Trundle Pink Ribbon night is back again for its ninth year and it is one not to miss.
Features of this year's fundraising night will be hearing from local Peak Hill girl Erin O'Leary who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the shaving of Brendon Keep's dreadlocks.
Trundle Pink Ribbon night is hosted by local Trundle girls Carolyn Keep and Debbie Veale and started when Carolyn was diagnosed with breast cancer.
"The night actually started because of my own breast cancer diagnosis and I just wanted to bring awareness," Carolyn said.
"In our little town of Trundle there is just so many women diagnosed with some form of cancer and many women in our town were also diagnosed around the same time as me. I wanted to give back and that's what we have done."
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This fantastic night is an incredible and heart-warming event that includes raffles, an auction and live music while promoting awareness of women's cancers and raising money in the fight for a cancer free future.
So far the event has raised more than $150k and last year's event saw an incredible 800-plus people walk through the doors.
"This year we are featuring a beautiful young lady from Peak Hill, Erin O'Leary, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this year," Caroline said.
"Erin will talk us through her journey as our focus this year is on our younger generation as cancer is no longer an older person's disease, it's occurring more and more among young girls and we really want to put the focus out there for our younger generation."
Carolyn's son will also be shaving off his dreads on the night to raise money for a cancer free future.
There will be a holiday up for auction again for the fourth year donated by a lady Carolyn ran into on holidays.
"I just mentioned the night to her and she said "I want to jump on board that, I've got cancer in my family, I'll donate a holiday!" This will be the fourth year in a row she's donated a holiday to us which brings in big money, it's really awesome."
Local man, Rob Hellyer, will be back again working his magic auctioneering.
Rob has given his time and services up for free for this amazing event for the past nine years and does a sensational job working the crowd.
"It's a beautiful event, the whole town gets involved, all of the auctioned items are donated from our locals and the club sponsors the raffles," Carolyn said.
"It's really community generated and the locals are just phenomenal, the money that they pour into this night and the generosity of people around events like this is just beautiful because everyone is touched by cancer."
The Trundle Pink Ribbon Night will be held on Friday, October 18 at the Trundle Golf Club the night before the ABBA Festival.
If you can't attend on the night but still want to do your part in creating a cancer free future you can donate to the Trundle Pink Ribbon 2024 Cancer Council fundraising page.
