Sydnee Carter will sing at a Melbourne Cup fundraiser for CanTeen, inspired by fellow student and good friend Oceane Bourgault .
Camera IconSydnee Carter will sing at a Melbourne Cup fundraiser for CanTeen, inspired by fellow student and good friend Oceane Bourgault . Credit: Supplied/Emma Goodwin

A Melbourne Cup luncheon will raise money for CanTeen

Staff ReporterEastern Reporter

All funds raised at the annual luncheon on November 4 will go to CanTeen, an organisation helping young people with the emotional and physical impacts of cancer.

The X Factor finalist and fellow Sacred Heart College Year 11 student Oceane Bourgault met on the bus from school two years ago.

When Oceane was diagnosed with a rare form of Leukaemia in January last year, Sydnee said it shocked the school community.

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‘It was quite confronting for our whole year group when we found out,’ she said. ‘We all tried really hard to fund raise for her, we had a bake sale to raise money.’

During her intensive chemotherapy CanTeen became a lifeline for Oceane.

‘They offer counselling, make sure you’re healthy and have a healthy mind, they have group sessions, camps and social activities,’ she said.

‘I don’t mind talking about it; it’s my life now,’ she said.

The three-course lunch will be at the Parmelia Hilton, Perth and include a fashion parade, best hat and outfit competition and raffles.

Tickets are $155 per person or $1500 for a table of 10. Visit www.momentumwf.com.au.