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Mother’s Day Classic Reaching all Corners of Australia in 2019!

53 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each day – the more we raise, the faster a cure can be found. This year on Sunday, 12 May the Mother’s Day Classic fun walk/run will again take place at events all across the country. Since 1998 the Mother’s day Classic has contributed  $35.3 million, making…

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The Boat at the Bottom of the Garden

Dragons Abreast Melbourne and Bendigo and the wonderful Otis Foundation have joined forces to enable the “Judy Costello” boat to rest beside the tranquil lake at Bramare in Mandurang. The “Judy Costello” is a heritage dragon boat and holds a very special place in the hearts of many Victorian breast cancer survivors and their families. A team of…

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DAA Members Alyx and Linda Featured in IBCPC Newsletter

Dynamic DAA members Alyx Stewart and Linda Papworth, feature in the latest International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission (IBCPC) newsletter. Alyx’s progression to founder of  the iCare4u app and Kee-moh Snacks.  iCare4u allows cancer treatment patients to list the tasks they need help with and then allows  friends to assign themselves to the tasks that they can do.. By doing…

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Why dragonboating after breast cancer?

Dragonboat racing is an aquatic sport in which a 12 metre long canoe-like boat, wide enough to sit 20 people (2 abreast) along with a sweep to steer the boat and a drummer. A festival race is typically a sprint event of several hundred metres, with 500 metres the most common, 200, 1000 & 2000…

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Have Your Say! Make the 2019 Dragons Abreast Festival Even Better

Did you attend the 2018 Dragons Abreast Festival – Community and Corporate Challenge? We are seeking your feedback on what we did right, what could be improved and any ideas you have to make next year’s festival even bigger and better. It won’t take long and we really value your feedback –  please take a…

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