International Gynae Awareness Day 2009
We are very excited to be hosting, Australian of the Year, Ian Frazer for our International Gynae Awareness Day in Perth.
Others celebrating IGAD 2009:
1. Zonta Perth, myself/Continence Group “Down Under Night” – all attending requested to donate new underpants for community women.
2. Gascoyne Rural Remote Regional Reference Group – attendees also donating new underpants for community women in need
3. www.pantsmatters.org.uk – bringing in a rock band to help celebrate IGAD United Kingdom
4. Esperance Quilters Group
To keep the momentum going if you are interested celebrating 2010 event can you please get back to me. We look forward to your support.
Hi Kath,
Yes the audience responded so well to the Dr. Tiia, my friend who helped decorate, asked the first question and then the ball started to roll. There would have been at least 30 minutes of questions, answers and discussion so I think it was fantastic. Just ladies talking afterwards mentioning that they must go and get check ups and how much they enjoyed the session was a pretty good indicator of how everyone was feeling. I shared my special jewel that you gave me last year and had it sitting on the container for the gold coin donation. Shared it with Vasanthi before her talk and she thought it was a crack up – she said it was the crown jewel. Maureen, from Soroptimist wore her little brooch that you made for us last year and I was disappointed that I didn’t think of doing the same. Oh well there is always next year.
We raised $230 for Cancer Council which was rather special considering the recent death of 2 young mums from Carnarvon who both died in the same week. Jenny’s sister Elizabeth attended today with many of her relatives from the Phillipines as Jenny’s funeral was yesterday. Both were originally diagnosed with breast cancer – Christine 5 years ago and Jenny only last year not long after your visit last October so it was very sad. We had the knickers hanging like a washing line, which went down well and managed to get a washing basket full of new knickers for the local Women’s Refuge Centre. Many ladies said they would like to see the new kicker idea continue each year so it looks like we will have it again in 2010. I wonder what interesting things will happen between now and then??????
That’s fabulous news, Dianne. I am so grateful that you organised a team of women up in Carnarvon the celebrate the International Gynae Awarness Day event and that it was a huge success for the rural women.
If only I could find more women like you around the world that would be willing to do the same, before you know it we would earnestly have a world-wide event and wouldn’t that just be so exciting to see the message getting out there to people.