SHAEN Fraser is getting back on the wagon and raising funds rather than glasses.
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The booze is off the table in July as Ms Fraser embarks on her fifth month-long jog sans grog.
It's all in the name of raising money for the North West Cancer Centre with a team of locals taking the Dry July pledge to give patients a more comfortable time through their treatment.
While the teetotalling Tamworth team has a tremendous thought for their fundraising total, Ms Fraser said it was a personal challenge as well.
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It was something she initially took up to prove her mates wrong.
"I do find it challenging, I'm someone who does drink socially several times a month, so it is something I have to think about,"
"It does revolve around a lot of social lives."
The North West Cancer is a beneficiary of the Dry July campaign, which was established in 2008.
Since then, more than 160,000 people have taken the pledge and raised $37 million for people affected by cancer, and funded projects at more than 75 cancer organisations across Australia.
This year funds are being raised to increase access to Lymphoedema health professionals, such as remedial massage therapists, private physiotherapists and a trained occupational therapist in Tamworth.
In the past, there have been two transport-to-treatment vehicles purchased with Dry July funding, along new furniture for Inala House and landscaping for the patient accommodation service.