Townsville District Law Association who raised over $12,000 for the Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Research Grant. This puts the funds raised around $40,000. Thank you to everyone who has contributed over the past 2 years. We will be finalising the ANZGOG grant in the coming month so that it is available for an innovative researcher to apply for later this year. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation before end of financial year please use our Womencan page. Thank you. https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

I'm hosting an event to help fund research that will enable women with gynaecological cancer to live longer better lives.

10/05/2021

Some of the great advocacy coming out of New Zealand. In Australia donations to Cure Our Ovarian Cancer go to support ANZGOG trials. ANZGOG will be facilitating the Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Research Grant later this year. It is so wonderful to see some action in an area that for so many years was ignored or discussed in hushed tones due to stigma and shame.

In New Zealand, the five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is just 39%, the poorest survival rate of all women's cancers.

Cure Our Ovarian Cancer (COOC), a WomenCan funding partner, fundraises specifically for ANZGOG's low grade serous ovarian cancer research. Many women diagnosed with low grade serous are younger in age. With an advanced stage diagnosis, these women are told they will survive between 5-15 years.

Jane Ludemann, Founder of COOC, took to global media outlets during World Ovarian Cancer Day to discuss the critical need for more clinical trial research for low grade serous ovarian cancer, including New Zealand, to improve outcomes for women. Jane further called on other awareness strategies to give women a better chance of being diagnosed earlier. Her message reached London's Piccadilly Circus and NY's Times Square.

We are proud to work with COOC to improve outcomes for women through improved treatments. Watch Jane's powerful interview here:

https://www.facebook.com/Breakfaston1/videos/516420536052053

08/05/2021

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Day

05/05/2021

If you are looking for the perfect gift this Mother's Day consider a donation that will make a difference in the lives of mothers and daughters around Australia, who live in hope of a cure for ovarian cancer. The Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Grant which will be released later this year will go towards vital ovarian cancer research. Donate here: https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

28/02/2021

What a wonderful way to celebrate Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Our Teal High Tea at The Drawing Room on Flinders was simply beautiful. As always a big thank you to our supporters and the local businesses who support us including Colleen from the Drawing Room on Flinders, Doreen from Jeral Pottery Art and Craft Centre, Matte Black Violet and Tease and Bristle. The event brings us $1260 closer to our goal. I know lots of people missed out with it selling out immediately, we will aim for a bigger event next time.

15/02/2021

February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. The team have been busy planning a Teal High Tea to raise funds for the Janice Mayes Ovarian Cancer Memorial Grant which we have continued fundraising for in 2021. The Teal High Tea is sold out however please spread awareness this month for ovarian cancer which has a 5 year survival rate less than 50%.

You can support us through buying entertainment books from us https://au.entdigital.net/orderbooks/9y60394

Donations for the grant can be made at https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

Please remember to support the businesses that support us. Our High Tea is supported by The Drawing Room on Flinders Street, Black Matte Violet and Jeral Pottery Art and Craft Centre.

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21/12/2020

Congratulations to Kal the winner of our Christmas raffle which raised $4700. A big thank you to all the volunteers who sold tickets and to the amazing businesses that donated prizes. Thank you ANZ, The Makeup Mirror Glow Skin Studio The Drawing Room on Flinders and Jeral Pottery Art and Craft Centre. Please support these wonderful businesses.

08/12/2020

Super excited that after COVID halted fundraising plans for 2020 our Christmas raffle is going great with tickets selling well across Townsville. A big thank you to our fabulous sponsors and the volunteers selling tickets.
Prizes kindly donated by ANZ, The Makeup Mirror, Glow Skin + Laser studio, The Drawing Room on Flinders st and Jeral Pottery.
If you want to buy a ticket contact me and I will do my best to get to you before the draw on Dec 18th.
If you have that person who is hard to buy for and are looking for a gift that has true heart this Christmas don't forget donations make wonderful gifts. https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team
Merry Christmas

24/06/2020

A lovely recap of a wonderful day. Thank you to Ashley Caldwell from Caldwell Media and to all our amazing supporters.
Our current fundraising total sits at $16,852. Lets try to reach $20,000 by July 1st. To make a tax deductible donation before the end of the financial year please go to https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

11/06/2020

Like many Australians who have been affected by COVID our Ovarian Cancer research grant fundraising has been affected. We are still fundraising by selling entertainment book memberships. We get 20% of all sales. I have been buying the app for many years and I can’t speak to how much money I have saved.
To buy a membership that supports our fundraising go to www.entbook.com.au/9y60394
If you buy a membership by July 12th you will get 14 months of membership from the date you register with up to 3 months to register just in case you are hesitant to use it whilst businesses are recovering from COVID. You will get a $10 or $20 voucher with a single or multi city membership respectively plus additional bonuses.
Any questions please contact me (Alisha) [email protected]
Thanks :)

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02/06/2020

If anyone is interested in learning about the wonderful program our ladies participate in please tune in to this special webinar.

Survivors Teaching Students (STS) is the only education program in Australia delivered to medical students specifically through the eyes of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Please join us in our upcoming webinar My Story, Our Journey - The Survivors Teaching Students Program in Australia.

ANZGOG launched the international Survivors Teaching Students® Program in Australia in 2017, as we come to the end of our Cancer Australia Grant funding period, we want to showcase its success. We are holding this very special Webinar on Tuesday, 9 June from 5.00pm – 6.30pm AEST.

Open to all, we will be showcasing what STS is all about. There will be a panel discussion with clinicians, medical students and STS volunteers on how STS is successfully working to raise awareness of ovarian and gynaecological cancers with our key front line workers and its power to change outcomes. Our audience is anyone interested in ovarian cancer, Survivors Teaching Students® and the different ways we all work together to improve outcomes in ovarian and gynaecological cancers.

There is no cost to join in but limited numbers, so register now! More information please go to; https://www.anzgog.org.au/mystory-ourjourney/

08/05/2020

A number of the Townsville Ovarian Cancer Team ladies are involved in a program called Survivors Teaching Students. Why do we do it? Ovarian Cancer Awareness! Happy World Ovarian Cancer Day.
https://youtu.be/LrFV9GRQH8A

Survivors Teaching Students volunteers Heather, Doug and Kristin speak to Alison Dance (Journalist and ANZGOG Volunteer) about the program and how it is educ...

07/05/2020

Tomorrow, May 8th is World Ovarian Cancer Day. Townsville’s new Queensland Country Bank Stadium and the Townsville sign will be lit teal for Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Please take a drive to check out the panorama and take a moment to think of all the lives affected by ovarian cancer, then arm yourself with the facts. The symptoms can be vague and non-specific and therefore hard to recognise. Worse still is that there is no screening test. Bloating or pain, as well as changes in appetite, urinary or bowel habits that persist should be discussed with your doctor. The best thing you can do is to know your body.

05/05/2020

This Mother’s Day give the gift of research. For every 10 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer only 4 will survive more than 5 years. We are losing mothers, aunts, sisters, wives, daughters and friends to a cancer that continues to be underfunded.
To donate to ovarian cancer research through the Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group see The Townsville Ovarian Cancer Team page https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

20/03/2020

Over $13,000 raised so far for The Janice Mayes Memorial Ovarian Cancer Research Grant!!! This is only possible due to all the amazing support by the community.
Our Teal Afternoon Tea which raised over $7000 had some incredible local business behind us so I want to remind you to support these businesses now during this difficult time.
Dr Sally Aubrey, Townsville Obstetrics and Gynaecology Anna's Skin & Beauty A Touch of Salt Bridgewater Restaurant Sapphire Hair The Makeup Mirror Il Mondo Townsville Jeral Pottery Art and Craft Centre The Tea Centre Michels Catering and Events Fresh Corporate Catering Jewellery By Design Getbranded Tiny Mountain Brewery A-lect Auto Electrics & Air Conditioning Cookie Dough Mamma Mia's Pies, Pastries, Pizza & Pasta Cheese Please Platters Whites Northward Grocer Ede Events ANZ Australia Cedric Corre Caldwell Media Cuisine On Bowen - Cuisine To Go Fairfield Fresh Market & Deli Tiki On Ackers
Thank you all
https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

15/03/2020

Our fundraising efforts made it to Saturday's Townsville Bulletin. If you can't see the article it is about the importance of access to clinical trials for all Australian's regardless of post code and how as a group we support Dr Sabe Sabesan's teletrial model. It discusses our fundraising for ovarian cancer research in memory of Janice Mayes, a strong supporter of teletrials and ovarian cancer advocacy. Finally a more personal message is that as individuals we need to listen to our bodies and if something isn't right seek medical advice. Ovarian cancer has no screening and the diagnosis is often late with 46%, 5 year survival. https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team

DEALING with the devastating blow of a stage four cancer diagnosis, Dr Alisha Thomson will have to battle the exhaustion of regular travel from her home city of Townsville if she is accepted into a “lifesaving” clinical trial.

29/02/2020

Today is the last day for early bird BONUS offers with your purchase of the Entertainment Book. The digital book is packed full of savings and this year they have a multicity option! To get your 2020 membership please click on teh link below. 20% of the sale will go towards the Townsville Ovarian Cancer Team's fundraising for the Janice Mayes Memorial Ovarian Cancer Grant through our charity partner Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG). Should you have friends wanting to save with a new membership please share our post or this link https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/9y60394.

As always we appreciate your support.

Early Bird BONUS offers include:
• Spend & Save with THE ICONIC, endota and rebel
• Up to 4 months extra membership when you buy in February
• A $20 WISH eGift Card when Multi City & Multi Plus Memberships are purchased.

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26/02/2020

Today is Teal Ribbon Day. This clip from of Elsa Larsen speaking to studio 10 sums up beautifully why ovarian cancer research is so important. Kristen Larsen was a strong advocate for ovarian cancer, if you want to understand more the emotion of an ovarian cancer diagnosis I urge you to listen to Kristen's podcast Ovarshare. Kristen perfectly describes what many of us have trouble putting into words.
The Townsville Ovarian Cancer ladies admired Kristen for her strength and her constant efforts to shine a light on ovarian cancer. Kristen had a lot of fun on her trip to Townsville last year where a drive up to the Tablelands saw a group of excited ladies tick hot air balloon flight off their bucket lists. Kristen's legacy will live on.

Our Janice Mayes Memorial Ovarian Cancer Research Grant through will go towards new Australian research with the hopes of reducing the terrible mortality rate of this disease. It is for women like Janice and Kristen that we need to push hard for increased funding and awareness. https://www.womencan.org.au/fundraisers/Townsville--s-Ovarian-Cancer-Team