Everyone is invited to Featherbrook Reserve on Sunday, March 30, to join in the battle against melanoma and make sure people understand the importance of regular skin checks.
The Remembering Jeff Butcher campaign is a continuation of the mission of the man whose name the campaign bears.
After receiving his diagnosis shortly after his 40th birthday, the father, husband and Point Cook Centrals stalwart set about spreading awareness of melanoma.
Jeff’s message was pretty simple: He did not want anyone else or any other family to go through his experience.
He died on April 30 last year, aged 44.
His wife Christine and their three children are now fighting to spread his message.
“When you have kids re-iterating his message and having his sunscreen hanging off their school bags, you know that his legacy lives on in our next generation of sun smart kids,” Christine said.
“It is a cancer that can be prevented.”
Christine also said it felt like a duty to keep Jeff’s legacy alive.
“We have an innate responsibility to do something, and there should be something to come from it,“ she said.
The event is on from 3pm.
