THE teams that raised the most for the Bendigo Relay for Life over the past two years were recognised in a special presentation last Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Though the Relay was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teams still managed to raise awareness of cancer, and thousands of dollars for the Cancer Council.<\/p>\n
The highest fundraising team was Domain Village, consisting of residents of the Junortoun retirement village, who raised $11,000.<\/p>\n
Faye Cook, who described herself as the team\u2019s pusher, said they were able raise money through trivia nights and donations from residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously last year we couldn\u2019t do as many because of COVID, but we probably had two trivia nights,\u201d she said. \u201cWe always raise at least $5000 at these trivia nights.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s totally from people within my village, they are just fantastic, they support it really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teams who raised over $5000 were presented with trophies, including Brave Hearts, Pink Ladies, Cancer\u2019s No Game and Team Justice.<\/p>\n
The total raised in Bendigo over the last two years was just under $107,000.<\/p>\n
Bendigo Relay for Life chair Teresa Jones said it was great to be able to recognise the work being done by Relay supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cDomain Village are a retirement village so there\u2019s a lot of people and a lot of activities and they do very well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the other teams, even the little teams that don\u2019t get to $5000, they\u2019re as important as the big ones because you\u2019ve got to start from somewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still awareness no matter what you do. Just to ask someone to buy a raffle ticket for the Cancer Council is awareness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Jones said the committee is hopeful of holding a condensed one-day Relay for Life on Sunday, 28 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE teams that raised the most for the Bendigo Relay for Life over the past two years were recognised in a special presentation last Tuesday. Though the Relay was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many teams still managed to raise awareness of cancer, and thousands of dollars for the Cancer […]<\/p>\n