TASMANIAN MAGNETITE MINER
Grange Resources has welcomed two very
large and very colourful additions to its
Savage River mine site.
The company has painted two trucks –
one pink and one blue – to raise awareness
of both breast and prostate cancer.
Aside from turning heads with creative
awareness messages like ‘It’s never too
late to check your prostate’, the trucks
are delivering tangible outcomes for
local charities.
Employees raised $9,000 in donations
between July and August. Cancer
Council Tasmania has received $7,050
while the remainder was shared between
the McGrath Foundation and Prostate
Cancer Foundation of Australia.
General manager Ben Maynard says
Grange Resources is the first mining
company in Tasmania to paint trucks for
cancer awareness.
“Grange Resources regularly supports
worthwhile funds, including Relay For
Life, SIDS, and World’s Greatest Shave,
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turns pink and blue
and the positive response from the
employees on this occasion has been
outstanding,” he says.
“The initiative came from our assistant
mine superintendent, Adrian Bonde. He
saw an opportunity to inspire his teams
to support this important cause, and to
raise awareness of Grange employees’
health and wellbeing.
“Raising funds for cancer research and
care is fantastic, but (this is) more about
their health awareness, and (prompting
them) to have a check-up. We know that
early detection gives the best chance to
fight cancer.”
Grange’s ‘Crew B’ raised the most
funding of each employee group – $4,000
– using a number of creative fundraising
methods including live entertainment
provided by a musically gifted crew
member in the camp wet-mess, a raffle
of items donated by local retailers, and
employee cash donations.
The Grange Resources blue and pink
trucks were painted by N & P Enterprises
with paint donated by Paint-Tech Hobart.
The health awareness messages were
done by Super Signs Australia.
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Grange Resources crew raised $9,000 for cancer charities
A truck displays
an important
health reminder
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