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The small town of Teebar is getting ready to saddle up as locals prepare to welcome visitors and competitors for the Biggenden Charity Campdraft.
The two-day event will aim to raise funds for LifeFlight, Cancer Council and the Leukaemia Foundation with $16,500 split between the charities last time the event was held in 2019.
Other local community groups including the Biggenden State School, Apex, Cadets and SES also lend their time and receive donations.
A small team of eight hardworking committee members proved you don’t have to go to the big smoke to enjoy the best entertainment.
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At four years old, Stanthorpe s Millie Marsden became one of the youngest members of QCWA. Now 88 years later, the woman who helped build the organisation as we know it is being fondly farewelled. Ms Marsden, aged 92, passed away Tuesday. Border Division branch president Jacki Harvey said she had been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love. I have only known her a relatively short time, only eight years. But in those eight years, I know my life has been better for knowing her, she said. She was just the most remarkable woman I ve ever met. Â Â Mrs Harvey said Millie s many roles within the Stanthorpe branch and division and state levels were almost too numerous to name.
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Almost 150,000 fewer Australians than usual were tested for cancer during the height of the pandemic in 2020.
Now, some of Australia s biggest cancer charities, have teamed up for the first time for the campaign New Normal, Same Cancer to urge anyone with any symptoms to stop putting off seeing their GP.
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