The Project’s Carrie Bickmore has raised millions for vital brain cancer research over the years through her foundation, Beanies 4 Brain Cancer.
Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer was launched in 2015, after she dedicated her Gold Logie to her first husband Greg Lange, who died of brain cancer in 2010.
On Wednesday, Australian media personalities – including Lisa Wilkinson, Sam Armytage and Amanda Keller – came together on Instagram to support the foundation, ahead of their new beanie line launch on July 14.
Good cause: Australian media personalities support Carrie Bickmore’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer
Lisa, 60, posed with her dog Maggie, who sniffed the pastel pink knitted beanie, while sharing her heartfelt congratulations to her ‘beautiful buddy’ Carrie.
‘Carrie has done so much in this area to raise funds over the last five years ($12M to date), and this is where we all get the chance to do our bit,’ Lisa said in her lengthy post.
Amanda, 58, covered her short locks with the warm winter hat, telling fans: ‘My mate Carrie is an absolute legend.
‘This is where we all get the chance to do our bit’: Lisa Wilkinson posed with her dog Maggie, who sniffed the pastel pink knitted beanie, while sharing her heartfelt congratulations to her ‘beautiful buddy’ Carrie
‘We can all share her warm head and big heart with her new beanies! All proceeds go to brain cancer research.’
Studio 10 co-host Angela Bishop, 52, told her followers the beanie was ‘perfect for bushwalking’ and ‘perfect for saving lives’.
‘It’s a double duty beanie,’ Angela wrote, posing in her hat after a hike.
‘We can all share her warm head and big heart with her new beanies’: Amanda Keller covered her short locks with the warm winter hat
Radio presenter Fifi Box, 43, was part of a matching trio alongside her two daughters Trixie Belle and Daisy Belle, all donning the stylish beanie.
‘It’s time to put an end to brain cancer! These gorgeous beanies are on sale July 14 online. So proud of @BickmoreCarrie never giving up,’ she said.
Fifi also shared an adorable video as she playing peekaboo with the beanie, alongside her her one-year-old daughter Daisy.
‘It’s a double duty beanie!’ Studio 10 co-host Angela Bishop told her followers the beanie was ‘perfect for bushwalking’ and ‘perfect for saving lives’.
Sunrise co-host Samantha Armytage, 43, also shared a picture of herself donning the beanie on her Instagram stories.
The foundation is special to Carrie, after her first husband, Greg Lange died of brain cancer in 2010.
In June last year, the 39-year-old told The Australian Women’s Weekly that she still feels Greg’s presence every day.
Cute! Radio presenter Fifi Box was part of a matching trio alongside her two daughters Trixie Belle and Daisy Belle, all donning the stylish beanie
Support: Sunrise co-host Samantha Armytage also shared a picture of herself donning the beanie on her Instagram stories
‘Anyone who has ever lost someone will tell you that they may not physically be there but they’ll stay in your life forever,’ she explained.
‘And Ollie [their son Oliver] is so like him in so many ways. I often think, “God, I wish Greg was here so I could ask him how the hell to parent. Surely he’d have some insight”.’
Talking to Anh Do on his ABC series Anh’s Brush With Fame in 2018, Carrie revealed Greg’s diagnosis in 2001 shattered her world.
‘It was about a year after we moved to Melbourne. I think I was still 21 or 22 and he was about 25. He had a seizure at home and one thing led to another and they diagnosed him with a brain tumour,’ she tearfully explained.
Heartbreaking: The foundation is special to Carrie, whose first husband, Greg Lange (pictured), died of brain cancer in 2010. In June last year, Carrie told The Australian Women’s Weekly that she still feels Greg’s presence every day
‘It was just… in your twenties that is just the last thing that you can ever – I didn’t even really know anyone that had cancer, I didn’t know anything about brain cancer, neither did he.
‘It completely threw everything we knew, everything we had planned, everything we thought… it just threw everything on its head.’
Not knowing what the future would hold for them, the couple had their first child together, Oliver, now 12, in 2005 – with Carrie admitting it was ‘probably the greatest thing we ever did together’.
Carrie also shares two children, Evie and Adelaide, with her partner Chris Walker.
Not knowing what the future would hold for them, the couple had their first child together, Oliver, now 12, in 2005 – with Carrie admitting it was ‘probably the greatest thing we ever did together’. Carrie also shares two children, Evie and Adelaide, with her partner Chris Walker
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