By Eleanor Wilson
The Casey community is invited to paint Berwick Springs Lake purple next month, with the Berwick Walk4BrainCancer.
Berwick Business Group president Magda Dabaco said she decided to organise the walk after brain cancer impacted her family.
“Unfortunately, my mother has recently been diagnosed with brain cancer.
“It is one of the rarer cancers, but I noticed that when it happens to you, you started hearing about other locals that are also suffering.
“So after Mum was diagnosed I started hearing about people in Clyde and Narre Warren and Berwick who were also diagnosed with the disease.”
The five kilometre walk will be hosted by the Berwick and Narre Warren Business Groups, who have set an ambitious fundraising goal of $10,000.
So far the group has raised almost $1400.
“We decided as a business to try and get the community and the traders together to host a really big walk and chose Walk4BrainCancer to raise awareness and money to help try to find a cure,” Ms Dabaco said.
“I don’t want anyone to have to go through what my family has been through, so it would be great to put some money towards finding a cure.”
Current statistics show just one in five people with brain cancer survive longer than five years.
The Berwick Walk4BrainCancer will be held at Berwick Springs Lake on Sunday 27 November at 10am.
Prams, dogs on leashes and wheelchairs are welcome.
Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children.
To register, head to walk4braincancer.com.au/walks/berwick
