Charity
Important occasion for cancer survivor
COLAC cancer survivor Janine Benson will wear a daffodil today to help support the Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day.
Daffodil fundraiser blooming
COLAC’S Cancer Council branch will spread daffodils around Colac on Friday to raise money for cancer research.
Cancer survivor backs plan for closer treatment
COLAC district cancer survivor Pam Payne says she could have travelled around Australia with the kilometres she clocked up driving to treatment over two years.
500km journey to help sick children
MEETING families with sick children has given Colac McDonald’s consultant Anthony Nigro a new outlook on life.
Families need winter clothing
COLAC’S Red Cross volunteers are keen to receive warm winter clothes to help struggling Colac district families.
Woman starts Ghana education crusade
VOLUNTEERING in an African school and orphanage inspired Apollo Bay’s Laura Taylor to start a charity to support homeless children in Ghana.
African orphanage inspires Colac crusader
A COLAC woman has travelled to South Africa every year since 2011 to volunteer at an orphanage.
Donation helps disadvantaged
DISADVANTAGED children will have the chance to pull on a pair of running shoes owned by the late Colac long-distance champion John Paatsch.