A CD featuring three Border musical acts will be sold at a launch at Wodonga's German Austrian Australian Club to raise money for Legacy tomorrow night.
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Legacy president Ian Deegan said he'd requested musicians Rodney Vincent, Lazy Harry and Reclinign Rockers duo Peter Croucher and Gordon Sawyer donate songs to the CD to help raise funds.
"We need the fund because we look after all the widows and their children," he said.
We need the funds because we look after all the widows and their children
- Ian Deegan
"We now look after incapacitated veterans' families as well, so we put the kids through school, the kids in holiday camps, we look after the widows and we need the funds for that.
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"At the moment we have about 400 widows and even though some of the older ones are going to leave us in time, we've still got some of the Aghan, Iraq and Vietnam widows that are coming through, so hopefully we'll have we'll have the funds to look after them."
The CD's will be sold for $10 at the launch on Saturday at the Club on McFarland Road.
Doors will open from about 5pm with a $5 entry fee and the musicians will begin performing from 7pm.
Mr Deegan is hoping 100 people will attend.
To make a booking call the Club on 6024 6905.
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Victoria Ellis
Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.
Victoria Ellis grew up on the Border and loves reporting for her home community. She is a University of Wollongong Journalism graduate. In 2018 Victoria was awarded the Bruce Gordon Scholarship for Journalism and completed a 10 week internship with WIN News Illawarra. In 2019 she was awarded The Border Mail's Cameron Thompson Scholarship, where she completed a three week internship, before taking up ongoing employment in 2021.
