The Aussie Skin Check truck saving lives one skin check at a time

The Aussie Skin Check truck saving lives one skin check at a time

Last year the Australian Skin Cancer Foundation’s skin check truck stopped at 13-year-old Reynolds Macauley’s school.

“I got my freckles checked, my back checked and in particular my ear which had a freckle on it,” he told A Current Affair. 

“They said you might want to get that checked out and about a day later I went to my GP and my GP cut it out.”

Testing on the freckle on the Year 8 student’s ear found traces of melanoma. 

“After I got the test results back I sort of had a moment to think and realised you only get one skin and you need to take care of it,” Reynolds said.

89 faces of those who have sadly passed away are on either side of our mobile skin check truck, many of those were close mates of our CEO and founder Jay Allen OAM who never stops supporting all affected by melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer ever since he was diagnosed back in 2008.

From all of your team here Jay and we are sure across the world, we love your caring nature and passion and love what you do, never stop being you. 

Our mission continues and we will not stop trying to roll out mobile diagnostic skin check trucks across the country.

We thank A Current Affair, Channel 9 and our ambassador Deborah Knight for your continued support. If it wasn’t for you, we would never have had our first Skin Check Truck on the road as quick as we did. You’re playing apart in the lives we are saving also.

Forever thankful. 

We thank 13 year old Tom Beaumont and his dad Dean Beaumont for all of the continued support. You saved your mates life Tom!

Thanks to our ambassador Michael Clarke AO who also played a part in this life saving day by sharing his skin cancer story to several hundred students who then all ventured into the truck for a skin check.

We thank our Skin Check partners Mole Map and Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. 

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