Yesterday we were fortunate enough to be reunited with the wonderful members of Strathfield Rotary for a cocktail party, to celebrate the success of the Gift of Life Gala ball and thank all those that worked tirelessly to make it happen. Honoury guests for the evening were professional boxer Daniel Geale, the Associate Professor Judith Trotman: professor of Haemotology at Concord Hospital, and the local State Member, Jodie McKay MLA.
Maenam Lao & Thai restaurant in Strathfield kindly hosted us for the evening and supplied some delicious canapes and drinks for everyone. Here we were presented with a cheque for $25,000 raised from the Gala ball, such a fantastic result from such a dedicated community group. Lymphoma Australia CEO Sharon Millman went on to immediately present $10,000 of these funds to Associate Professor Judith Trotman, to be used towards developing their new clinical trials app that will link lymphoma patients with local clinical trials, whilst also highlighting trials to other doctors that may not be aware of them. This initiative has already increased the number of referrals from 1 per month to 10 new patients having access to clinical trials.
The evening was a wonderful celebration of community and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Strathfield Rotary for their generous support and inviting us to share the evening with them.
Please click on the pictures below to see more photos of the evening.
