Julie Hoole
THE WAKEFIELD club has successfully backed a head and neck cancer specialist nurse for a place on a Rotary overseas group study exchange (GSE).
The nurse, 38-year-old Julie Hoole from Wakefield, talked to members about her work and the fundraising she has done for Macmillan Cancer Support on the 3rd April 2008. The club's application was for Julie to go to either South California in 2008 or Tanzania in 2009. She said that in either case she would look at the health care being provided to poorer communities and would seek to share experiences.
On the 29th May 2008 the club was informed that Julie would be part of the GSE team departing for California (Rotary International District 5330) on the 25th October. She has our congratulations and best wishes.
Julie says, "I feel immensely honoured and privileged to part of the Rotary GSE programme to California this year. This is truly an amazing and unique once in a lifetime experience, I am so excited. I cant wait to meet my fellow team members and start planning for this wonderful journey ahead. Thank you so very much for all your support and encouragement."
Julie has been a specialist nurse with Macmillan Cancer Support for the past seven years, following three years in palliative care. She has done much to raise the profile of head and neck cancer and the work that is being done to relieve its effects. In the process, she has raised £15,000 for Macmillan nurses, boosted by taking part in three of the organisation's fundraising challenges. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2005, walked the Great Wall of China in 2006 and is just back from the Sahara.
Club president Peter Gallivan said that in view of Julie's tireless work for local cancer sufferers, it would be hard to think of a more suitable candidate for the exchange scheme.
FOOTNOTE 1: Clicking HERE takes you to some more information about the outgoing team. Clicking HERE takes you to a page containing a story about their trip.
FOOTNOTE 2: The Rotary Club of Wakefield acted as hosts to a Rotary GSE team from District 5330 from 26th to 29th September 2008. Clicking HERE takes you to a page with more information.
