If anyone deserves an all expenses paid trip to Vanuatu, it’s Mrs Marie Michopolos from Keyneton.
After a hard couple of years following a breast cancer diagnosis – all with a smile on her face – Marie will have a well-deserved break for her niece’s overseas wedding.
Marie’s workmates at Barossa Chemplus, Nuriootpa, led by Mrs Mandy Talbot, entered her into a radio competition to win the trip she so badly wanted to go on.
Marie never considered she would be able to attend the wedding after paying for expensive treatment following the diagnosis last February.
When she got the winning call, Marie couldn’t speak and was emotional because her workmates had done something so wonderful for her.
“It was lovely, Mandy and all of the girls here are all so beautiful,” Marie said.
In her winning entry, Mandy wrote about how Marie is strong, positive and never complains while going through hormone therapy and radiation, which she finished just last week.
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“As much as they say it’s been effortless, it hasn’t and I’ve been a pain,” Marie said.
She said driving from Keyneton to the Lyell McEwin Hospital for treatment, then to work at Nuriootpa was made easier because she was surrounded by the girls at the chemist.