Jane Kellaway is on the lookout for band members to help her in her latest venture. The Narellan Vale country music singer recently decided to donate money from her album sales to the McGrath Foundation.

She and her husband Fred had been looking to contribute to a cause "that means something" ever since their good friend Alanna Thompson died from breast cancer. Kellaway, whose grandmother also died from breast cancer, agreed to have about $5 from each sale of her album For Crying Out Loud to go to the foundation.

Kellaway said Jane McGrath's death in June pushed herself and Fred to contact the foundation and get involved. "When Jane McGrath died, Fred said he knew what we could do. We're Christians. We believe God gives you talents to use for the betterment of things. "The whole reason I got started singing was to put a smile on someone's face." Now all Kellaway needs is a band to back her at events and charity benefits for the foundation.

Jane Kellaway's album For Crying Out Loud can be bought at janekellaway.com.au If you would like to join her band: info@janekellaway.com.au.

These men are not trained mountaineers. They’re not even un-trained mountaineers. Three of them are very scared of heights. Four have dodgy knees. Only two have previously ascended higher than the top of Crackenback chairlift. All are approaching 50, not all of them from the right side. Yet they managed to raise over $40,000 for the climb to the summit of a 6,000m Himalayan peak.

The McGrath Foundation again hosted the highly successful Ladies High Tea in October. This year the Sydney event was hosted in the prestigious Stamford Hotel in Double Bay and had as a special guest TV presenter Johanna Griggs.

The Foundation would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended for the $26,000 that was raised on the day.

THE girls enjoyed a fundraiser fashion parade on Friday, October 17, with money raised donated to the McGrath Foundation. Mother and daughter, Donna and Haylee Rees, organised the evening with Intimo sponsoring with lingerie and loungewear. The night was full of fun with lucky door prizes, raffles, sharing favourite recipes and a singstar competition.

Jamie Guthrie and Sally Torr cross paths half-way between Byrock and Bourke on a ride to raise money for Breask cancer research. The two keen bike riders hit the road early Saturday morning for the fund-raising ride between Bourke and Byrock, with all money going to the McGrath Foundation.

AS PART of a national campaign conducted by Elders for breast cancer awareness in the month of October each year, Elders Glen Innes hosted a three person Golf Ambrose on Friday, with proceeds going to the McGrath foundation.

Sixty eight players teed off on Friday morning after the original concept of a sponsor's day became an open day to community members.

On the day. $900 was raised. The total amount stands at $3000. This money was raised from $200 donations from Elders merchandisers, who also donated the trophies, and donations from local community members. The gross winners for the day were Bill Kerr, Leta

Grace Glacken recently organised and successfully held a charity quiz/games night to aid the Jane McGrath Foundation at St Bede's Hall Semaphore in Adelaide on Saturday 9th August 2008.

With great support from her cousins Laura and Grace, sister-in-law Julie and husband Chris the night was an overwhelming success in raising just over $3000.00. The event which was attended by over 130 people commenced at 7.00pm and included BYO Supper with drinks purchased on the night.

All who attended where entertained with games, auctions, lotteries and of course a quiz including slide show. All proceeds (100%) of money raised was donated to the McGrath Foundation.

The event was helped in part by sponsorship and prizes donated by many Adelaide companies and with it's popular attendance is sure to be repeated very soon.

Grace would like to take this opportunity to thank all who contributed to the success of the night including those who attended and those who donated their time and money to a most worthy cause.

On the 3rd of October the Spa Travel Walk to Rejuvenate along the Bay of Fires in the Mt William National Park, Tasmania was held. From the reservations for the Spa Travel Walk to Rejuvenate, Spa Travel donated the monies to the McGrath Foundation.

The Foundation would like to sincerely thank Spa Travel and participants for the $1,200 that was raised.

James Skinner had already completed 4 international marathons (London, Dublin, Rome & Paris) when he decided to take part in the 2008 Berlin Marathon to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. 40,000 runners took to the streets - making Berlin one of the largest marathons in terms of volume in the world. James ran the 42km in 3 hours 50 minutes whilst he raised $3000 AUD of sponsorship, a magnificent effort.

The Observer Boyne Tannum HookUp is and annual family fishing event held at Bray Park, Boyne Island Central Queensland every Queens Birthday weekend for the past 13 years.

This is now the largest family fishing event in Australia and each year the committee choose a charity worthy of its funding.

Darryl Branthwaite who is the publicity officer and founding member informed the McGrath foundation of their keenness to assist with funding as most of the committee had been touched by Cancer in one way or another.

Together with a $10,000 pledge and funds raised from the sale of a pair of Gillies’ pink gloves their donation came in at a whopping $13,200.

The Foundation would like to sincerely thank Nicki & Sid Reinhardt for their fantastic support. They have recently completed a fundraising event driving 3347.56 kilometers in their beautiful Bentley from Melbourne to Murwillumbah and back again.

Nicki and Sid raised in excess of $54,000 but equally as important they raised awareness to the Foundation and its aims.

The Foundation would like to thank all members of the Cherry Red fundraising committee, and everyone who attended the event on the 6th September.

The event was a fantastic success with an unbelievable $100,000 being raised on the night

The Cherry Red Fundraising Committee

Muddgee Ball Dancers

BEADS and boobs may seem a frivolous combination but not so for a group of inspiring women in the Bay. After meeting on a recent Saturday, they came up with a beading project - named Beach Babes Beading for Boobies or BBB4Boobies - to raise money for the McGrath Foundation.

"We are making beaded squares, measuring one-and-a-half inches each, which will be sewn together to form a small quilt, which will be framed and auctioned off at a function some time early in the New Year."

"We are extremely excited about this local project and we welcome anyone who would like to bead their own individual square and have it immortalised in a work of art, while at the same time doing something very positive towards helping those with breast cancer.

Free help is readily available if you are a first-time beader. Contact Jenny on 4474 2675 or email for information.

The 18th annual Elders Instore Day was a highlight for King Island with the presence of cricket legend and Elders ambassador Glemm McGrath

"This year we raised $1,568.50 in donations for the McGrath Foundation on Friday, as well as $2,200 from auctioning the signed bat and $800 from the ball, making a total of $4,568.50:' said KI Customer Service Officer Mandy Mahoney

There were 25,300 participants in Sydney's Blackmoores running festival including Glenn, Holly, James and Glenn’s mother Bev. The field included more than 960 runners from 41 countries.

The festival raised a record total of $1.3 million for charity with an amazing $87,056.47 of that amount being raised for the McGrath Foundation. The Foundation would like to say a big thank you to everyone that helped raise the $87,056.47; we really appreciate your support.

You can rely on the locals to support a good cause. With the main pitch for the weekend under water after 100mm of rain, two hugely different machines lined up to get the ground ready for play on Saturday morning. While the Cooroy cricket club's heavy roller worked its slow and steady magic, McDermott Aviation provided a Bell 205 helicopter to blow dry the pitch. Between them, the two machines had the ground ready for play on Saturday morning to the great relief of more than 100 desperate cricketers.

Players had the opportunity to win cricket gear supplied by Ozone Sports, cash prizes from Countryside Realty for sixes hit during the weekend, food provided by Hodges Bakehouse, Cooroy IGA, Richies Bakery and Cooroy Mountain Spring Water and other raffle prizes supplied by Lola G., Saya, Easy-cut concrete cutters, Espresso Mobile Cafe, Maroochydore, Sportspower and Joyce Ladley.

Following the weekend comp, the McGrath Foundation will receive over $4000 from Sunshine Coast cricketers, their families and sponsors.

TWO 17-year-old students raised more than $2000 for the Jane McGrath Foundation and helped spread the important message of breast cancer to hundreds of their fellow students. Year 12 St Aidan's students, Charlotte Lewis and Annabel Kerr transformed their weekend sports competition into a sea of pink as the open hockey captains organised a fundraising charity event. The school's sports day had pink visors and caps for sale, and Bakers Delight provided heaps of pink finger buns to add to the colour of the day. St Aidan's hockey and tennis teams also had pink grips worn on their sticks and rackets.

At the recent Cancer Council Relay for Life at Sylvania, Glenn Stanley Gorick ran continuously for 24hrs covering 305 laps (124Ks) and has donated $1887 of the funds faised to the McGrath Foundation. Glenn said, "The amount of money pledged by many was a great surprise considering I only decided to do the run three weeks out from the event making the fund raising period very short."

Glenn also plans to run from the summit of Mt Kosciusko to Sylvania to finish at next years Relay for Life run. The theme is to run from the highest point in Australia to the lowest suburb in Sydney. It should take about a week and hopefully raise a considerable amount of money for the Foundation.

Twenty years ago a couple of Dubbo rotarians took some mates on an adventure into the outback. Instead of just a holiday they turned their epic trip into a fundraising drive for the community. Two decades on, Destination Outback- a Rotary Club of South Dubbo initiative - has raised more than $lmillion for a number of charities and this year's adventure was no exception.

The 155 intrepid explorers have returned from their 10-day expedition that covered about 2500km, and they raised almost $230,000 for a range of charities across Dubbo. Event organiser Brett McCarthy from the Rotary Club of South Dubbo said the highlight of the trip for him was meeting Glenn McGrath and making a donation to the McGrath foundation.

Mr McCarthy said a cheque for $10,000 was presented to Glen at his family's property near Nyngan. "It was fantastic. Glen McGrath is such a genuine and nice fellow, he greeted us all when we arrived at his property and had lunch with us. I'm sure the donation meant a lot to him," Mr McCarthy said. A $5000 donation will be made to AngelFlight, and further donations will be made to the Birdsville clinic and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Mr McCarthy said his Rotary Club would identify local organisations in Dubbo that are looking for funding and make a donation to them from the money raised.

The trip started from Nyngan on Friday August 8 and the trekkers toured to the far west of the State and had a two-night stay at Birdsville in Queensland. Fifty-five vehicles, a truck and a helicopter were involved in the fundraising convoy. The travellers were from Dubbo as well as Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and even some from South Africa. "The trip was justfantastic, its a chance for people to camp out under the stars, drink billy tea, tell stories around the camp fire, and at the same time raise money, it was a real outback experience," Mr McCarthy said.

Adam Gilchrist attended an event organised by one of his personal sponsors Castrol held at the Sydney Opera House Special guest was David Helfgott and the night raised a fantastic $30,000 for the Foundation

The Foundation would like to thank Adam and Castrol for their continued support

Tumbarumba Primary School has been busy fundraising. A pink day was held to raise money for the McGrath Foundation. Everyone really supported the day and over $200 was raised. A family fun night was also held to raise money for the stage three excursion to Melbourne. Students and parents had a fantastic night watching the movie Enchanted and enjoying hotdogs and jelly cups. $230 was raised on this night. Many thanks to everyone who supported these fundraising events.

WEST DUBBO PRIMARY School staff and students celebrated in pink earlier this month to help raise money for the McGrath Foundation. With the theme of "think pink", students were encouraged to wear pink and have their face painted. Just over $100 was raised.

The Barossa Area Fundraisers for Cancer members (BAFFC) raised more than $400 on Friday in the Foodland mall in support of the McGrath Foundation. Members said the merchandise was welcomed by the public who also wanted to honour Jane McGrath, wife of sporting legend Glenn, who recently lost her battle with breast cancer. People who wish to be part of the BAFFC can contact Natasha on 8563 4046. Pictured above are (from left) Don Piro, Fay Holding, Jasmin Piro with Ron and Dorothy Berg.

Local girls have raised more than $7000 in their quest to become queen of the rodeo scene. Fallyn Petherick, 20, won the Rotary Club of Darwin North Rodeo's 2008 crown from a field of five. The Darwin-based hairdresser, who grew up in Nhulunbuy, has just leased her first horse and can't wait to rodeo.

She said her charity, the McGrath Foundation, was close to her heart. "I think we've all been touched by breast cancer and when I was asked to choose a charity I immediately thought of Jane McGrath," she said.

"Jen originally had breast cancer, and was later diagnosed with secondary cancer," Shane explained. "As a result, Liam has been heavily involved with fundraising and promoting awareness in the local community, especially since Jen passed away." Showing maturity beyond his years, Liam is proud to be playing his part in the fight against cancer.

"Over the summer, I arranged for everyone on my cricket team to have pink grips on their bats, and the upcoming fundraiser is building on that," Liam said. Originally, Liam and Shane had planned to sell the ribbons at Ardrossan on July 19 but, due to delays sourcing the ribbons, postponed until August 2 when all Maitland hockey teams play at home. "Organising the ribbons through The Cancer Council SA head office took longer than we thought," Shane said. "We needed a bit more time, hence the move to August 2." Despite the delay, there is still a tremendous deal of support from the community. "There are a lot of people involved with The Cancer Council SA around the area," Shane said. "We have a community branch here, which we run through the school, and there are more across the peninsula. It's a huge issue."

The Lancer Council CYY Branch members have been spreading the news, and Ardrossan and Minlaton communities have shown encouraging support. Even though Shane (a teacher at Maitland Area School) had been somewhat freer during school holidays, he has a lot on his plate, being a full-time dad for Liam, youngest daughter Riley and middle child Laura, who is autistic. "We hope to see a lot of people on the day, enjoying some hockey and supporting the Jane McGrath Foundation," Shane said. The concept of raising money to commemorate the first anniversary of his mother's passing was entirely Liam's idea, Shane says. "After going through it, I know how hard it is for families, and I just want to help," Liam said. "I definitely think mum would be proud."

Pupils at Junee North Public School held a “Pink Day” this month to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. The children all had a great time dressing in pink for the day, having their hair sprayed with pink hairspray and eating pink iced donuts. The Pink Day raised a total of almost $400, and all of us at the McGrath Foundation would like to sincerely thank everyone involved.

Mrs Martino said Thomas expected to raise only a few hundred dollars through the campaign, but had already passed the $500 mark. She thanked local businesses, including Boundary Sports, and residents for getting behind Thomas's campaign. "Businesses and people have been really good in supporting it," she said. Mrs Martino said the raffle would be drawn at the end of the footy season and Thomas already had plans for raffling another hamper when cricket season arrived.

STAFF at Bunnings Mandurah did their bit for breast cancer fundraising recently by wearing pink clothing during working hours for the McGrath Foundation. Staff at Bunnings raised almost $1000 in their bid to assist the organisation. Event co-ordinator Mandy Carbone hailed the event a great success. "The staff got fully behind the idea and approached the event with lots of enthusiasm and goodwill," Ms Carbone said. "Our team members did a fabulous job of raising money by dressing in pink and shaking cans and raised just under $1000 in one day, which was a great effort."

PLAYERS from the Under 11s Chester Hill Hornets wore pink socks and hats during their game on Saturday in support of the fight against breast cancer. The Hornets raised $640 on the day for the McGrath Foundation, and finished the day with a 54-24 win against Moorebank. Pictured: The Under 11 s team. From top left: Coach Wayne Anderson, Manager Greg Smith and Trainer Troy Hamid.

The ladies in the tent were waited on by the Gorilla boys, beautifully clothed in their hot pink aprons, with lots of bubbly flowing and tasty bites to snack on. Loads of fun and mischief were on the agenda for the ladies with Best Butt going to Luke Harding (prize of chocolates donated by Darrell Lea), Most Yummy Mummy to Emma Bouchier (prize donated by Buxees), Most Colourful Person was Nell Payne, Cassie Miller had the Best Shoes (prize donated by Narromine Pharmacy), Best Dressed was won byAli Gibson (prize donated by Macquarie Clothing), Best Supporter was Cathy Bouchier (prize donated by Whispers Hair Studio) and Best Accessories was won by Libby Staines (prize donated by Country Fair). On the field the Gorillas had a successful day, defeating Forbes in all grades.

The social committee consisted of Sarah Browning, Tracey Klintworth, Brad and Sally Anderson, Trent and Soph Heckendorf, Charlie Maclnnes and Georgie. They are to be commended and thanked for pulling together a fantastic crowd and organising a fun day for a great cause.

SAWTELL Public School students were in the pink on last Friday as they raised funds for the McGrath Foundation. Students and teachers covered themselves in pink from head to toe. The school made a donation of $185 to the foundation set up by Jane and Glen McGrath to support those affected by breast cancer. "At Sawtell we throw ourselves into events like this, and I was particularly impressed with the enthusiasm of the boys and male teachers," principal Michael Trist said. "Each term we donate proceeds of a mufti day to charity, and the students also raise funds to sponsor a little boy in Vietnam. We realise that we are more fortunate than lots of others so we work together to help them out," Mr Trist said.

St Andrews Christian School students turned pink last week. The children all dressed up with an item of pink clothing and gave a gold doin donation to raise money for the Jane McGrath Cancer Foundation. $53 was raised.

On Thursday 3rd July 2008, Mix 106.5 FM’s Todd McKenney and 15-year old James Harling, walked the almost 30kms from the Mix 106.5 FM studios in North Ryde to Todd’s home in Bondi, in order to raise awareness of, and funds for the McGrath Foundation. They completed their epic walk in an incredible six hours, and raised an amazing $4,279 for the Foundation along the way. It was a great effort, guys, thank you so much for your support. For more information and photos of the walk please take a look at Sonia and Todd’s blog here

On Thursday 3rd July 2008, Karangi Public School held a successful 'Pink Day' to raise money for both the McGrath Foundation and National Breast Cancer Foundation. In this small country school with only 90 students, located just outside Coffs Harbour, an incredible $500 was raised. HUGE thanks to all staff, pupils and parents involved.

Approximately 240 people enjoyed a social breakfast at the Albury SS & A club on Saturday 21st June 2008 in order to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. All in attendance were inspired by guest speakers, Paula Constant and Dr. Sally Cockburn aka Dr. Feelgood. Local entertainers Liam and Akal Dalby provided entertainment whilst breakfast was served. The morning was topped off with a lively auction by Victorian Young Auctioneer of the Year, Brett Shae. Over $6,000 was raised for the McGrath Foundation. Our thanks go to Alyce Mensch, Kathryn Josselyn, Jude Peterkin, and all those involved in organising this great event.

Members of the Angaston Cricket Club raised an impressive $7120.50 for the McGrath Foundation when twenty batsmen adorned their cricket bats with pink grips and sponsors donated money for each run made during the game.

The McGrath Foundation cause has special meaning for two club members, Ben and Brett Burgess, as their 51 year old mother, Joy, was recently diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer.

The brothers wanted to do something positive, raise awareness of breast cancer and raise money for the Foundation at the same time, and their Mum was very proud that they came up with this great idea.

The Burgess brothers have played cricket for Angaston for a collective 35 years and have considerable batting prowess which contributed to such a great result.

A CRICKET bat signed by the 2004 Australian and New Zealand cricket teams was auctioned at the 2008 Victorian Young Auctioneers Competition recently with the proceeds benefiting the McGrath Foundation. The auction was a part of the Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association and the annual competition was held on Thursday 13 March 2008. The bat, donated by Cricket Australia was organised by former Hamilton journalist, Lachie Patterson and carried the signatures of Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist.

As General Manager of the McGrath Foundation I get invited to many events and functions on behalf of the Foundation. One such event recently was the Think Pink Ball in Wagga Wagga, NSW. I’d really like to thank Lea Boyce and her hard working committee of ladies for organising such a fabulous night, I thoroughly enjoyed myself as I know everybody who attended did.

What a wonderful event, and one that raised over $38,000 for the McGrath Foundation.

As you can see ‘Together we can make a difference’

Congratulations and thank you again to all of those involved.

Cheers
Tracy Bevan

Jock Athletic, on behalf of the McGrath Foundation, would like to say a very BIG thank you to all those who came down to Cronulla Beach on Australia Day to take part in the 2nd Annual Jane McGrath Classic and congratulations to everyone on a tops effort!

It was perfect conditions for the event with the sun shining and everyone in great spirits, from those with prams and pets doing the walk event to the many contestants who competed in both the 3km walk and the 800m beach run. The day was a huge success with over 170 participants taking place and helping to raise much-needed funds for the McGrath Foundation.