Charity
Teenage teams ready for cancer fundraiser
TWO TEAMS of Trinity College Colac students will compete in tomorrow’s Colac Otway Relay for Life.
Colac cancer stories shared on silver screen
COLAC residents are appearing on cinema screens sharing stories of how cancer has touched their lives.
Cancer appeal hits $100,000
A COLAC district cancer survivor who helped launch Colac Area Health Foundation’s Long Road Appeal is celebrating the appeal reaching $100,000 this week.
Patients, staff benefit from chairs donation
COLAC and district dialysis patients are benefiting from the donation of three new dialysis chairs to Colac Area Health’s haemodialysis unit.
Purple Pinky’s picks up prize
COLAC’S Pam Felekos says raising money for the Cancer Council is a way she can help when “you just don’t know what to say”.
Welfare worry as Colac’s jobless rate hits 9.1 per cent
COLAC’S unemployment rate has hit 9.1 per cent, four points higher than in 2010 and more than three percentage points higher than the national rate.
Christmas appeal supports families
ORGANISERS of a Christmas appeal hope to collect 100,000 gifts for needy families across Australia including families in Colac.
Charity helps family after birth of triplets
HAVING four children under the age of 1 has given Kerrie and James Drayton an appreciation of the help and support charities can provide.