WHILE Demi Caspanello may not have the worries of personally fighting Leukaemia, after having been cured of the disease for the past three years, she and her mother, Kavette are continuing their efforts to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation with their annual 12-hour Relay Swim held at the Home Hill Olympic Pool on Saturday, October 14.
First held in 2021, the Relay for Leukaemia is held every second year, with participating teams ensuring one of their team is in the water for the duration of the effort from 8am through to 8pm.
The family commenced their support for the Foundation after Demi was treated for Leukaemia and now, after three years in remission from stage four Hodgkin’s Lympho-ma, she continues with that support to raise funds to find a cure.
Six teams nominated for the 12-hour swim-a-thon this year in the hope of raising $10,000, with Demi’s team, Sink or Swim, leading the way.
Sponsors of the 12-hour relay included
- McCathie’s Furniture Plus;
- Blinds 2U;
- W.A.& K.T. Farming;
- KMF Crafts;
- Wilmar Sugar;
- Nutrien;
- Burdekin Car Wash;
- Lions for Catering;
- Home Hill News & Coffee;
- Queens Hotel;
- Tamara Michielin Hair Dressing;
- Homewares & Styles;
- Liessmann & Sons;
- First In Physio; Alliance Pharmacy;
- Don West Toyota;
- Burdekin Snap Fitness;
- Ellen Marie;
- Brett Butler PT;
- Bare+Bird Distillery;
- The Shed NQ;
- Northern Energy Electrical Solutions;
- Complete Health Pharmacy;
- Burdekin Torpedoes;
- Burdekin Laser Electrical;
- Burdekin Tiles & Bathrooms;
- The Prawn Stop Home Hill;
- Home Hill Swimming Pool;
- Crown Hotel;
- the Home Hill Bakery; and
- Blissful Baking.
Deni Caspanello and Kari Ravizza swam in the Sink or Swim relay team that was sponsored by McCathies Furniture Plus and Northern Energy Electrical Solutions. The entire team comprised (Back row, left to right) Meg, Rylee, Elly, Stephanie, Heather (who was in the pool doing the team’s laps when the photo was taken) and Deni and (front) Jono, Savannah, Camden, Kari and Jhett. Absent were Megan, Jai and Shelby. One hundred per cent of the profits from the Relay were donated to the Leukaemia Foundation.
Making sure the participants in the Relay did not go hungry were (standing, from left) Lyndy McCathie, Deni and Kavette Caspanello, Kari Ravizza and Alida Favero and (sitting) Janice Jones-Davies, who baked biscuits, slices, caramel tarts etc and provided tea and coffee all day for everyone who attended.
