Cancer Centre benefits from ram sale

Proceeds from a merino ram sale last month have been generously donated to Wimmera Cancer Centre to honour a former patient.

Brimpaen farmer Bill Miller passed away earlier in the year from pancreatic cancer. Bill’s son Rod and his wife Sue are stud principals of the award-winning Glenpaen Merino and Poll Merino Stud.

Sue spoke to Bill’s wife Rosemary about honouring Bill in some way while donating to the cancer centre and they agreed the stud’s 30th ram sale would be a fitting opportunity.

“We decided to donate the proceeds from the first ram of the sale to Wimmera Cancer Centre to honour Bill,” Sue said.

“The ram sold for $9000 which was way above the average of the sale. We were blown away by the support.

“We were so thankful for the level of care Bill received from both the oncology team and the palliative care team and we just wanted to make the donation to show our gratitude.”

Wimmera Cancer Centre manager Carmel O’Kane was unable to attend the cheque presentation but thanked the Miller family for their generosity.