The Lions Club of Altona, Altona City Rotary and Bunnings Altona will be joining forces to host a skin check van which will provide a free skin checking service across two days.
Lions Club president Martin Case said the van will visit Bunnings on May 18 and 19 to do their part in combating Australia’s skin cancer problem.
“One of my initiatives is to gather community groups to work together and pull together different resources,” he said.
“We have a look at gaps in the government and council and see where we can fill in the gaps.
“Even though Australia has good health care, skin checks aren’t free so we reached out to the skin cancer van people to get it going.”
The van will provide a free skin checking service to local people and will be operated by fully trained, certificated and professionally supervised volunteers.
It is the hope of Mr Case and his colleague, Altona City Rotary president Danny Civitico, that other institutions will follow in their footsteps.
“We hope other institutions will see this and offer funding for the vans,” Mr Case said.
“We hosted sausage sizzles to raise the funds needed to make it happen and hope we can make this an annual event.”
Mr Civitico said the day is all about raising awareness and helping others,
“It is all about community service, and getting people to check these spots which can become cancerous,” he said.
“We hope to raise awareness about the sun and being safe.”
The air conditioned van has three fully equipped checking rooms and an entry foyer, as well as a disabled lift and entry at the rear.
Bookings are required.
Details: www.bunnings.com.au/stores/vic/altona
