{"id":300951,"date":"2021-06-17T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T06:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=300951"},"modified":"2021-09-15T19:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:35:36","slug":"keeping-josies-memory-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/06\/17\/keeping-josies-memory-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Josie&#8217;s Memory Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_300952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300952\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/josiemcconville1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-300952\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/josiemcconville1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/josiemcconville1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/josiemcconville1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/josiemcconville1-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The late Josie McConville at Kumbia&#8217;s Melbourne Cup race meeting last year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kumbia&#8217;s &#8220;Birds Of A Feather&#8221; cancer fundraising group is determined the memory of the late Josie McConville is kept alive.<\/p>\n<p>Josie, who died last month aged 93, was an enthusiastic fundraiser for the Cancer Council Queensland as well as being a keen volunteer in most Kumbia groups.<\/p>\n<p>She was one of the founders of &#8220;Birds Of A Feather&#8221; &#8211; made up of cancer survivors, their friends and family members &#8211; which entered a team every year in the South Burnett Relay For Life.<\/p>\n<p>Josie also hosted an &#8220;Australia&#8217;s Biggest Morning Tea&#8221; cancer fundraising event at Kumbia for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, she was presented with the Kumbia Local Achiever Award at the South Burnett Regional Council&#8217;s Australia Day Awards, recognising her volunteering with the Kumbia Hall Committee, Kumbia Race Club, Kumbia Historical Society and Kumbia Catholic community.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Josie was not well enough to attend but her efforts on behalf of the Kumbia community and beyond were recognised.<\/p>\n<p>Birds Of A Feather secretary Stephanie Stevens said the group was keeping Josie&#8217;s memory alive by continuing to host the &#8220;Biggest Morning Tea&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year&#8217;s fundraiser will be held next Thursday (June 24) at the Kumbia Memorial Hall Supper Room from 10:00am.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The $10 admission fee includes morning tea, entertainment and a guest speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will also be available in a multi-draw raffle, drawn at the event.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds will go to the Cancer Council Queensland for cancer research, patient support and cancer education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come alone and share your own beautiful memories of our dear Josie,&#8221; Stephanie said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumbia&#8217;s &#8220;Birds Of A Feather&#8221; cancer fundraising group is determined the memory of the late Josie McConville is kept alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":300953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[73],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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