STAFF at Ararat RSL are again doing their bit to raise funds for breast cancer with their annual Pink Day just around the corner.<\/p>\n
The RSL staff are planning a fun day of activities and music next Friday the 18th<\/sup> of October.<\/p>\n The day kicks off at 10.30am with the traditional \u2018Pink Morning Tea\u2019 where a selection of cakes and slices will be served along with an informative talk from breast cancer nurse Sarah.<\/p>\n Fundraiser co-ordinator Margaret Kelly said the morning tea was always popular with local residents.<\/p>\n \u201cIt promises to be a heart warming gathering where we come together as a community to show our support and solidarity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Then in the evening, the \u2018Pink Night Event\u2019 kicks off in the RSL function room with live music from 7.30pm by local artists Declan Sheffield and S.O.F.T.<\/p>\n \u201cThis promises to be a night of entertainment, celebration and unity as we work towards our fundraising goals,\u201d Ms Kelly said.<\/p>\n There will be raffle tickets on sale throughout the day featuring prizes donated by numerous local businesses.<\/p>\n The first prize is a dinner for six prepared by Jody+Co Catering as well as an umbrella package at the Ararat Cup donated by Ararat Turf Club as well as many other prizes.<\/p>\n Last year, the event raised $5,178 which was donated to the oncology ward at Ararat Hospital which was used to purchase a blanket warmer.<\/p>\n Ms Kelly was this week out collecting donations for the big day.<\/p>\n Businesses wanting to help can contact Margaret Kelly at the RSL on 5352 2794.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STAFF at Ararat RSL are again doing their bit to raise funds for breast cancer with their annual Pink Day just around the corner. The RSL staff are planning a fun day of activities and music next Friday the 18th of October. The day kicks off at 10.30am with the traditional \u2018Pink Morning Tea\u2019 where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2023-11-15-09.11.26-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-Gy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2638"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}