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Well, when the teacher first told us about Girls’ Night In everyone gave her a really
positive response. She told us that she had heard something on the radio about it, and
losing a friend to cervical cancer, she told us about the idea of having a Girls Night
In. And I was really surprised to see that everyone had really positive responses towards
having a girls’ night in, not a boys’ night in.
It meant a lot to us because a few of us have been affected by breast cancer.
We raised around two and a half grand, I think, which I was really surprised about. We were
aiming for five hundred but we killed that in the first night with all the donations.
Just knowing that the money we raised for the women and for the Cancer Council… it’s
good looking back. There was a ripple effect that none of us
could have anticipated. Some of them went home and just hugged their mums. Lots of them
started talking to their mums again – they told them everything.
We had members from the community ringing and sharing their stories, which was really
hard but it was lovely at the same time. I suppose it just opened the dialogue - that
we could speak about it. And ask – like Zac could ask questions and, it just raised
our awareness. They’re actually addressing something that
is so prevalent, you know, here. And it affects so many people. I think that’s the real
leveller, even for 16 year old boys. You know, this is my aunty or my mum, and there’s
been so many through St Joseph’s who’ve experienced breast cancer. So I think the
boys had put it into a real-life situation. And yeah, as Buster said, they were just thrilled
with their outcome. And I think they felt like really proud of what they’d done.
Well, the best part for me was just raising the money in general and all the boys getting
behind it because I’ve been affected. My mum passed away from breast cancer and also
my grandmother. It just meant heaps that all the boys supported me.
You just sort of feel like heroes.