TWO former colleagues at Camp Wilkin in Anglesea are crossing paths once again to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Australia.<\/p>\n
With plenty of prizes and raffles on offer, local Geelong resident Shinae Colville will be holding a trivia night at Anglesea\u2019s Morgan\u2019s Bar and Grill in October depending on COVID-19 restrictions as she looks to complete her fundraising goal of $3,000.<\/p>\n
Once Ms Colville acquires her remaining $500, she will then trek through the Tasmanian Wilderness to conquer Cradle Mountain in November with the hope that her funds will help deliver essential MS support services and ensure that no one faces MS alone.<\/p>\n
The former worker at Camp Wilkin says she has a strong connection to the town of Anglesea and that combining her love of the area and trivia was the perfect way to get her fundraising efforts over the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the area probably because I worked there for so long and a lot of the local businesses are really lovely,\u201d Ms Colville said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to have 100 kids hanging out at the beach with me for work and everyone was so polite and lovely.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt still very much feels like a small town.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Colville is personally affected by MS, after her sister Tamika was diagnosed with the illness back in 2018.<\/p>\n
\u201cMS is one of those things that not a lot of people know a lot about it,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know much about it until my sister was diagnosed and even then we didn\u2019t really know what it was or what it meant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Colville said her sister was very lucky in the worst way that she was diagnosed very quickly, unlike a lot of people that find out they have MS years down the track.<\/p>\n
Co-owner of Morgan\u2019s Bar and Grill Faye Morgan, who knows Ms Colville through Camp Wilkin, has remained in touch with her since they parted ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think MS is a good thing to be raising funds for and what Shinae is doing is awesome for her sister,\u201d Ms Morgan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother friend of ours back at camp also has a sister with MS and you sort of live through the journey with them as they go through it, so as soon as Shinae told us the event she was doing was for MS we thought it was a great idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
To find out more about the event, head to Eventbrite and search \u2018Trivia night for MS Australia\u2019 and for more information about Ms Colville\u2019s initiative head to doitforms.org.au\/fundraisers\/ShinaeColville\/conquer-cradle-mountain.<\/p>\n
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TWO former colleagues at Camp Wilkin in Anglesea are crossing paths once again to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Australia. With plenty of prizes and raffles on offer, local Geelong resident Shinae Colville will be holding a trivia night at Anglesea\u2019s Morgan\u2019s Bar and Grill in October depending on COVID-19 restrictions as she […]<\/p>\n