Thanks to the wonderful support of those in attendance, as well as our sponsors and businesses who donated raffle and auction items, we raised $24,999.25 for the Physio Touch Machine at Forbes and Parkes hospitals.

Along with other monies raised previously, each hospital will now have one machine each. 

Firstly, thank you to our committee members who worked so tirelessly to put the function together. Thank you to our major sponsors Forbes Shire Council, Tooheys, Bernardi’s and Ron and Michael Spice from the Globe Hotel. 

Thank you to Pete Ashcroft and his team for cooking lunch, Forbes Rugby League for running the bar, Kevin Miller for being our auctioneer, Adam Enslow for providing entertainment, Anita Morrison, Lyn Ford, Kerry and Geoff Acheson, Lachlan Valley Party Hire and the ladies who made the canapes. 

Finally thank you to the following businesses who showed their support by donating items for our monster raffle and auctions:

Acheson’s Home Timber and Hardware, Metro Hotels, Jake Lewis Car Detailing, Sportspower, Swinging Bridge Wines, Robert Oatley Wines, Head On In Eugowra, Amoena, Allure On Main, Woolworths, Terry Bros Carpet Court,  Banksia Grove Florist, A Classy Touch Florist; 

Jan and John Martin, Cafe Aglio E Olio, Thee Hair, Undercover Sleepwear and Lingerie, Robbs Jewellers, V-Air, Hair With Style, Verde Spa, Chapter Two, Forbes Bakehouse,  Gunns Mensland, Ladybird Boutique; 

Little Extras, K&H Interior Designs, Forbes Small Engines, T&M Tyres, Beaurepairs,  Gottaluvit, Forbes Smash Repairs, Outback Soils, Jelbarts Tyrepower, Roylance’s Auto One; 

Lesley Spice, Esmes, Blush, Flannery’s Pharmacy, Painted Daisies, Woolerina, Cahills, The Brew, Target, News On Rankin, Glen Egan Building Supplies, Turners Furniture One, Kylie Spice (Mary Kay); 

Spotlight, Bernardi’s, Forbes Family Dentist, Lakeside Takeaway, Roylance’s Auto One, Anytime Fitness, Mitch Roylance, Hello World, Mattiske Farming, Maureen Kent of Parkes, Eddy Mead of Parkes, Creith’s Furniture One Parkes, Parkes Mitre 10 Hay's Hardware, Parkes Griffins  Leading Edge, Ron Dunfords Chemist Parkes, Parkes Dish Café, Parkes Decor Shop;

Parkes Nangar Gems, The Red Chandelier Parkes, Parkes News and Gifts, Happy Home Traders, Ooshka Parkes, Colouby Creations, Parkes Stationary and Office Furniture, Kerin Physio Co, Parkes CRT, Parkes Farm Centre, Byrne Clothing, Parkes Pharmacy, 141 on Main; 

Tammy Frame, Swish Fashion Orange, A A Blatch, Little Black Dress, Parkes Buttabeef Butchers, EB Games, Cedar Cafe Parkes, We Know Travel Parkes, Repco, Janice Cassidy Hair Salon, Bella’s Restaurant, La Bella Medispa and Parkes Dish Café.

From Debbie Roylance and the Long Lunch committee

Editor’s note: Forbes Evening CWA was also amongst organisations that supported the cause and helped fund a Physio Touch machine.

See story page 17.

Fundraiser organiser Debbie Roylance said locals had become aware of the device and its benefits when the health service loaned one for a month.

McGrath breast cancer nurse Dianne Green, who will be guest speaker at the lunch, said it was used on both breast cancer patients and others who had had surgery during that time.

“We trialled it in both Forbes and Parkes physio departments and had very positive feedback,” she said.

Lymphoedema is an uncomfortable swelling that develops when lymph fluid builds up in the soft tissue, it is common after breast cancer surgery where lymph nodes are removed.