Jacquie Spiller: Every Dollar Will Go Towards Helping West Australians

Breast Cancer Care WA’s General Manager, Jacquie Spiller, joined the guys in the studio to talk about this year’s Purple Bra Day campaign, which is bigger than ever. Every day, five people in WA are diagnosed with breast cancer, and Breast Cancer Care WA provides vital support to those affected, offering emotional, practical, and financial assistance at no cost. To find out how you can get involved or donate, visit purplebraday.com.au.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
We've had sort of involvement with Purple broad Day for many.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Years since the first one, well a quarter.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
We'd say, yes.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Jackie Spiller is the general manager for Breast Cancer Care.
W Wayne is joining us now because this year we
are celebrating twenty five years.

Speaker 4 (00:16):
Hello, thank you for coming, Thanks so much for having me.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
So it is such an important campaign and here we
are again, and it's an important campaign because there's no
government funding.

Speaker 5 (00:28):
There is not unfortunately, so basically every service that we
provide everyone, we assist, all of that money has come
directly from the WA community, so we are so grateful
to them. But yeah, without that government support, it does
make it a lot harder.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Is that what makes the twenty twenty five IgA Purple
broad Day campaign more significant compared to other years?

Speaker 5 (00:48):
Yes, so this year it's been twenty five years, which
is absolutely incredible since we were founded, But so we
wanted this year's campaign to be bigger than ever.

Speaker 4 (00:56):
We've set ourselves some pretty ambitious goals to be.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Fair, why not, why not why?

Speaker 5 (01:03):
We've also taken the campaign statewide this year, so we've
got Purple Ambassadors living throughout the state, which is really
reflecting our commitment to expanding within the regions as opposed
to just focusing on Perth Metro alone.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
I like what they've done here. I've seen what they've
renamed places like Parabra do Mount Braca instead of Barker
m Braton. I like that, Yeah, I like that.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
I wish I could take credit for m.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
You could have busted. I don't know if the duns
Bra duns Brah.

Speaker 3 (01:43):
That's the reason why Purple BRA's Days are so important
is because it's to ensure that no one faces breast
cancer alone, isn't it.

Speaker 5 (01:53):
So every day in w A five people are diagnosed
with cancer, so we make sure we do our best
to make sure that we can be there for every
single one of them and their loved ones as.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
Well, because when you think about everybody knows somebody who's
been affected by it.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Absolutely yes, So for someone wanting to get involved was
the easiest and most effective way to support.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
Absolutely So.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
You can get fundraising in your own community, or if
you don't have the time, you can easily just make
a donation so every dollar will go towards supporting those
Western Australians. You can sign up to receive your free
fundraising pack, which is via Purplebriday dot com dot au
and the campaign's running until the seventeenth.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
I was just going to say, I know it's purple
broad Day, but it's a number of days so that
we can get that message out there for as long
as possible.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
And Jackie, why is it a purple brah?

Speaker 5 (02:45):
Purple bra comes back to our founder Roz, who are
Ros Worthington, who wanted to sort of differentiate us, I
guess from the pink that's so commonly associated with breast cancer.
And she started off dying brass purple and giving them
out out of the back of her car to people
who were.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
Going through a diagnosis.

Speaker 5 (03:06):
So we've sort of stuck with that twenty five years later,
and it differentiates us from other organizations who may do
amazing research. We're providing that support to people who need
it today, so we fill that gap.

Speaker 6 (03:20):
Ros is a timeless, supposous campaigner for so long, and
so sadly we lost her to her own illness last year.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
So I think the least we can do is keep
this going forever for Ros Well.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
We were a quarter of a century in yes, so
it's well established and as you said, it's going till
the seventeenth of September, and let's go for another twenty
five years. Thing is correct and beyond, and let's hope
they come.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
Up an't cure the web. There's a website that people
can go to get all the information.

Speaker 5 (03:51):
Purplebriday dot com dot au. You can jump online, you've
got resources, We've got everything there that can help you
with your own fundraising.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
You can always give us a call walk you through it.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
Brilliant. Thank you Jackie Jankie, thanks.

Speaker 2 (04:03):
For coming in, Thanks you, good luck and remember until
the seventeenth, the twenty twenty five, I g a Purple
bra Day. Whether you're in Pemberton or dunsbro or anywhere
in Western Astronomy, Braca, wherever you're heading one, let's help

(04:26):
you get there.