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Liam McGuigan
Liam McGuigan - Kokoda
Story
When someone very close to me attempted suicide a number of years ago, it brought this very real issue into my life. Before then, I like most others turned a blind eye towards this almost taboo topic.
I was approached by a dear friend of mine to work on a logo for the Cairns Corporate Challenge. “We want it to look like Survivor” I was told.
“Is this Survivor enough for you?” And that was it. I was brought into the Cairns Corporate Challenge family. As I learnt more about the amazing work of the Dr Edward Koch Foundation and the Declan Crouch Fund, I realized the importance and necessity of an initiative such as the Cairns Corporate Challenge. I had decided. I simply must be a part of this great cause.As well as donating Graphic Design and Marketing services to the Challenge, I also decided I would take part in the inaugural Challenge, the Kokoda Track. Kokoda has always been on my ‘Bucket List’ and what better way to tick it off, than through an activity that also raises funds and awareness for suicide prevention. The physical, mental and emotional journey that faces me leaves me more excited about this than anything I have faced before.
96km, 2100m above sea level, 8 and a half days of rain, mud and hills. I can’t think of anything better. The next 5 months will be grueling. Training just about every day. Finding walks and treks throughout the Cairns and surrounding Regions, and making new friends with the 30 others joining me on Kokoda. Cairns Corporate Challenge can be described as nothing else but ‘life-changing’.The Cairns Corporate Challenge Team needs YOUR help. Any donation you can make will be greatly appreciated and goes straight to the Dr Edward Koch Foundation and the Declan Crouch Fund and will assist them in their tireless work towards suicide awareness and prevention.
We will be holding numerous events over the next 5 months so please find us on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest events, training walks and updates from the team.Thank you so much for your help in bringing suicide out of the shadows and raising awareness for what is still one of Australia’s leading causes of death.
All donations over $2 are tax deductible so no amount is too small!Activity
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Dr Edward Koch Foundation
The Dr Edward Koch Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in March 1997 to promote activities and organisations that alleviate ill-health in North Queensland. The purpose of the Foundation is to improve the health and well-being of North Queenslanders, conduct health research and development projects, promote and initiate preventive and educational health programs and link with other groups with similar objectives in North Queensland. The Foundation’s primary focus is suicide prevention and post-suicide support (postvention). As part of its suicide prevention focus the Foundation delivers a Life Program. The Foundation’s Life Program includes Life Workshops (community education covering suicide awareness and prevention skills), the Life Bereavement Support Service (offering counselling to those bereaved through suicide), the FNQ Suicide Prevention Taskforce (www.suicidepreventionfnq.org.au) (a coordinating body addressing suicide and self harm issues in the whole community and Life Suicide Prevention Plans (a strategy for suicide prevention in a specific community) .
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