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CONTENTS

• The national magazine is published quarterly• Contributions are welcomed and can be made through your division coordinator• The deadline for contributions in the next magazines is 1 December 2003

The views and opinions in this magazine are those of contributors and not necessarily endorsed by CanTeen

Contents & Cover story

It’s not every day you get asked to star in a TVadvert, especially when you are bald! Sowhen I was asked to be in CanTeens

Bandanna Week Appeal TV advert I jumped at thechance, and for days I could be seen pacing upand down Ward 18 at Wellington Children’sHospital trying to walk as smoothly as possiblewithout my crutches. I had never done anything like this before andhad no idea of what to expect so I was a littleapprehensive. My mum and I got off the plane inAuckland, and were whisked away to the veryflash, Hilton Hotel, where we unpacked whileadmiring the brilliant views of the harbour fromour balcony!!!We made our way along Princess Wharf to Spa DeSeville - one of New Zealand’s top beauty therapycompanies, where my Mum was treated to a fullbody massage and I had a full hand and nailmanicure (which was heaven!!). Having afantastic time, it just kept getting better as whenwe got back to the hotel I had my makeup profes-sionally done. We then went and had a shortmeeting at the Public Relations Agency, where Igot to hear about all the goings-on of BandannaWeek and how the filming had gone so far. On Saturday the 6am wake up didn’t do much for

my nerves, neither did the chilly morning but bythe time Leanne had picked us up and introducedme to everyone at the filming I was feeling muchbetter.It seemed strange to see everyone setting thingsup on the footpath of a side street, like thedressing room, a tarpaulin. When it was my turn formake-up, I was thinking ‘I could get used to this’,and seeing the transformation of people as theycame out of the dressing room after seeing thestylist was amazing. I would have loved to take therack of clothes home!! My shot was coming up, and I was terrified I wouldmuck it all up, I’m not that camera shy but what ifthey didn’t like how it came out? I went and stoodon the ‘x’ marked on the footpath, the camera guysintroduced themselves and made it really easy. Iwas having heaps of fun, even though you feel a bitsilly standing there smiling and laughing byyourself. When my filming was finished, we wentand watched the next bit of filming which wasstarring Anika Moa, who even posed for someshots with me!!On Sunday we had to fly home, back to reality. Ihad the best weekend in Auckland, beingpampered and treated like a star. I would like tothank everyone from CanTeen, You guys rock!!!

“Young Wellington CanTeener becomes a star”

2 Cover storyBrooke, the star of CanTeen’s Bandanna WeekAppeal TV commercial

3 Presidents MessageOur newest president Prudence tells all.

4-5 CanTeen News An interview with our newest member of staffplus other exiting news

6-8 Branch ReportsCanTeen members report from around NewZealand with their own events and stories

9 Winter CampNorthern South Island head off the Methvan Ski Camp

10 & 12 Our Shorts

11 Riding with Lance ArmstrongSurviving and winning the greatest cycling event

13 Bandanna News

14 Remembrance

15 Competitions and usefulnumbers

CanTeen would like to thank Spa De Seville and The Hilton Hotel

for their generous donation’s your support is greatly appreciated!

Brooke CanTeen Wellington

Top: Brooke and Anika MoaMiddle: Brooke & MumBottom: Brooke getting her

nails done!

COVER STORY

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Dear CanTeeners,

With the help of New Zealander’s purchasing Pamsbread and milk throughout the month of June, the PamsCanTeen Alliance was a huge success, raising $355,675for CanTeen, over $100,000 more than we wereexpecting! This amount was generated from a donationof 5c per litre of Pams milk and 10c per loaf of Pamsbread brought throughout New Zealand. On behalf of all CanTeen members I would like to thank everyone whosupported us throughout the month of June, along with all who were involvedin making this campaign a huge success. With this money, CanTeen plans toextend our programmes and services.

I am truly excited about the possibleoutcome that this years Bandanna Weekwill bring, with such a strong brand suchas Pams on board!!I have now moved to the Hawke’s Bayregion and have started flatting with MikeBates a fellow CanTeen member who Imeet approximately three years ago. I amthoroughly enjoying it here, and amenjoying the sunny days and my flattingenvironment which is always full oflaughter. So thanks to a well developedCanTeen connection my move to theHawke’s Bay has been made easier.As many of you may already know I am acompanion at Camp Quality. Recently my

camper from Camp Quality attended her first CanTeen event this being thecentral division Relaxation Weekend, and had a wonderful time. I would liketo thank all who made her feel welcome, helping her transition from being achild living with cancer to a youngperson living with cancer an easierone.All CanTeen branches should havecompleted their Annual GeneralMeetings by now, in anticipation ofthe National Annual General Meetingbeing held on November 8th inDunedin. I encourage all who may bein Dunedin during this time, tocontact your executive member andfind out where we are going to bemeeting.With CanTeen members moving onthere will be a few changes to theNational Executive, but I amconfident that we will have agreat team and be able to continue growing a strong organisation that isfocused on supporting, developing and empowering our members. For allthose who are moving on, I wish you all the best and thank you for the timeand effort that you have put into the organisation and our member’s.In the meantime, I encourage you all to get involved in all activities and startpreparing yourselves for the biggest Bandanna Week yet!

Support, Develop and Empower

Prudence Walker

National President

Dear CanTeeners,

Stony Creek Ranch in Napier is thevenue for this year’s National Camp inDecember. The camp is located about20 minutes out of Napier and has somegreat facilities with confidence courses,kayaks, horses and lots of animals. The two days off site willinclude visits to marine land, the national aquarium andsplash planet. The programme looks like a lot of fun so makesure co-ordinators receive your nomination forms soon!Bandanna Week is going to be huge this year, and there is anenormous amount of work being completed to make this asuccess. We hope to triple bandanna sales this year. I reallyhope that members and stakeholders recognise the effort andorganisation that is required to successfully manage an eventthat is anticipated to sell 300,000 bandannas.The National Executive recently signed off on the 5 yearstrategic plan, and committed to developing the governancemodel and policies. Presidents will get to see what this meansat the end of the month at Presidents Weekend - with trainingon their role, setting agendas, running meeting’s, resolvingconflict, establishing priorities etc. These will be great new lifeskills that our Presidents will be developing.The Good Grief programme held at Raglan was fantastic,facilitated by professional grief councillors; members wereable to share their stories and journey’s. The programme wasfantastic, and the acts of peer support and Support,Development and Empowerment were amazing.Congratulations to you all, I really encourage all members toparticipate in a Good Grief programme.Angela Humphrey has recently been appointed to the NationalProgramme Managers position, we’re currently in the processof appointing her replacement.Angela Ireland (Otago) and Miranda Hawthorne (NSI) joinedCanTeen earlier this year, both Angela and Miranda havesurvived winter camps and are in training for Bandanna Week!!At the recent Staff Workshop we had our Volunteer Branch Co-ordinators join us; Lisha (Northland) John (Nelson) Vanessa(Taranaki) Denise (Hawke’s Bay) and Michelle (Southland) Itwas fantastic having everyone together to discuss issues anddevelop solutions. Finally, all branches have just completed their Annual GeneralMeetings. There have been some changes in committees andon the National Executive. I want to take this opportunity tothank everyone, members and volunteers who have workedvery hard over the past year to improve the peer supportnetwork, and create more opportunities to Support, Developand Empower our young people living with cancer.

John Robinson

National Manager

National Presidents Report

National Managers Report

Prudence WalkerNational President

Natasha & Prudence @ Camp Quality

Louis & Prudence

John RobinsonNational Manager

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CANTEENNEWS

T he Reflections of a ‘newbie’ staff member brave enough tojoin the CanTeen team! Hi there! It’s Miranda here, the co-ordinator for Northern South Island and I thought I’d

share a few glimpses into my first few months with CanTeen! I canhonestly say that I have never had a job like this one and the highsand lows, challenges and rewards, and most of all, the CanTeeners,are what makes this job so unique and amazing! I don’t think thereis another job like it on the planet and multi-tasking would also bethe understatement of the century!So what is it like to work for CanTeen? What are some of thosechallenges? What’s it like at the coal face of being a co-ordinatorand how exactly do you pass your initiation to see if you can cut itwith the best of them???? Well, for me, it was like this........First General Meeting...getting to know some of the troops andthen, finding myself volunteering for a game and yes, that’s right, Ifound out that I COULD get 10 giant marshmallows into my mouthand still manage to say “Fluffy Ducks”!!! Not recommended ifyou’re trying to look cool, together and most of all dignified!Hanmer Rest and Relaxation Camp...hmmm.... Not sure where therest came into that one........and it left me wondering how manyjobs are there, that after but a few short hours of sleep and in thewee early hours of the morning (no makeup, bags under the eyesetc!) you get to walk through a group of CanTeeners hanging outby the fire of the lodge, while still in your PJ’s (having realised therewas NO other way to the showers!) ...and the comments abouthaving a VERY bad hair day were plentiful! Where was the tact frommy darling CanTeeners? I just replied that I’d been working on mygreat new style ALL night!And if that humiliation wasn’t bad enough, there were the HotPools, which sadly involved swimming togs! Swimming togs and

mid-winter means white flesh,and yes, there was no where tohide! Now when did I have a jobwhich involved parading intogs??? That’s right.... I’ve neverlet myself apply for one of thosejobs! How did I get tricked intothis? Was this in my jobdescription? Where was mycontract when I needed it?Where was my lawyer? Wherewas my plastic surgeon?!!!And then Good Grief! What anawesome weekend! Amongstother things, there was the infamous South Island Good GriefInaugural Chocolate Fondue! What a treat! Out on the candle-litdeck, under the moonlight, with views of Lyttelton harbour andthen best of all, dipping all sorts of goodies into the deliciousfondue (very retro!) Heaven! A chocoholics dream....and tothink this was work!!!!So..... I’ve survived my first 3 months, passed the initiation (Ithink!) and feel like I’m just about ready to take the training wheelsoff. I haven’t looked at my job description lately but I certainly don’tremember anything about regular public humiliation though.Speaking about the job description, I think I’ll leave that in thedrawer, because you know what, it’s just too hard to get all thestuff co-ordinators do down on paper! You’re bound to leavesomething out and most of all, how do you find words to say whata privilege it is to work with and for some of the most courageous,inspirational and amazing young people I think I’ve met!

MIRANDADIVISIONALCO-ORDINATOR

T om Cross had a wish come true this week. TheBryndwr 13 year old, who has a brain tumour and isundergoing chemotherapy, has always wanted to

take a ride in one of the eye-catching new Mini Coopercars. Radio station 91 ZM has been running a nationwidemovie promotion, with one of the Minis being up for grabsand was glad to give Tom the chance to try out the carafter an approach from his mother, Nicky.Mrs Cross said Tom, the youngest of three children, wasabsolutely rapt to have taken to the road in the little redcar, and was still smiling the following day. “Every time hesees one, he says he wants to go for a ride” she said.The youngster is undergoing his third round ofchemotherapy due to his condition, which was firstdiagnosed when he was two years old. “The chemo hasbeen really rough on him. It has knocked him around andthis is something to cheer him up”, Mrs Cross said.Tom is a Burnside High School pupil, although he is doinghis lessons by correspondence at the moment.

Article care of the Christchurch Star

“Magical mini ride for ill teen”

Tom is a member of CanTeen North South Island

A Newbie Staff Member

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Becoming a real student

The Rotary Club of Riccarton has made an award to anoutstanding young Christchurch Woman. The Rotary NewZealand Young Totara Award is made to young people who

encourage healthy role models for New Zealand youth, in acknowl-edgement of their contribution to community, vocation or quality of life.Diagnosed with an aggressive cancer at the age of 15, Roberta Soperendured rigorous treatment and groundbreaking surgery to replaceher femur and knee and her heart and kidneys have beenpermanently affected.She has faced life with huge determination and a maturity thatdefies her years. Instead of throwing her energies into enjoyinglife to the full, she has chosen to work with others she considersless fortunate than herself.Determination to give back the support she had received fromCanTeen, the teenage cancer support group Roberta is now localbranch vice president, representing them on the NationalExecutive and its management subcommittee. In addition toorganising many of the activities at this year’s National Camp, sheattended Art Workshop to develop and promote Christmas cardsfor the national fundraising appeal and helped with the organi-zation of this year’s Christmas Marathon because CanTeen wasone of the recipients of the funds raised.A Teen Link programme in January enabled Roberta to talkeffectively with newly diagnosed ‘CanTeener’s’ in the hospitalsetting and she had spoken at school assemblies at both StBede’s and St Andrew’s College. She was invited by theChristchurch Oncology Service medical staff to representadolescents on the recently-formed Canterbury Cancer NetworksAdolescent Oncology Working Party which was set up to plan thenew Adolescent Unit.Roberta has undertaken formal media training for television andwas one of 15 candidates chosen throughout New Zealand toundertake advocacy and mentoring training, attending a

Leadership Project Camp run under the auspices of the DisabledPersons Assembly.Roberta is also accredited to assist the Pillars OutreachProgramme to children and siblings of prison inmates, followingcompletion of the Induction to Public Persons Course run by theDepartment of Corrections. She works with Pillars’ Just - Us youthprogramme in many ways, including homework tutoring withchildren who need additional support, and volunteering in theoffice each Friday.After commencing part university studies while still undergoingtreatment, Roberta completed a successful full-time year last year,completing five papers with very credible results, which form thebasis of a social work degree.The Rotary New Zealand Young Totara Award has been given inrecognition of Roberta Soper’s work with CanTeen and Pillars.In presenting the award Margaret Reeve, President of the RotaryClub of Riccarton said: “When Club members are encouraged toput forward names for a young Totara Award, it is a naturalreaction to think of those people who have achieved in highprofile circumstances.”“While such an achievement richly deserves recognition, there arethose whose contributions are made, just as successfully, butoutside the glare of publicity.”As recipient of this year’s award, Roberta Soper is one of thosequiet, behind the scenes achievers. She admirably fulfills thecriteria for this Award, as she has, over the last 4-5 years been ahealthy role model amoung her peers and in her community,showing leadership and selfless effort in her many activities andinterests.”“Roberta has never sought any extra attention or used hersituation to make people feel sorry for her. She has accepted whatfate has handed out and just got on with life, much of which hasbeen in service to her community”

MATT - CANTEEN NORTH SOUTH ISLAND

Young Totaraawarded to remarkable role model

As you all may know I have recently become a real ‘student’.What I mean by a ‘real student’ is that I have been inductedinto a tertiary institute that has clubs that are about partyingand drinking, and the classes you take actually have a directlink to the possible career path that you wish to take. There areno teachers rambling on about “if a train is going at 30 km andanother train is going 40km, when will they crash?” as if Iwould be in that sort of situation! and best of all, there are no“olds” in my site :). Yes, I am now a poor, partying student! One of the great things about being a student especially for thefirst years anyway, is having a drink at the local studentwatering hole, for us this is “The Foundry”. It’s situated onLiam Road opposite to the one and only Rochester and

Rutherford Hall. “The Foundry” is a cheap and delightful barsituated next to the Avon River. Now, the river provides thesetting for the main drama that comes out at the start of theyear. During the initial orientation week, our challenge is to‘jump’ the river. Many have tried this and very few havesucceeded! Life at uni is great not only for the partying and stuff, but forthe whole education thing. Uni provides many courses thatappeal to the student. One of these courses is Americanstudies where you can study about American culture and music- now they would never have let me take this sort of paper atschool, would have they? Uni life is great....... come join the party!

National Executive Member - Roberta Soper

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BRANCHREPORTS

On a roll! Rachel - Otago /Southland CanTeen Member

OTAGO

During the month of June, there was only one thing on OtagoCanTeen’s agenda: Jaffas! (The yummy sweet kind, not ourfriend’s up north...) The second annual Great Jaffa Race roared down Baldwin Streeton the 15th of July, the result of many weeks of planning,dedicated ticket selling and Jaffa-sampling by members,volunteers and our champion coordinator, Angela. The Great Jaffa Race simply involves rolling 10,000 numberedJaffa’s down the world’s steepest street, the owner of the winningJaffa claiming a year’s supply of scrummy Cadbury’s chocolates.The event was part of Cadbury’s Chocolate Festival, with allproceeds going to CanTeen. We hit the streets early to sell tickets, but in typical southernstyle, most Dunedinites left it till the last day to get their luckyJaffa number! The hard work was not limited to selling, 10,000

Jaffa’s needed to be labeled withnumbered stickers at Cadbury’sDunedin factory. Ten hours anddozens of orange-stained fingerslater, I think I speak for all involvedwhen I say that I never wanted to seeanother chocolate again (at least for a day or two...). The sunshine came out for the occasion, as well as a very largeexcited crowd and local media. If the chocolate-smeared facesof happy kiddies were anything to go by, a great time was hadby all. Approximately $10,000 was raised, exceeding allexpectations. Thank you to everyone who lent a hand in this event, especiallyto Cadbury’s for their awesome support.

TARANAKI

Branch Reports

Fendall’s World -The Rotorua Report

It has been extremely busy here in Taranaki and it’sdefinitely a good thing.Firstly on the 10th July all our CanTeeners packedtheir bag’s and headed out on a road trip toRotovegas (Rotorua) for the weekend. We all setout with an aim to have fun but also to get to knowone another better.Everyday was greeted with sleepy smiles, causedby staying up too late, gossiping and telling jokes (what do you call a man . . .)The days were filled with many adrenaline rushingactivities such as zorbing, lugeing, swooping(which we had to do twice because it was so muchfun). Many countless joyrides . . . like getting lost“right no the other right”.We learnt a lot about the history of Rotorua thanksto our fantastic guide Ria. Night times were filledwith trips to the hot pools and enjoying gamessuch as charades, cards, lawyer and a table tennistournament (which I won or was that Adrianne?).Overall, all the CanTeeners had a blast and I amsure nobody will forget the awesome weekend wehad together and we’ll never miss an opportunityto bring up any personal jokes.A few weeks later we caught up and shared photos,they all looked great . . . but there was some randomstuff which I know nothing about?!! Of course thisnight would not have been complete with out some

pizza and fizzy to get everyone in the mood.Well until next time, take care

What has Taranaki been up to?

So I suppose the big question is, what has Taranaki beenup to? Well apart from having to resort to slippers and thefamous look of toe socks because the mountain haschilled us all, with the layers upon layers of snow that hasbeen dumped over the last couple of months. Our smallgroup of CanTeeners are still in warm spirits and what abetter way to appreciate Mt Taranaki than to leave townfor a while to see other attractions in another beautifularea of New Zealand.So that’s what we did we left town for the weekend andheaded to the bubbling thermal attractions of Rotorua. Wevisited huge volcanic craters, milked cows (I have to saywe were naturals in that field), dropped ourselves from 43meters up, experienced hot mineral bathing and heapsmore fun packed activities. At the end of a busy day, backat the camping ground we enjoyed playing spoons, pingpong, charades, cards and if you thought we didn’t haveanything more to do, try staying up all night which some ofour CanTeeners did (naughty). So to sum up the Rotoruacamp I would give it a 10 out of 10. A big thanks to thevolunteers that gave up their time to come along with us. Iwould also like to thank the committee who put in thehard yards to organise the camp and cool stuff like camp t-shirts and other groovy things.Another activity that took off back home however, was thelaser force and ten pin bowling evening. Laser force gaveour CanTeeners an opportunity to go crazy. Ten pin bowlingwas one of our best turn outs so far. We had both new andold faces which was good to see. Another huge thank youto Taranaki Savings Bank who granted $1000 dollars toCanTeen Taranaki for the development of our new office.Thank you!

Rachel Fendall - CanTeen Taranaki

Jessie - CanTeen Taranaki President

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I’m too sexy for my shirt ...Gena - CanTeen Auckland President

The Kristin School fashion show was as wonderful as it alwaysis. As we were waiting for the show to begin we watchedhundreds of people queuing up. The fashion show turned outto be a really great night not only were the students fromKristin School modelling clothes from the latest shop’s, theyhad prepared dance moves, great music and great lighting foreach item.We also had entertainment such as singing, poems and even afiddler which everyone loved. Rebecca and I got up on stage tosay thank you to all involved for their wonderful fundraisingefforts and their hard work. Congratulations on your speechRebecca.

The highlight for methat night was thesame as last years, Iloved watching theprimary school childrenwearing the cutest outfits anddancing hard out, they were sogorgeous. Thank you Kristin School forthe fabulous evening and I lookforward to going again nextyear.

Wearable Arts

The Dudes

Kristin School

NTH SOUTH ISLAND

Awesome weekend at Hanmer Emz President CanTeen Northern South Island

Auckland Annual General Meeting

The Auckland division held its AGM on Sunday the 14th September at the CancerSociety’s Domain Lodge opposite the Auckland Hospital/Domain. There was a verygood attendance of 31 people (maybe it was the enticement of the free laser strikeactivity the following week plus a KFC meal that brought the members out). Our outgoing President Justin Wilsher read his report as did the Treasurer Kyle.The Co-ordinators report was tabled by Murray and all were accepted. The electionof the committee then took place and the members listed right were elected. At the conclusion of the meeting 15 large pizza were demolished and washeddown with large quantities of soft drink and then it was off to Broadway’s Cinema8 where we had a choice of watching ‘The Italian Job’ or ‘The League ofExtraordinary Gentlemen’. At the finish of the movies we all said our goodbyesand departed. Looking forward to the Laser strike and KFC the followingSaturday.

President Gena Dyer

Vice President Rebecca Watts

Secretary Aslan Perwick

Treasurer Kyle Perwick

Nat Exec Rep Member Sam England

Nat Exec Rep Volunteer Jodi Preston -Thomas

Committee members Brendon England

Amanda Bowdler

Bridget Reeves

Kelly Reeves

We had an awesome weekend in Hanmer on our Rest andRelaxation Camp at the beginning of June. We soaked for hours inthe thermal pool’s, came away stiff and a little bit sore from horsetrekking and a few bruises which were obtained by those whowent mountain biking. Needless to say we certainly got ourmoney’s worth from the hot pools! Thanks so much to Foodstuffswho provided all the food we needed to keep 20 CanTeeners andour volunteers fed and watered for the duration of our camp.Good Grief was held at Living Springs in which four members fromChristchurch attended.There was a coordinator’s workshop which was held inChristchurch the last weekend of June. They all came and visitedthe CanTeen North South Island office and were all incrediblyjealous when they saw our fabulous headquarters!The July General Meeting was held in Christchurch Hospital’sSchool of Medicine Tower. It was a great night full of games andtrivia for the large number of members who attended. It was greatto see so many faces that we haven’t seen in a while. We also

said goodbye to one of our fantasticvolunteers. Kenton has been avolunteer with CanTeen for just over ayear and is moving to Auckland tobecome a firefighter. Thank you Kentonfor all the time you have donated to CanTeen, yourhumour and driving skills will be sorely missed. In the last couple of month’s we have welcomed four newmember’s to the CanTeen North South Island family andhad several enquiries from many possible volunteersincluding two medical personnel.Our August General Meeting was a great day filled with TenPin Bowling and an awesome photo shoot, (you may seesome of our fantastic photos in this mag!)Up and coming in our region is Bandanna Week from the13-19th October and our second annual Garage Sale onNovember 15 to raise money for our Christmas Party inearly December.

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BRANCHREPORTS

WAIKATO/EAST CAPE/BOP

Hello to you all in the land of the long white cloud Charlotte - President Waikato/East Cape/BOP Division

WELLINGTON

The Cryptic Hunt

Central division got together in July for Relaxation Weekend,where we learnt about all kinds of ways to chill out and de-stress. CanTeen Wellington recently held a ScavengerExtravaganza which saw member’s and volunteer’s scouringthe streets around Courtenay Place, figuring out cryptic cluesand hunting for answers. The decision to pitch “boys againstgirls” really brought out the competitive edge, but weeventually (almost) made peace with each other again, over aMongolian barbeque meal at the end of the night. Manythanks to the volunteer’s who assisted.Our President Karen Miller, has been having a well earnedbreak in Vietnam - she has been there for the past threeweeks. I heard a rumour that she has been soaking up thesun and visiting glorious beaches ... this leaving the rest of usfeeling a little jealous. Our previous Vice President Robbie Lowe, has been delightingcamper’s at Camp America, and is soon to hit the shores ofScotland. So we are pleased to welcome Taryn Kerr in to theposition of Wellington’s new Vice President.We are now starting to limber up for Winter Camp, which willbe happening at Mt Ruapehu in late August. With a couple oftrained volunteers planning to turn us all in to professionalskiers, and 33 ski bunnies on board, we look set to have agreat time!

CanTeen Wellington are movingpremises temporarily, while the building that theyshare with CCF is renovated. For the next few monthsthey will be at Level 2, 160 Adelaide Road, Newtown.

It seems as much has happened in my world of late and notall of it is CanTeen. In amongst having babies and trying toorganize this ever closer wedding I’ve been trying as muchas possible to show my face in the office. Harder than itsounds, but I have been successful on more than oneoccasion! I didn’t write the last one of these, due to the fact I wasrecovering from a 16 hour labor (quite literally), so it hasbeen a while. Our youngest member of CanTeen’s first outingwas at the Gamblers Gold rush, (who is actually an honorarymember, due to the fact she doesn’t like go a whole daywithout milk). It was a highly successful fundraiser whereeveryone did a 5 km walk/run stopping @ every kilometermark to collect a card. The person with the best poker handwon a trip to Australia!! Relaxation weekend was a huge success as usual with agreat turn out. A few new members were able to make it

which is always great. There was lots of relaxing in the hotpools and arts and crafts, and work shoppy things to do withmassage and things like that!!We did the old pizza and movies in July, which would havebeen a perfect day, if we weren’t too ambitious and didn’t todo the committee meeting there. Other than that it was agreat opportunity to kick back and catch up.Some people got the opportunity to go to Good Grief in thesun and sand capital of the world. I heard that a great timewas had by all, and the photo’s say it all!! Well that’s about all from me, I’d just like to take thisopportunity to say to you all, at the AGM I will be steppingdown from my role as president. I have other fish to fry, aswe all do. I still have a passion for the work of CanTeen, andI’m not running away for good, I will still have my foot in thedoor, but just not the same responsibility. It has been greatworking with you all.

The Weir HouseWhere everyone had a good time

At the relaxation weekend

On the 11th July, some CanTeenmembers went to a Relaxation Weekendat the Victoria University Weir House.On the Friday night when we all hadarrived, we mucked around, got to knoweach other and played games - whatfun! I’m a newcomer toCanTeen so it was a reallygood experience. Saturdaywas spent being shown howto do facials and makeoversfrom some great ladies. Theyeven gave us a facial! Thatafternoon we went to thepools for a swim then it wasoff back to the Weir Housewhere some of the studentscooked us dinner which was much appreciated and I wasleft with the dishes! Honestly! Some people and mess! After tea we watched two videos (Shrek and Ten things Ihate about you) and enjoyed lollies! On sunday morning areally nice lady came to show us how to do massages. Ikindly gave Angela one - I wonder if it hurt enough? Thatafternoon Dan took us to do pastel pictures and althoughmine looked strangely odd, everyone enjoyed themselves.After lunch we were all packed up to go home and myparents got there nice and early! Stink! Oh well, I reallyenjoyed myself and met some really cool people. Thank youto all the people who organised it and helped!

Kura Houkamau - Central Division CanTeen

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CanTeen Northern South Island Winter Camp

CanTeeners playingball at he foot of

Methven

O n Friday September 19th, 40 members and volunteers fromall over the Northern South Island division gathered inChristchurch to head off to Methven for ski camp. Our

Nelson/Marlborough troops jetted in and were met with a raucouswelcome at Christchurch airport by the 28 “locals”! It was then ontothe bus and off to Methven, about 90 minutes from Christchurch.Saturday’s 6.30am ski report blared down the corridor to let usknow that Mt Hutt was closed due to very high winds and so a fewweary souls headed back to bed while Plan B,C,D and E wereformulated! After a few phone calls and a bit of juggling we had aplan! After breakfast, everyone headed off to the Rakaia Gorge tohave a fast and furious trip up the Gorge with Ric, our great friendwho gave 40 of us a ride for free! A huge norwester was blowing(those of you not from Canterbury don’t know what you’re missing!)and so the river ride was pretty wild! We all left the river rather wetas Ric made sure of many splashes and thrills along the way!It was then onto the bus again and off to the bright lights of“AshVegas” ...(Ashburton to the locals!) Nothing like a matinee atthe movies ...so armed with munchies, we all settled in to watch“Finding Nemo” and consensus was that it was great! Our homemade lunches were quickly eaten and then back onto the bus andoff to a farm in the Methven foothills for some horse riding. Somerode, some lazed, some did Tai Chi (with gorgeous snow coveredmountains in the background) and others were entertained byvolunteer Jason’s wild ball games! Off “home” for showers and spasand a great BBQ dinner...followed by an amazing game made up byTrudi (CanTeener) and Jason (volunteer) who had us touring theworld, increasing our general knowledge and doing things likeeating jellybeans with chopsticks, building the Sydney HarbourBridge out of pipecleaners, hunting out 4 leafed clovers, testing ourNZ geography, making origami, having a roll of the dice and makinglego racing cars all in a race against the others teams! Wild andcrazy and heaps of fun! It was also Chris’s 14th birthday...so supperwas birthday cake and infamous hot chocolates withmarshmallows!Off to bed all hoping for a day’s skiing on Sunday. Morning cametoo quickly but the ski report...15 cm NEW snow and skies clearing

to blue couldn’t have been better! Fresh powder andno wind, blue skies and NO queues! Some

boarded, some skied, others went for a scenic ride up the Chairliftand our non-skiers were treated to a helicopter ride from the top ofthe mountain! They couldn’t have had a better day for it - you couldsee forever! We sold Bandannas on the mountain and Mt Hutt setup a slalom course so that anyone wearing a CanTeen bandannaskied the course for free!Then back to Christchurch and hurried fond farewells as ourNelsonians raced off to the airport and lots of other very tiredbodies headed home!A huge thank you has to go to our amazing volunteers who maketrips like this possible. We just couldn’t do it without you all! Alsothanks to our hosts at the Snow Denn who treated us like royalty, toRic at Rakaia Gorge Alpine Jet who is our hero, to Mt Hutt’sincredible sponsorship and Ashburton’s Cinema, Staveley HorseRiding and Mt Hutt Helicopters’ generous discounts. Of course, foodwas donated by “Pams” - all delivered to camp ahead of us and soa huge thanks to Dave at Foodstuffs Christchurch (especially forPams new ice cream flavour - Caramel Ripple!) and also to MeadowFresh Milk for all our dairy and drink supplies. Roll on the next camp!!!! Watch this space!

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OURSHORTS

It was an extremely foggy morning when we left Hibiscus Coast themorning of mountain biking. Thinking that we all knew our way weended up getting lost! Thank goodness we caught up with Jeff atthe gas station. When we got there we caught up with old matesand some of us made new ones, then we got given a helmet eachand also were allocated a bike each. As we were waiting for the last group to arrive, we met theinstructors and some cruised around on their bikes and someshowed their skills. When the last group of people arrived weheaded up to where the trail began. There we all received drinkbottles and watched the open day set up.When everyone was comfortable with their bikes, we started themountain bike trail. I was the lucky one who got a van trip to thetop and watched everyone else come up the hill. After a break at

the top we all attempted the ‘cookie trail’ but some how I managed tofall into a pond!After we had attempted all the trails, we all headed down to the openday where we enjoyed burger’s, sausages and drink’s. We also got toplay disc golf and have a tyre changing competition which Jesse won!

It was definitely a very energetic day and for some of us it was also exhausting!On behalf of CanTeen Auckland and all who attended I would like to thank the AucklandMountain Biking Club for having us and putting on a very exciting day for us all.

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Auckland Car RallyWith the All Blacks the nation’s heroes again after grinding out a win against the Springboks the night before, anotherbreed of hero with a constant battle on their hands were enjoying a squirt around the block in an array of the finest V8’sthat Stateside could muster.The CanTeen members clambered into a great selection of car’s on Sunday August 10th to enjoy what most of usenthusiasts so often take for granted. The fine folk of American Muscle Car Club, Oagah Rodders and others selflesslygiving their own time and prized possession to fix a grin bigger than a Wallaby whinge list on some very deserving youthand volunteers. One CanTeen member was so excited, going for a cruise in her favourite type of car with her favouritecolour, then off to her favourite eatery. It was just the best day putting a smile on her face from ear to ear! Even thoughthe weather was more grey than your average Tauranga Winston Voter, it wasn’t wet. There was quite a squabble goingon, as to how passengers were to bag a seat in whatever looked noisey and shiny.After admiring the cars, the convoy set off about the central area of Auckland City before regrouping back at CanTeen’shead quarters on Dominion Road. Some final glances of admiration at the vehicles then the CanTeeners set off to BurgerKing for lunch, no doubt to discuss how ‘choice’, ‘phat’ - or whatever these CanTeeners describe what we all understandas ‘cool’ - the event was.Thanks to all who brought their cars along, these events are pretty casual and it is appreciated by all concerned that youmade the effort to partake in some way.

CanTeen Auckland would like to thank The American Muscle Car Club for putting on an exciting day for us all.

North South Island CanTeen member’s spell out CanTeen

Story courtesy of Don Baxter

Auckland - Mountain Biking

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CCF “Reach for the Stars” Conference

A parent of a CanTeen member wrote about his experience at the Child Cancer Foundation ‘Reach for the Stars’ conference and below ishis awesome excerpt that really says it all!

“ It was these final stages that was to prove the highlight of the conference for me: listening to a panel of teenagers telling us their

personal stories of how they had beaten cancer, or lived with it in their family. After listening to these guys, and as a parent of teenager

suffering from having a sibling with cancer, who has benefited enormously from his involvement with CanTeen, there was a quote we

heard that will remain in the forefront of our minds...the doctors cured my disease but CanTeen saved my life”

CyclingArmstrong makes history with dramatic tour win

L ance Armstrong celebrated the centenary of the Tour de France by winning theworld’s most famous cycle race for the fifth time today, a feat only four other menhad achieved.

The 31-year-old cancer survivor, who came back from the near-fatal disease in 1999 towin his first Tour, emulated France’s Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault, BelgianEddy Merckx and Spain’s Miguel Indurain at the end of the 94.5-mile final stage to the Champs-Elysees. “It’s a great feeling when someone like Hinault comes to you on the podium to say ‘welcome tothe club’,” said Armstrong, who beat German Jan Ullrich by 61 seconds overall, his narrowestTour win by far. Tour organizers could not have dreamt of a more fitting winner for the centenary of their race.The race was tense, hard fought, often dramatic, and finally crowned a larger than life character. “It was superb, the best race in 20 years or at least since 1989 when I took over as the Tourdirector,” said Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc. “The champions were at their best everyday,they were tested and challenged daily, both physically and mentally,” he added. From the veryfirst day, Armstrong suffered and struggled like never before. “It’s definitely the most stressful Tour, considering my physical and mental fatigue, by factor of10. “In the other years I had five, or six, seven minutes. I think it perfectly sets up an attempt fornumber six,” the American said. Before the prologue, which he finished a disappointing ninth, Armstrong suffered from diarrhoeaand hip tendonitis. He was involved in a crash on stage one, which forced Tyler Hamilton, theother American hero in this Tour, to race for three weeks with a broken collarbone and still hefinished fourth. Later, in the ninth stage in Gap, Armstrong narrowly avoided disaster when he dodged pastSpanish rival Joseba Beloki as the 2002 runner-up crashed in front of him. Armstrong also fell in the climb to Luz-Ardiden on the 15th stage when the handle of aspectator’s bag got caught in his handlebars. But the accident spurred him to a champion’sreaction which virtually handed him his fifth Tour win as he went on to drop Ullrich and take thestage. Armstrong also conceded his most spectacular defeat in the Tour in the first 28-mile timetrial between Gaillac and Cap Decouverte, when he suffered dehydration and lost 96 seconds toUllrich. But Armstrong said all the excitement and drama was what made the magic of the Tour. “The Tour de France is an open road and it’s a long race. If one day a plane landed on the race Iwouldn’t be surprised. “I’d prefer not to have all the drama like this year but anything can happen,” he said. If all of them, and perhaps Italy’s 1998 Tour winner Marco Pantani, absent because of personalproblems, should start the race next year, Armstrong’s quest for a sixth win could be even moretricky. While Armstrong logically topped the bill, France’s Richard Virenque and Australia’s Baden Cookestole the secondary roles.

REUTERS Article and Photo retrieved from the New Zealand Herald Website www.nzherald.co.nzCanTeen would like to congratulate Lance on his successful win that was driven by courageand his will power to succeed. Way to go Lance!

“Lance Armstrongcelebrates on thepodium after winning his fifthTour de Francecycling race inParis”

Picture / Reuters New Zealand Herald

CanTeen Taranaki Acknowledgements

CanTeen Taranaki would like toacknowledge the achievements of:

Marcus GriffinCompleted his Diploma in Informationand Communication Technology and isnow studying towards a Degree inApplied Information Systems.

Holly Farley Is back umpiring on the netball courtsof Taranaki.

Alisha Kerr Studying towards a Level 3 Horticulturewith a goal of becoming a supervisor.

Jasmine McBeth Has written a chapter in a book whichwas launched at the end of August.

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MORESHORTS

ART WORKSHOP 2004

Designers NeededDo you think you have what it takes to design CanTeenChristmas cards for 2004?Art Workshop will be held from 22nd to 24th April 2004,if you are interested apply to your coordinator now!

Unbreakable Spiritfacing the challenge of cancer

in New Zealand

“I’m just an ordinary girl, but cancerhas had an extra ordinary effect onmy family. For nearly fifteen years Iexperienced first my father and thenmy mother living with and ultimatelydying of cancer in the prime of theirlives. I won’t deny how difficult thiswas. To lose both my parents tocancer still seems incomprehensible.But now, rather than the tears, Iremember the love and the laughterand the many lessons I learnt frommy parents. They were bothremarkable people with unbreakablespirits, even when they were looking death squarely in the eye”. KarenMcMillanKaren McMillan has continued to work to seek knowledge andunderstanding of cancer and how it affects other people and otherfamilies. Unbreakable Spirit tells her family’s story and then recordsthe experience of twenty people facing cancer - people from all walksof life, with different cancers, treatments, attitudes and backgrounds -some who have survived cancer and others who are terminally ill.There are also stories from families who share how they coped withthe death of a loved one, hospice workers, an oncologist, and a GPand counsellor. There are experiences from two to eighty andUnbreakable Spirit explores the real human drama of this time in aperson’s life.As well as the physical challenges, people talk about their emotionsand spirituality, the impact on families and friends, their dreams andaspirations. People talk candidly about how their relationships areaffected by cancer. For some there is financial insecurity and the lossof their career. For other people it is the beginning of a new andeventful stage in life. Each person’s story is unique and this book istestimony to the resilience insightful and inspirational. UnbreakableSpirit will help anyone facing cancer- and their family and friends.Through the wide range of stories they will see that there are manyways of living with cancer. The information provided by the medicalpractitioners, cancer nurses and hospice workers who havecontributed will help demystify the strange new world that a patientand their families are thrown into.This book features stories from a wide range of people both youngand old, you may also recognise some of the stories that have beenwritten by your fellow CanTeeners Robbie (pg 95) and Frances (p. 102).

All books sell for $29.95 (Postage and Packaging Inc).If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this book you can contact:• Helen Benton at Tandem Press

Phone: (09) 4801452Fax: (09) 4801455

• Order on line at www.tandempress.co.nz• Or send a cheque to Po Box 34-272, Birkenhead, Auckland.

Signed AllBlacks JerseyDonatedCanTeen Taranaki got a pleasant surprise when they wereinvited to be the recipients of a signed All Blacks Jersey. TheAll Blacks team donated two signed jerseys, one to theTaranaki Rugby Club and the other to the Taranaki Division ofCanTeen. The Jerseys were presented to CanTeen on a sunnyafternoon where they were invited to go along to an AllBlacks training session. We were given the opportunity tomeet a few of the players and watch how hard an All Blackstraining actually is.We plan to auction off our signed jersey on line during theRugby World Cup raising funds for our CanTeen branchactivities. It was an awesome and exciting day and was agreat opportunity for us all. CanTeenTaranaki would like to thank the All Blacksfor their generous donation.

Taranaki member modelling the signed All Blacks Jersey

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Bandannas in Hot Demand!

By the time you get the latest edition of this national magazine we will have just celebrated this year’sNational Bandanna Week. We ordered 3 times as many bandannas this year but they were in such hotdemand again, it is so hard to get the numbers right. The shipment of bandannas was later than

expected and we had just two weeks to pack 300,000 and get them distributed around the country.We were just stunned when we saw the size of the container. The bandannas are usually packed for CanTeen byWorkforce Industries but they were very short on staff so we decided to pack the bandannas ourselves and withthe work of special people like Murray & Mana Kidd, Katherine, Alana & Bethany McGibbon, Jamie Bertlesen,Nalima & husband and ANZ Volunteer staff we had our orders packed in a record breaking 7 days. Quite arecord considering last years 100,000 took 3 weeks to pack. These people turned up at 8 am in the morningand on the weekend to support me and CanTeen. I just can’t thank them enough.

Pams principal sponsor of CanTeenThis is our first year with a principal sponsor and it is wonderful having the professional and financial supportof Pams behind us. The bandannas were sourced at less than half their normal price. They funded a greatnew television commercial and paid for significant airtime. Plus we had every New World, Pak N Save, WritePrice and 4 Square in the country selling our bandannas.

There are so many companies and people to thank for being so

supportive and generous to CanTeen, who made Bandanna Week

2003 a great success.

Foodstuff Ltd - New World, Pak N Save, Write Price, 4 Square. Elizabeth Shand - owner and fashiondesigner of Ruby who designed this year’s bandannas FCB Ltd - our probono advertising agency whocreated a superb television campaign Motion Pictures & Crew for the wonderful television advert PPRLtd - our probono publicity agency that helped tremendously with our publicity Mainfreight - freightedover 300,000 bandannas around every corner of NZ for free ANZ Bank - selling bandannas and banking ourbandanna sale money throughout NZ Carter Holt Harvey - donated all the point of sale packaging VisyBoard - donated and designed all the outer cartons for packing bandannas in MORE FM - radio advertising for freethroughout New ZealandTelevison New Zealand, TV 3 , Sky Television, Juice TV, Workforce Industries Ltd, BP owned andindependent stores, The Warehouse, Burger King, Rebel Sport, The Body Shop, EzibuyRobin Brooke, Mandy Smith, Nathan King, Michael Jones, Verge Le Brun, Anika Moa Brooke Hopkins the face of this years television campaign, Prudence Walker, Louis CuttanceJustin Wilsher, Kylie Rose, Matt Truman, Ayla Blake, Jeff Thumath, Nicola White, Guy Alexander, Rachel Hogg,Rebecca Watson, Holly Parkes, Sam England, Kelly Reeves, Kylie Smith, Rebecca Watts.500 Secondary, Intermediate and Primary Schools throughout NZ

Christmas Cards - This years Christmas Card Campaign is well on target to be a record campaign. We are to date ahead of projected sales. Please view this years designs on our website www.canteen.org.nz

Last but not least I would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers throughout the country that we just simplycould not manage without. You’re all very special people and I thank you tremendously for your dedication.My personal special thanks to CanTeen’s staff who have worked long hours and never lost their sense of humouror professional attitude throughout an enormous year. Special thanks must go to the team in the national officethat work in a very confined space with telephones ringing non-stop. Credit to - Eva Williams our NationalAdministration Manager who has greatly improved and streamlined CanTeen’s finances and office systems. It hasmade my job so much easier. Thanks to Debbie Beale for answering the many thousands of phone callsthroughout bandanna week. Fond farewell to Jamie Bertelsen who completed her AUT Co-operative Educationsemester with CanTeen. I have lost my right hand man. Thank heavens it’s the end of the year.

Roll on 2004!

Leanne RyburnIncome Development Manager

If you would like to make a donation to CanTeen feelfree to contact LeanneRyburn Income Development Manager (09) 630 3340 Leanner@canteen.org.nz

Look who visited the office today!Eva, Murray, Jamie and Leanne loose it

Brooke and Heather Hopkins, Kylie and Joy Rose, Leanne Ryburn and John Rose spend a day in Auckland filming the CanTeen Advert

Mana, Nalima and Katherine packing bandannas

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REMEMBRANCES

Remembrances

Remembering Charles Hetaraka

10/01/1986 - 29/07/2003

Charles was a friend and a member of CanTeen Auckland/Northlandand we will all treasure the time we knew him.CanTeen sends our condolences to all his parents and siblings Victoria,Joshua, Jasmine Lee, and Jarnae.

Remembering Adi Hitchen

Adi was our friend and a member of CanTeen since 1999. CanTeen aims tosupport young people living with cancer. Adi was a support and inspirationto all of us, she showed us how to live and how to live each day to thefullest.

Adi has gone to a better place, where there is no rushing and no pain,no bussle and no clouds of rain. No loss or no doubt, no doing with or without.She’s gone where kindness is the most precious thing; she’s gone whereangel’s sing.Our heart’s are with Adi and her family. She came into our lives and left footprints on our souls.She will live on forever in our memories and we will never forget her.

Love Sam and Kurt, CanTeen Otago/Southland

Brave people don’t live very long, cautious people don’t live at all.

Life was a rollercoaster for Adi, she just made us ride it.

Words of encouragement from our supporters......

“Your young artists are going form strength to strength every year. I’m delighted with this year’s cards. They are ideal for my manyoverseas friends, especially the ones that have lived or visited our lovely country, they’ll be very pleased! I am looking forward withenthusiasm to their replies. Thanks very much to the artists. Wishing you all and your young people the very best not only atChristmas but always”.

Mrs McLoughlin from Auckland

“Once again it is my pleasure to make a donation to your worthy cause. Several years ago I was a coach driver for Newmans coachlines in the South Island and on at least three separate occasions I drove a coach load of CanTeen young people from Christchurchthrough to Blenheim for their annual camp. On all these occasions I was impressed with the attitude of them all. Now I haveterminal cancer myself and I’m sure some of their attitudes have been taken on board, because I now find that I can face mylimited future with few worries - and I often remember these brave young people who travelled on my coach”.

Doug from BlenheimCanTeen would like to thank Doug and Mrs McLoughlin for their continued support!

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Area Co-ordinators contact details

Area Name PhoneAuckland Office Murray Kidd (09) 630-3340

Northland Lisha Haywood (09) 430-0540

Waikato Sandie Schimanski (07) 839-1130

Hawkes Bay Denise Frogley (06) 877-4958

Taranaki Vanessa Ross (06) 758-5016

Manawatu Monique Green (06) 357-1081

Wellington Angela Humphrey (04) 934-3479

Nelson John Haynes (03) 547-2324

Canterbury Marinda Hawthorne (03) 377-3028

Otago Angela Ireland (03) 471-7258

Southland Michelle Tohill (03) 217-3313

If you would like to make a donation to CanTeen feel free tocontact Leanne Ryburn IncomeDevelopment Manager (09) 630 3340 Leanner@canteen.org.nz

WIN!WIN!WIN!All you have to do is get

your thinking caps on and

draw, make, photograph or

design an original use for

the bandanna and you will

go into the draw to win.

The winning original uses

will be drawn on November

15th 2003.

There are prizes for first, second and third place winners

1st Place - $100 Ezibuy voucher 2nd Place - A copy of Unbreakable Spirit3rd Place - Body products

All you have to do is send in your original use for thebandanna to:

Bandanna CompetitionCanTeen National OfficePo Box 56-072Dominion Road AucklandOr Email: marketing@canteen.org.nz

Check out the newCanTeen t-shirts!Girls Round neck Sizes: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18Girls V-neck Sizes: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18Boys Round Neck Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL

BE IN QUICK TO GET YOURS

ALL T-SHIRTSSELL FOR $20

Contact Debbie Beale atNational Office0800CanTeen (08002268336)debbieb@canteen.org.nzOr send a cheque, CanTeenPO Box 56-072, Dominion RoadMt Eden, Auckland

Ensure you tell us your name,address and contact phonenumber as wellas the style andsize t-shirt yourequire and wewill ensure youreceive yours.

WE HAVE A WINNER

Congratulations to our wintermagazine mystery prizecompetition winner. Roberta

Soper from CanTeen North andSouth Island was the winner ofour mystery prize. She is now the proud owner of a $100 dollar Shanton voucher.

Congratulations Roberta!

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This magazine has been funded by the generosity of JR MCKENZIE Trust

Corporate Christmas Card RangeWe would like to showcase this years Corporate Christmas Card range which have beendesigned by our very own CanTeen members at Art Workshop. From this range companies

can choose which cards they wish to send this Christmas, they are left blank inside ready for the company’s logo or personal message.

We would like to thank the following CanTeen members for all the wonderful cards they produced this year:Aeronwy, Alysha, Andrew, Elwyn, Gena, Greg, Jessie, Katie, Kiri, Mira, Rebecca, Samantha, Sarah and Toni.

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