THE National Australian Pharmacy Students' Association recently handed over a gigantic novelty cheque for $25,230.61 to pharmacist Ian Shanks, the founder of the Fullife Foundation.
The money was raised during this year's annual NAPSA Charity Cup, which saw pharmacy students from across Australia work together for a worthy cause - in this case the Ethiopia-based charity which works on the ground to improve the livelihood of women and children.
This year's NAPSA funds will go towards building a new "health post" which will serve as the first point of contact for health checks and immunisations for a rural region in remote Shurmo, Ethiopia which has a population of about 8,000 people.
As well as the fundraising NAPSA members packed more than 6,000 birthing kits for the Foundation.
The University of New England's PhUNE group was awarded overall Charity Cup winner, with the highest donation per member and a fourfold increase from last year, while key contributions also came from WA's WAPSA (highest amount) and South Australia's SAPSA which received the innovation award.
Fullife's Ian Shanks is pictured above with Stephanie Samios, NAPSA Pharmacy Awareness Chair.
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