TAKE almost 400 blokes, put them in a room with a comedian and a couple of sporting stars, add a few drinks and a barbecue meal and what do you get?
Most would answer an afternoon of laughter and entertainment – and they would be right.
But there was more to last Friday’s second annual Casey Cardinia Biggest Ever Blokes Lunch.
What also came out of the day was an opportunity to spread a health message among the crowd related to prostate cancer – and that message came across loud and clear through John Strachan from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, survivor David Parkin and St John of God urologist Scott Donnellan.
And there was also the fund-raising component. Figures are still being tallied, but the amount raised to sink in to prostate cancer research and awareness initiatives is expected to easily eclipse last year’s total of $53,000.
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