Club Cares Member Blitz Day

On Saturday, 17^th October, a group of Support Members from the Thornburgh branch held the first Club Cares Member Blitz where a 9m x 1m long retaining wall and 3 water tanks were installed to create a sustainable, organic vegetable garden for Vicki Keenan, a TIC Member who has been fighting various forms of cancer (breast, melanoma, liver & bone) since 2001.

We arrived at 9:00am and surprised Vicki at her front door (she had no idea we were coming). With guidance from Andy from Ferngully Landscapes, we set about building the sandstone retaining wall, filling up the garden and 3 water tanks with soil, weeded the front and back gardens, found endless lost tennis balls, fertilized, mulched and planted approximately 100 seedlings of various herbs and vegetables.

At 4pm, we called it "Quit'n Time", presented Vicki with a few more gifts including 6 months worth of vitamin supplements and celebrated the day with a glass of bubbles for the ladies, some coldy’s for the boys and 3 cheers for everyone involved.

It was such a "feel good" day to have enhanced the life of not only Vicki, but also for her husband and 2 young boys.We hope this small gesture will help Vicki continue to fight and eventually win her battle against the disease and thank Vicki & Royce for allowing us into their home.

We look forward to an update on Vicki’s garden in six months time and will hopefully share in a fantastic organic garden salad.

Special thanks to Andy from Ferngully Landscapes for his guidance and Anne Condon from Usana for providing the vitamin supplements.

A big thank you for their support and muscle power – Robyn & Ken Atkins, Steve & Dale Wrigley, Deborah Walton (seedling guru), Peter Oke (resident cameraman & Director), John, Swarnie, Holly & Tia Condon.