Pink Stumps Day is back this month

A TOTAL of 39 Angus and black Baldy Steers are expected to be sold at Koonwarra on Friday, February 10, with all profits going towards the annual Pink Stumps Day.

Organisers noted that while cattle prices have dropped slightly, they hope buyers will dig deep for a great cause.  

These cattle were purchased last year with the support of SEJ Leongatha and agisted out to 30 different local farmers (who each took one or two) from Loch to Buffalo, Inverloch to Arawata and all points in between with the idea to fatten and sell, with the profits being put towards the Pink Stumps Day. 

SEJ Leongatha have generously supported the fundraiser for the last three years.

Pink Stumps Day is an initiative by the McGrath Foundation to ensure that every family going through breast cancer has the access to a McGrath Breast Care Nurse.

Along with this fundraiser, there will be a Pink Stumps Day at Outtrim which will be on Saturday, February 18, where the event has already sold out with more than 200 people attending. 

Tracy Bevan (ambassador and director of the McGrath Foundation) will be the special guest for the third time.

Over seven years the event has raised in excess of $200,000 and this year, organisers look forward to taking their cumulative total to over a quarter of a million dollars!