November 8, 2000
Whittlesea Post
Whittlesea, Australia
Walking the world
Support has come in the form of accommodation,
meals and sponsorship, but not lifts. "I can't accept lifts because this
is meant to be a walk, it is amazing how many people want to help and if you
refuse a lift, they offer something else. I often don't know where I will
be staying each night, but someone always provides," Ms Letofsky said.
November 14, 2000
Shepparton News
Shepparton, Australia
Walking for a cause
...Polly has also met lots of breast cancer patients.
"One of the things that really got me going is the number of younger women
with stories of finding a lump, going to the doctor and being told not to worry
about it yet." she said.
November 20, 2000
The Border Mail
Albury-Wodonga, Australia
Walk a mile in my shoes
..."When I started in my
last job and they asked me what sort of commitment I could give them...I told
them a year and a half and then I was walking around the world. "No one believed me of
course, but I set off exactly on the day I said I would."
November 22, 2000
Yarrawonga Chronicle
Yarrawonga, Australia
Global Walk for Breast
Cancer
"I really wanted to raise
funds and awareness for a cause which we all can relate to," Polly
explained. "Everyone is effected by breast cancer. Any woman in
the world can be effected by it and the men around them are effected too."