We Will Remember Them, We Will Honour Them, We Will Fight For Them

This September, local Parkes woman Mandy Tulloch is walking 100km for the 71 Australians who die from pancreatic cancer each week and in memory of her brother Michael (Dick) who lost his short battle with this hideous illness earlier this year.

Mandy will be joined by her husband Si­mon , her sister Maree , and her late broth­ers children Hayden and Deanna (who reside in Sydney) to walk together when they can and also virtually as a team. The team name being, Rider in the Dust from Fernhill.

As a family, Mandy explained “We have personally been touched, with three gen­erations being affected by this disease.

Mandy’s grandfather Edward Welsh who died in 1978, her late brother Michael, and her father, Graham Welsh, who has recent­ly been diagnosed.

Pancreatic cancer is now the fourth big­gest cancer killer in Australia, and because early-stage pancreatic cancer rarely caus­es symptoms, the survival rates are dev­astating.

If you are diagnosed with pancreatic can­cer tomorrow, there is only a 12.5% chance you’ll be alive in 5 years. But research can change this. Your support will fund lifesaving pancreatic cancer research and im­prove survival rates.

Mandy has challenged herself with a per­sonal goal to get up, get moving and walk 100km to fight this terrible disease. You can follow the link for more information about Remember September or to make a dona­tion in support of Mandy https://www.re­memberseptember.org.au/s/13197/15107