By JONATHON HOWARD
TEWANTIN resident Kellie Boyce is raising much-needed funds for women’s mental health this weekend.
Ms Boyce came second in Australia for her Liptember fund-raising efforts in 2012 and last year she came third.
“In the past three years, I have come first in Queensland for fund-raising and I would be thrilled if the Tewantin-Noosa community would give me a hand and buy a Liptember cupcake this Saturday,” she said.
Ms Boyce aims to fund-raise for Liptember which goes towards the Centre for Women’s Mental Health and Lifeline.
“Women’s mental health is an issue very close to my heart,” she said.
“I have had chronic depression most of my life and it’s an illness I have to deal with and manage on a daily basis.
“I had severe postnatal depression after the birth of my twins and I have a significant episode about once a year on average.
I have a fair amount on my plate as a single mum, with three wonderful children, a full time job and part time study, but I choose to live a busy life with this ‘illness’.”
Women’s mental health is often overlooked and postnatal depression affects 15 per cent of women within the first year after childbirth.
“I would be thrilled if the Tewantin-Noosa community would give me a hand and buy a Liptember cupcake this Saturday,” she said.
Ms Joyce will be outside the Tewantin Newsagency (107 Poinciana Avenue) on Saturday 27 September, from 9am.
