The Noosa Prostate Association (NPA), is set to hold its fourth annual prostate cancer awareness and fundraising lunch on Tuesday 1 August at the Noosa Heads Surf Club.
The Noosa Prostate Association, formed in late 2017, is a local community organisation which maintains a clear objective of promoting awareness, regular testing, early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
At the same time, there is a strong focus on fundraising for much needed research into finding a cure for this insidious disease, which kills some 3500 Australian men each year.
Proceeds go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, the peak national body for prostate cancer in Australia.
Prostate Cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with an estimated one in six men diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
The event is sold out and 300 guests will attend a lunch, sponsored by the Ogilvie Group, Ramsay Health Care, Icon Cancer Centre and many local businesses, with generously donated auction and raffle items.
The Noosa Prostate Association is working closely with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, ICON Cancer Centre and Ramsay Health Care to finance and support a prostate cancer specialist nurse for Noosa.
There is currently a specialist nurse based at Sunshine Coast University Hospital, and there is an urgent need to have specialist support for prostate cancer sufferers in Noosa.
The chairman of the Noosa Prostate Association Ian Miller said it was important for the local community to get behind this initiative and to make a donation to the cause by going to the Noosa Prostate Association website noosapa.com and go to the donate page and donate today.
“The more money that can be raised on top of the proceeds from the lunch gives us a greater chance of achieving a prostate cancer specialist nurse here in Noosa,“ he said.
