Maxine Gregory Fundraiser

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Hello all, my name is Marrika, and I am the daughter and current carer for my mother Maxine. I've created this Gofundme with the hope of support during this time of hardship within our family.

Maxine is the 5th child of the 10 Gregory siblings born of Kathleen and Peter Gregory and was born, raised and has lived life as a local in Geraldton WA since. Maxine is well known in Geraldton and has been extremely active as a community member through decades of her continuous work and volunteering. Maxine is renowned as an award winning local artist and through her art (under her cultural name Wadidjil) she's shared her stories and workshops across generations within the Geraldton community. Maxines adventurous artistic work using all mediums including paint, craft and even sand murals is her legacy and her children and grandchildren now carry her work on as the next generations.

Despite always remaining extremely positive, Maxine has lived more than a decade suffering with diabetes and other numerous health complications and even though she has overcome everything life has thrown at her with a smile on her face it has come to a time where we, as her family, now face very real and unfortunate news. At the start of October, Maxine flew to Broome WA to attend a family reunion, and while in Broome had to undergo surgery to remove an infected toe. As the infection worsened she was flown to Perth WA to undergo further surgery which then resulted in the amputation of her right leg. While this situation unfolded, routine scans by the doctors revealed the worst case scenario- our mother Maxine has cancer. After days of waiting for an accurate and detailed update we are now informed it's progressed further than we expected and is currently at stage 4. This has left us in shock and distress at the limited amount of time we may have left with our Mum, Aunty, Sister, Grandmother & Great grandmother.

The funds raised via this Gofundme will be allocated to our family for the following:

• Maxines return home to Geraldton including travel costs

• Maxines personal care items and costs

• Funeral preparations and purchases (incl catering,printing, headstone and coffin)

• Hardship relief for the family such as bills and utilities

• Ongoing costs that align with cultural sorry business (such as tea/coffee and food for large numbers of family visiting Maxine and family)

• Any other relevant hidden costs not listed here

Our main goal right now is to get our mother Maxine home and comfortable, and aid her in any way possible for the near future. The Gregory family thank you all for your kindness and appreciate any and all donations towards helping ourselves and our mother during this time

There will also be an additional fundraiser event for Maxine on Saturday the 30th November 2024 at Bundiyarra 10am - 3pm. Please note that this is a drug and alcohol free event, per Bundiyarra policy

Marrika, Zain and the Gregory family