Years of tireless fundraising by the Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin has helped the Dr Julie Zrna Centre build come to fruition, with rotary volunteers yesterday handing over $50,000 to the Mildura Health Foundation.
The Dr Julie Zrna Centre is nearing completion and will ensure those who need to travel to undergo radiation treatment at Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre, can access suitable and comfortable accommodation at a low cost.
Since learning of the accommodation project and the positive impact it will have on members of the community, the rotary club’s volunteers jumped on board, making an early commitment to donate funds from numerous events including Mildura’s Longest Lunch, and proceeds from Christmas Giving Back Hampers over the past few years.
Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin president, Elvira Mazza, said the club was incredibly proud of the difference its fundraising efforts will make to the region’s radiation patients.
Mildura Health Foundation chair Terry Hill said “the substantial fundraising efforts put in by the Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin is to be commended and will make the lives of many in the community undergoing radiation treatment much easier”.
Image: supplied – (back) Mildura Health Foundation director Karen Woolfe, Members of the Rotary Club of Mildura Deakin Nardia Sheriff, Jacqui Rudge, Mike Moonie, Neville Mitchelle, Glen Hornsby and Mildura Health Foundation deputy chair Greg Hutchison. (Front) Rotary club president Elvira Mazza and rotary member Leslie Mitchell.
