A Geelong charity can donate more money for cancer support and research thanks to a Golden Plains Shire grant.
Camp4Cancer Geelong will receive a $11,700 Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grant to support a camping event in Murgheboluc to fundraise for the Andrew Love Cancer Centre.
Event coordinator Christine Blackley said the grant would help the charity host next year’s camping event and allow more money to be donated to the cancer centre.
“Cancer has been around me for a number of years as I lost both parents due to cancer and I have a husband living with cancer,” she said.
“It’s fabulous to get the grant because it’ll make it easy for us to host the event, which then flows on to people who can attend the event and support our local community.
“The biggest win for us is that we can donate more money… and by having our own things, that will help make the event successful and keep the profit going to the charity.”
Camp4Cancer Geelong was among six Golden Plains groups to share in $88,249 worth of grants over the next three years, including $12,000 for Haddon Fire Brigade and $17,924 for Golden Plains Soccer Club.
Turtle Bend Committee ($15,000), Woady Yaloak Historical Society ($13,000) and Zineverleigh ($18,625) will also receive funding.
Golden Plains Shire mayor Owen Sharkey said funding would help deliver a range of community projects and events across the region.
“This ongoing program continues to deliver vital funds for community events and projects which bring communities together,” he said.
“We look forward to these projects delivering numerous benefits to their communities through increased access to arts and culture, improved amenity to public spaces and increased physical activity.”
