{"id":852,"date":"2025-07-23T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/?p=852"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:15:19","slug":"allora-executive-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/allora-executive-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Allora Executive 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July was the month of our 48<sup>th<\/sup> Changeover lunch. We were joined by Shirley, our National President and Leonie, the Zone 2 President, several Scope friends from Ballina and Wynnum and representatives of community organisations whom we support. It was good to see Val and Doug from Stanthorpe, however for the first time in 24 years Jenny P from Ballina was unable to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our guest speaker was Hayley Mason who had addressed the Allora club about her family\u2019s involvement with Type 1 Diabetes (TID) at a recent monthly meeting. Her husband Max accompanied her to lunch, as well as their friends Emma and James, who have a daughter with TID and who are joining the Masons in their Road to Research ride. In her after lunch address Hayley briefly out-lined what she called the \u2018daily burden\u2019 of diabetic management, undertaken by both child and family. Many decisions about energy needs, stress levels, diet, physical and mental fitness must be considered daily, often with senses clouded by high or low blood-sugar levels. It was good to hear more about their fund-raising scheme \u2018Road to Research\u2019 and how their plans are progressing. There are now eight cyclists in training for the ride from Lourdes in France to Lords Cricket ground in London was dreamed up by Max and his friend Sir Ian Botham. The funds raised will be donated to an umbrella organisation \u2018Breakthrough TID\u2019 which fund research into an actual cure for the disease. The ride commences on 1<sup>st<\/sup> September and aims to finish on the 16<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"http:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scope.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Allora-New-Executive-2025-2048x768.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Allora New executive 2025 L-R Zone 2 President Leonie D, Jill L, Deidre W, Noeleen B, Linda V, Jill B, Jane J and Daph W<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July was the month of our 48th Changeover lunch. We were joined by Shirley, our National President and Leonie, the Zone 2 President, several Scope friends from Ballina and Wynnum and representatives of community organisations whom we support. 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