A MESSAGE FROM JIM STYNES

2nd July 2009

Jim called into Reach this morning to personally update Crew and staff on his illness. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time. He wanted this message to be sent to all those in the Reach community:

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 As you may already have heard, I’m not well at the moment.

Three weeks ago I was diagnosed with cancer and since then I have had a tremendous amount of support from my family and close friends. Now they have a more accurate prognosis, I can begin my recovery with confidence.

Your support of Reach and my journey has been invaluable. I sincerely hope that this continues. Since we first began running workshops 15 years ago, I have been incredibly proud of everyone involved, particularly the courageous young people that I have had the privilege of getting to know.

The adversities that some of these young people have had to face have been far greater than what I am experiencing at the moment and give me great encouragement and inspiration at this time.

For the rest of the year, it’s time for me to take a break from my business responsibilities and focus on healing and my family. I will still be around and don’t want you to treat me any differently.

So thanks once again for your support and please stay in touch with Reach.

Jim

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 Jim is not taking calls. If you would like us to get a message to him, please email it to reception@reach.org.au and we will make sure he gets it.

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