Peake Family 3 generations of 'givers'

Peake Family Community Service over 3 generations

Muriel Crowley, Ros Peake’s mum, was the first recipient of the Barraba Citizen of the Year in 1970 and was awarded a Silver platter to mark the occasion

The Stuart Peake Memorial Cancer Research Trust was established to raise funds to assist research into cancer and was commenced in 2002. The driving force in the establishment of this trust were the Peake family and the late Tony Crowley and his wife Bev. Tony at the time was suffering from a similar form of cancer that Stuart suffered from.

In the early years of the Trust fundraising activities ranged from garden parties to sale of local wines. The Trust received many donations from persons associated with the Peake family and their involvement in the stud cattle industry. More recently funding has come from donations associated with the stud cattle industry with sales of semen and donations from agents and purchases of stud cattle. 

Over the last few years, the trust has donated over $ 35,000.00 to the Garvin Institute in Sydney which specialises in research of blood cancers and other forms of cancer. Their research also focuses on uncovering dormant cancer cells which could lead to the prevention of different forms of cancer.

Before the end of this financial year the Trust will be making a further donation of approximately $10,000.00 to the Garvin Institute of Medical Research at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. The goal of the trust is to continue to raise fund and to donate to research that one day may find the cure for cancer.

(Thanks to Ros Peake and David Kelly for this information)

Ros herself received a Barraba Shire Council Mayoral Award in 2004 in recognition for service to the community.

The family tradition of community service continues with Nick and Kim Peake forming the Ruby Mae’s Wish donating equipment to the John Hunter Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.