Wide Bay Australia Ltd is Queensland’s largest and Australia’s fourth largest building society.
With a philosophy of helping ordinary Australian's achieve their dream of home ownership Wide Bay is also very strong on helping the local community with many initiatives. Wide Bay's head office is located in Bundaberg, 380km north of Brisbane and is one of the many stops on the Long Ride return leg.
With this in mind it seemed fitting that Wide Bay has supported my Long Ride with a donation made through the ride to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
It's this local support that is seeing Wide Bay quickly become recognised as a well respected and trusted financial institution. I can't thank Wide Bay enough for their support, it's this kind of support that makes the Long Ride such a success.
More information about Wide Bay and the many services they offer please visit www.widebayaust.com.au
Friday 28 September 2012
Increased Survival with Enzalutamide in Prostate Cancer after Chemotherapy
More good news for men with castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer who have failed chemotherapy. Two new therapies have recently been approved for use in Australia, cabazitaxel (Jevtana) and abiraterone (Zytiga). Cabazitaxel was listed on PBS from 1st August 2012.
Yesterday, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the results of the phase 3 trial into the effectiveness of enzalutamide (formerly known as MDV3100) were published. Enzalutamide targets multiple steps in the androgen receptor signaling pathway, the major driver of prostate cancer growth. It is taken orally, once-daily.
Enzalutamide significantly prolonged survival of men with castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer after chemotherapy with a median increase in overall survival from 13.6 months to 18.4 months.
Clinical trials of enzalutamide in earlier stage prostate cancer are on-going.
For more information please visit www.prostate.org.au
Yesterday, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the results of the phase 3 trial into the effectiveness of enzalutamide (formerly known as MDV3100) were published. Enzalutamide targets multiple steps in the androgen receptor signaling pathway, the major driver of prostate cancer growth. It is taken orally, once-daily.
Enzalutamide significantly prolonged survival of men with castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer after chemotherapy with a median increase in overall survival from 13.6 months to 18.4 months.
Clinical trials of enzalutamide in earlier stage prostate cancer are on-going.
For more information please visit www.prostate.org.au
Sunday 16 September 2012
TMC Come Up With The Right Solution
There's little doubt that the Long Ride would be a success without the help of many people and organisations, one such is The Macintosh Corporation (TMC), who for the second time have shown great support both morally and financially.
Founded in 1992, TMC started providing staff who were Macintosh specialists, this has grown to provide staffing solutions across PC and Macintosh platforms for an extremely diverse array of businesses.
With a committment to providing the highest level of staffing solutions there was little wonder that TMC wanted to get involved in a national event that would demonstrate their committment to the community and it's needs.
It goes without saying that the financial contribution from TMC is a massive help with the fundraising however, it is the moral support that drives me on to make sure that this is a huge success.
"I am truly impressed by your efforts," expressed Annette Briffa, Managing Director of TMC.
"It is an incredibly necessary cause! Good luck and congratulations on the physical participation. Handing over the money seems so much easier."
With this sort of support it makes the thought of a 10,000 kilometre ride through all of the conditions that Australia can throw up seem so much easier.
If you have a staffing requirement that needs a solution contact the team at TMC they will certainly be able to give you what you need. Phone them on (03) 9529 4811 or email office@tmcagency.com.au
Founded in 1992, TMC started providing staff who were Macintosh specialists, this has grown to provide staffing solutions across PC and Macintosh platforms for an extremely diverse array of businesses.
With a committment to providing the highest level of staffing solutions there was little wonder that TMC wanted to get involved in a national event that would demonstrate their committment to the community and it's needs.It goes without saying that the financial contribution from TMC is a massive help with the fundraising however, it is the moral support that drives me on to make sure that this is a huge success.
"I am truly impressed by your efforts," expressed Annette Briffa, Managing Director of TMC.
"It is an incredibly necessary cause! Good luck and congratulations on the physical participation. Handing over the money seems so much easier."
With this sort of support it makes the thought of a 10,000 kilometre ride through all of the conditions that Australia can throw up seem so much easier.
If you have a staffing requirement that needs a solution contact the team at TMC they will certainly be able to give you what you need. Phone them on (03) 9529 4811 or email office@tmcagency.com.au
Thursday 13 September 2012
Black Dog Wrap Up
The 2012 Black Dog Ride to the Red Centre was an incredible event, receiving unprecedented traditional and social media coverage, heart-warming support throughout every community in which we travelled, and of course a massive presence by riders around the nation. Around 500 riders took part, and over 200 rode all the way the Red Centre. To date more than $252,000 has been raised for the Black Dog Institute and the awareness raised of depression and suicide prevention is both incalculable and invaluable.
Plans for the 2013 Black Dog Ride are already underway check out www.blackdogride.com.au for more details.
Saturday 1 September 2012
Fundraising - August update
The first major fundraising efforts were made during August taking the total raised or promised now sitting at just under $3000.
On top of the workplace breakfast held earlier in the month the August raffle of a night at the Sand Resort in Torquay raised $538. Amongst all of the many entrants was the winner Dianne MacKenzie from Computershare who said that the prize was the first time she had ever won anything.
Congratulations Di, the prize is a fantastic one, a night in one of Australia's leading resorts. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket or two, it really is appreciated.
With the end of the month coming round, the first financial donation was made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australian through the Long Ride, an amount of $1041.80.
On top of the workplace breakfast held earlier in the month the August raffle of a night at the Sand Resort in Torquay raised $538. Amongst all of the many entrants was the winner Dianne MacKenzie from Computershare who said that the prize was the first time she had ever won anything.
Congratulations Di, the prize is a fantastic one, a night in one of Australia's leading resorts. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket or two, it really is appreciated.
With the end of the month coming round, the first financial donation was made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australian through the Long Ride, an amount of $1041.80.
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