TWC owners to tackle Kokoda

A GROUP of TerryWhite Chemmart pharmacy owners along with the group’s new CEO, Duncan Phillips, are set to take on the Kokoda Trail to raise funds for Ovarian Cancer Australia.

The TWC ‘Trek for Teal’ team will start their walk through the Papua New Guinean jungle tomorrow, as part of their eight-day mission to raise $50,000 for the banner group’s charity partner.

The team is made up of pharmacy owners, Christine Timms, Karen Brown, Tim Siv, Blaine Woods, Dean Llewellyn, Carolyn Wynen, Matt Boulter and Kylie Becker, Phillips and TWC General Manager Operations, Nick Munroe.

“Trek for Teal was born as an idea at our owners conference in 2018 and we wanted to do something that challenged us all, whilst also being able to do something meaningful,” TWC CEO Phillips said.

“Whilst the trek will be physically and mentally challenging, the opportunity to spend eight intensive days with pharmacists from across our network...is a great opportunity,” he added.

“I’ll come back sore and blistered and hopefully with a lifetime of memories, along with the knowledge that together we’ve helped make a difference.”

Over the last 13 years TWC has raised more than $1.4 million to support Ovarian Cancer Australia.

The Trek for Teal team has already garnered $15,000 including $10k raised at a special launch event luncheon held recently in Brisbane.

Several of the team of walkers are pictured above from left: TWC GM Operations, Nick Munroe; pharmacist Karen Brown; CEO Duncan Phillips; and pharmacists Dean Llewellyn, Tim Siv and Blaine Woods.